TOUCHDOWN TOURS TO andorra
andorra - tax free shopping and snowsports
Just over 2.5 hours drive from Barcelona is the tax free country of Andorra - A great place for shopping for electrical goods, booze, tobacco, perfume as it's all tax free. In winter time we can organise skiing and snowboarding trips to the biggest and best resort in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Ski Resort Facts & Figures:
| THE PISTES |
| • 1150 Hectares of Skiable Terrain (the largest in Andorra) • 92km of Total slopes • Total of 52 slopes: 10 Green, 19 Blue, 13 Red, 10 Black • 4 itineraries of ratrack ski (Off piste) • 2 Competition slopes • 1 Nike ACG Free SET Area (half pipe/jumps/snow cannons) • 1 Stadibumps (8000 m2 moguls stadium) • 3 Snowshoes itineraries • 1 Childrens area • 850 meter Vertical drop (from 2560m to 1710m) |
| LIFTS |
| • 45.000 skiers per hour Total uphill hourly capacity • 32 Total lifts: 2 cable cars • 10 high speed chair lifts • 7 fixed chair lifts • 7 Drag lifts • 5 Tow lifts • 5 Magic Carpets |
| SNOWMAKING |
| 32Km slopes equipped wuth 425 Snow cannons (36% of skiable area) |
| SERVICES |
| • 250 instructors Ski and Snowboard School languages: catalan, spanish,french, english, russian and dutch • 3 kindergarten and nurseries (Canillo, El Tarter and Soldeu) kindergarten for children over 4 years old. Nurseries for children over 2 years old. • 3 large parking areas Soldeu (300 indoor lots/ 150 outdoor lots) / El Tarter (1800 outdoor lots / Canillo (350 indoor lots /150 outdoor lots) • 3 medical care centres at the Slopes Base Soldeu / El Tarter / Canillo • 6 information points Box lift Soldeu/ Pla Espiolets/ Riba Escorxada/ El Tarter/ El Forn/ Canillo • Megaphone, toilets, ski lockers, telephones: At the slopes bases and at all services On-Mounitain areas • Shops, Foto service in Soldeu and El Tarter • Gelskibus Free shuttle service to Canillo (4 Km) for skiers and snowboarders of Soldeu El Tarter. Daily Skibus from Barcelona • GSM coverage in the 100% of the area. |
External Links:
SoldeuOnline
Official Andorra Tourist Site