Hello travelers, as you know (and if you don’t know, a mini summary is coming) we left Portugal and we finished our tour in Aveiro, asking you a question, what would have been our next destination to explore. Well, someone went very close to it (half good guys haha). So as you can see from the title, we’re headed to Andorra. While waiting to reach it, we tell you a little about it.
Andorra is a principality (a microstate) located in the eastern Pyrenees, between France and Spain and precisely in south-western Europe. Consider that it is the sixth smallest nation in Europe and the only one, together with the Republic of San Marino, to have two presidents that govern together. The two Presidents of Andorra are the bishop of the Spanish diocese and the president of the French Republic (the only case in which he is at the head of his own country and of a neighboring one).
In addition, the state is divided into seven parishes (they are a kind of districts) and some of these are: Ordino, La Massana and Sant Julià de Lòria…
Andorra being surrounded by mountains and its neighboring states, has no access to the sea and therefore there will be no coast in this destination; however, there are inland waters due to the presence of the mountains. The main rivers are two: the Valira and Ariège.
For the climate we have two variants, the alpine one (typical of the Alps and so as you can imagine the snow can also last until May) in the mountainous and continental (cold winters and cool summers) in the lowland areas. So now you know what to pack hehe!
Think that the inhabitants of Andorra, the andorran, constitute a minority in their own state and speaking of percentages they are only 40%. The rest of the population is so composed: Spanish, Portuguese and French.
The religion that predominates in the state is catholicism and the official language is catalan but minorities also speak Spanish, French and Portuguese.
As you could well understand, Andorra’s position is certainly not so favorable as regards its past. It has often found itself outside of the historical events that have involved Europe, creating ties mainly with neighboring states such as France and Spain (which their function was to be intermediaries). Despite this it is a principality full of things to admire and to tell, so much that the most flourishing sector is the tourist one. However thanks to the development of communication over the years, today Andorra has put an end to the word isolation; however there are no airports in the area but you can easily reach it through the access to international flights that are made available by France or Spain (and what better time to visit as many countries as possible!).
So tourism is the foundation of the economy of Andorra, due to its great beauty. Tourists are really attracted by this principality, on summer or on winter it doesn’t matter, every season has something special and beautiful to show. Obviously the economy becomes more and more important every day thanks to the opening of the economies of France and Spain to the single European market, in other words, it provides a great connection favoring more availability of goods and lower rates.
At the cultural level and in particular in the education sector, Andorra has only one university, the University of Andorra, located in the municipality of Sant Julià de Lòria.
Well, these are the salient information to have a first approach (which it will turn into a real knowledge soon!) of the destination where we are heading.
We can’t wait to begin this adventure and we are very close to start it, but meanwhile we tell you: welcome to Andorra.
A big kiss to everyone.
Wow, very interesting info about Andorra. I had no idea that it is a principality and that it has 2 presidents. I think it’s a place well worth visiting.
Hi Cristina! When you read and/or travel you can learn lots of new things. It’s powerful 🙂
I enjoyed reading the information and trivia that you shared. Those small European countries interest me a lot. I wonder how life is in there? Is it urbanized? Is it simple? I wish I could explore Andorra.
It is a calm country and of course urbanized. Being a little principality doesn’t mean that there is nothing, we can say that it is all gather in little spaces haha
I have never been to iberian peninsula, but I would love to! This place seems amazing!
All the peninsula is wonderful!! We suggest you to plan trip across it 😉
I love knowing about the facts and details about the places whenever I travel. I have never been to Andorra but your trip details and facts is wonderful!
We’re glad you appreciated our work! It’s the same, we like to know the various info about the places we’re going to explore.
Wow. Thank you for this informative post. I really appreciate it.
Thanks for the time you’ve dedicated to us 🙂
Thanks for the post, I have never been to Andorra before but it will be a good place to visit soon.
Yes, for sure! You’ll love the travel 😉
Sarà sicuramente una nuova esperienza e un bellissimo viaggio, mi raccomando di raccontarci tutto e di fare tante foto!
Ciao Sara, come sempre sarà tutto documentato qui sul sito attraverso le varie guide 😀
Two areas I have ALWAYS wanted to check out – Andorra and the Basque region. I have heard amazing things about the food. I love and I think it is so interesting the melting of both Spanish and French cultures in Andorra… Somewhat similar, but a lot of differences too. I can’t wait to get here!
Yes, we are in love with this principality! Despite its smallness there is a world in few space and it is in a good position so you can also explore the Spain or the France 😉
Adesso sono super curiosa di conoscere la vostra meta. Io non sono mai andata in Andorra quindi verrò in viaggio con voi, anche se solo virtualmente.
