Ski blog – Great Escapades from Eclipse Ski

Winter Activities:
Skiing, Caldea (Europe’s largest recreational spa), cultural visits, helicopter flights, tax-free shopping, après-ski…

The resorts of Pal and Arinsal form a single resort, linked by a cable car and a single ski pass. You thus have a fantastic ski resort right in front of your door step: 63 km of pistes (4 greens, 16 blues, 16 reds and 5
blacks) spread over over 700 ha and from 1′550m to 2′560m, 31 ski lifts, 2 ski schools with 140 ski teachers and 350 snow cannons which guarantee good conditions from the beginning of December to the end of April. Your pass is also valid for the Ordino/Arcalís resort at no extra cost! Check the winter activities section on our website for details.

Summer activities:
Trekking, Caldea (Europe’s largest recreational spa), cultural visits, horseback riding, mountain biking, trout fishing, 4×4, golf (there’s a pitch & putt 10 min from your apartment or chalet and 3 18-hole courses at a 1-hour drive), indoor and outdoor pools, mountain biking, tax-free shopping
(8 km) etc etc. Check our summer activity page for details.

Arinsal is surrounded by Andorra’s highest peaks such as the Coma Pedrosa (2′942m), ideal for trekking.

With the rental of your apartment or chalet, you have a 10% discount on entrances and treatments at Caldea, Europe’s largest recreational spa!

There are many fantastic excursions you can do on well marked trails which start right from your door step such as the Coma Pedrosa (2′942m), Andorra’s
highest peak, the Pic de Médécourbe (2′914m) and many others. What’s more,
there are 3 free mountain huts at a 1h30min. hike from the village as well as 7 mountain lakes! The GR 11 passes through Arinsal and the GRP passes just above!

Still need convincing?
Although many people have heard of Andorra with it’s kilometres of tax-fee shopping and its five ski resorts, only very few have actually ventured further than the Pas de la Casa or Andorra la Vella where a different world awaits them, still untouched by mass tourism and far away from the main shopping streets: mountains ranging up to almost 3′000m, quiet and beautiful valleys, mountain lakes that contain trout, forests with crystal streams.

Arinsal is located amongst this tranquillity, in one of Andorra’s prettiest valleys. Arinsal, along with Ordino and Pal, is one of the few villages in Andorra that has kept it’s charm without being invaded by huge hotels, mass tourism and the never ending coming and going of coaches. Although Arinsal does get animated during the winter months with a few pubs and discos, the rest of the year, you will just find a peaceful and quiet mountain village.
True, Arinsal is quite a ways from Pas de la Casa and Andorra la Vella.
Those only looking to buy cheap alcohol and petrol will not find what they are looking for in Arinsal. The pictures on our web site www.hola-andorra.com speak for themselves… what a contrast!

Who is Arinsal for?
In the winter, the main activity is obviously skiing followed by “après-ski”
for which Arinsal is well known for. In the spring time and fall, Arinsal is for those looking for a quiet and relaxing holiday, combined with a few walks in the mountains and cultural visits. During the summer months, a whole range of activities awaits you, from mountain biking, via trout fishing and trekking to doing absolutely nothing!

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This article was written by Paul Mikhelson from Hola Andorra – self catering apartments and ski chalets.