Andorra, The Snow Country

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Andorra is a good tourist destination for holiday makers, is a small country located in Southern Europe, the countries of Spain and France. Its official name is the Principality of Andorra, whose capital is Andorra la Vella, covers an area of 468 km2, the official language is Catalan, but also speaks French and Spanish. The population is predominantly Catholic.

Andorra has successfully expanded through tourism, and especially this country is a tax haven, 80% of their income is through tourism, visited annually by more than nine million tourists arrive in the country to enjoy skiing , Andorra’s national sport and its hot springs where the thermal practices, especially in the thermal water source Scaldes-Engordany, where thousands of people come in search of relaxation and wellbeing.

In Andorra there are about 300 hotels with all amenities and hundreds of restaurants, the tourist trade employs a large percentage of the population by their importance. Andorra is a country where there are as many Romanesque monuments and also has great exponents of the literature and are very attached to their customs and festivals.

Andorra’s climate is high mountain with Mediterranean influences winter temperatures are cold and summer is mild, temperatures vary according to altitude, has a high percentage of sunny days. Cultural life in Andorra is very active throughout the year are performed prestigious international events, concerts, jazz, flamenco, Spanish pop and modern music, theater, classical music festival, among other activities.

Andorra in the winter is one of the destinations for the tourist loving the sport of skiing, thanks to the wide range of alpine skiing background, at home there are three downhill ski resorts which together account for over 177 slopes 284.5 km slopes.

But if you want to experience other sensations winter snowshoe trips are day or night excursions on sleds pulled by dogs, decreases in snow bikes, snowmobile outings or ice skating practice. Andorra is the country with the largest ski area in the Pyrenees, making it the country of snows.

But all is not snow, Andorra also offers a wide variety of natural and natural parks, such as natural park Comapedrosa Valleys, Valley Park and Sorteny Madriu. The range of sports you can practice, ranging from hiking, climbing, canyoning, mountain biking, horse riding.

Andorra is connected to the outside by road, has an extensive infrastructure of roads covering most of the country, it is also possible to enter the country with regular bus lines connecting Andorra anywhere in Europe.

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Andorra, The Snow Country