Ciao Noemi, felicissimi di averti in viaggio con noi 🙂 🙂
Considera il nostro tour come un assaggio di quello che potresti visitare un domani.
I actually haven’t heard of Andorra. I’d like to visit, in the season where it’s cool in the lowlands, not cold!! 🙂
During the spring or the summer the air is fresh here, not so hot. You might consider these seasons.
Sono stata una ventina di volte in francia ma mai in Andorra. Devo andarci assutamente.
Sono confinanti perciò sarebbe un peccato non visitare anche l’Andorra la prossima volta.
Non sono mai stata ad Andorra, ma non amando la montagna non ho pensato di andarci. So che è un paradiso fiscale (chissà quanti ci sono andati per questo) e mi pare che ci sia anche un grande centro termale. Poi aspetterò i vostri post per valutare sul da farsi. A presto allora!
Ci sono vari aspetti dell’Andorra che sono intriganti e che catturano l’attenzione… Racconteremo tutto nelle prossime guide, a presto Valentina 🙂
To be honest I’ve never heard of this place before. I need to do some research about it.
In this case we are happy to have introduced it to you hahaha
It’s my first time to hear about Andorra. It’s a very interesting place.
Now it’s time for a first exploration 😉
I honestly had no idea of Andorra location, thanks for the post, it really helped me with new info. It’s definitely a place to visit, I would have preferred to see a few photos, though.
This is only the introductive post about the country we’re going to review. It means every place, we’ll write about, will have its photos (like always) 🙂
What an amazing place to visit, we would love to have a family vacation in this area of the world.
It is not a good idea, we approve it!!
Così però mi lasciate sulle spine adesso! Voglio sapere di preciso che itinerario farete. Le informazioni preliminari promettono bene 🙂
Tranquilla non vi abbandoniamo ahahah Passo dopo passo vi porteremo in giro anche per l’Andorra 😀 😀
Sono curiosa di leggere la vostra opinione su Andorra, mi ha sempre intrigato in quanto Principato e minuscolo stato, ma in realtà ci sono ben poche informazioni date da viaggiatori. Attendo con ansia…
L’Andorra non è tra le mete più gettonate ma questo non significa che non possa diventarlo e che abbia poco da offrire… Virtualmente ti portermo un po’ in giro 😀
Aspetto il resoconto di questa nuova avventura. Intanto vi auguro buon viaggio e buon divertimento!
Ciao Claudia, grazie per il supporto 🙂
Sono curiosa di leggere un altro vostro articolo quando tornerete, con tanto di meravigliose foto!
Certamente sarà tutto documentato qui e sui canali social 😉
These are interesting facts. I’ve never heard about some of them actually. I think it might be better when I pay a visit to this place.
It’s a guide (an intro in this case) but of course when you are on the place you can use our guides to explore the attractions and create your itinerary 🙂
Sinceramente non conoscevo tutte queste cose su Andorra, anzi devo ammettere che me l’ero completamente dimenticata nell’assetto europeo. Adesso che mi ci avete fatto pensare e mi avete fatto scoprire di più su questa piccolissima nazione. Voglio andarci!
L’Andorra non è tra gli stati più famosi al mondo ma questo non preclude nulla… D’altronde si dice che nella botte piccola c’è il vino buono ahahah
Aspetto il resoconto del viaggio, un viaggio a mio avviso molto interessante e curioso.
Di sorprese ce ne saranno e ve le sveleremo guida dopo guida 😉
Che meraviglia le terre di confine perché possono trarre il meglio dai loro vicini, in un mix interessante. Vi auguro buon viaggio!
Già, dici bene! Una propria cultura influenzata dai paesi confinanti.
Il giro in Portogallo mi è piaciuto molto (tra l’altro sto per tornarci e utilizzerò alcuni dei vostri post per farmi una miniguida personale), e adesso seguirò tutti i post su Andorra. Sono molto curiosa.
Ciao Raffi, ci fa davvero piacere aver ricevuto il tuo commento. Son soddisfazioni 😀 😀
Certo che c’è tanto da visitare qui in Andorra, sono curioso di conoscere che itinerario farete.
Città dopo città ti sarà tutto più chiaro su questo fantastico principato 😉
Bello, non vedo l’ora di leggere il vostro resoconto su questa nuova magnifica avventura ma soprattutto non vedo l’ora di ammirare le splendide foto.
Ciao Anna, come sempre sarà un piacere aggiornarvi sulle mete da esplorare!
Outside of their sneakers, Andorra has much more to offer vacation hungry tourists seeking an out of the way place to hunker down.
Andorra la Vella is a great destination to make your travel really amazing. The location is everything!!