Andorra

At the Grandvalira Ski Area, guests have many opportunities for outdoor activities. Among the activities are skiing, snow tubing, snowshoeing, and mushing. Mushing is sledding through the snow while trained dogs pull you through the soft powder. On top of outdoor spots, there is the Magic Gliss, a 555-meter outdoor track. The slide reaches up to 40-miles per hour to give both young and old an adrenaline kick. Wanting some more adrenaline? Check out the zipline, which can reach up to 80-mph. It is now open through the winter season as well, providing opportunities for unique for nature views.

AD100 Canillo, Andorra, Phone: 376-890-500

Museums are always a big part of vacationing. How else can you see the best that an area has to offer? The Museu Carmen Thyssen Andorra is a museum based on the private collections of Baroness Carmen Thyssen. She and her husband collected are from the 19th and 20th centuries, along with some grom long ago. This collection includes some very famous artists, such as Degas, Pissarro, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Renoir. Along with the paintings, there are several sculptures from Rodin. Her collections focused mainly on artists from Spain, America, and Europe, though there are older paintings from other nations.

Av. Carlemany, 37, AD700 Escalades-Engordany, Andorra, Phone: 376-800-800

If you’re excited to visit the historical spots in Andorra, Casa de la Vall is the first place to stop. Built in 1580, this building has ties to one of the oldest seated parliaments in Europe. Today’s guests can visit the building and its gardens, looking at the sculpture the commemorate the writing of the Constitution and other important dates in Andorran government. Inside the building, visitors are treated to the renovated interior that calls back to the original architecture and structure of the courtroom and chapel. The speaker’s official office is still in use today, receiving important nationals for business.

AD500 Andorra la Vella, Andorra, Phone: 376-829-129