We have selected ten tips for you to help you feel cozier in Andorra:
1. This country has a low crime rate. Here almost every resident has his own store, the state largely lives at the expense of tourism and shopping, so the order is strictly monitored. This is a country of rather strict social mores, based on Catholicism. Unlike neighboring Spain and France, there are not even strip bars here, although there are clubs and discotheques
2. It is more convenient and cheaper to make calls abroad from pay phones installed on the street. You can use 1 or 2 EUR coins or phone cards of different denominations bought in stores or kiosks beforehand. The cost per minute of a call depends greatly on the type of phone card. Calls from the hotel are slightly more expensive.
3. You can easily exchange money at bank branches, which are open from 09:00 to 16:3-17:00 (lunch break - from 12:00 to 14:00). You can use Visa, Master Card, American Express credit cards at ATMs.
4 Since Andorra does not have its own airport, most people fly to Barcelona. From there you can take a bus or a rented car. The bus goes 230 km, the road takes 3, 5 hours to the capital, Andorra la Vella. In addition, the best way to get quickly and comfortably to Andorra is to fly from France to Toulouse or Tarbes, and then use the services of a private transfer. They are already prepared for such moves and have everything to get to Andorra both in good weather and in a snowstorm.
5. Service charges are usually included in the bill, but it is recommended to tip waiters and porters 10% of the bill.
6. The laws are closely monitored here. The local police do not hesitate to expel any foreigner who violates local laws or even just for defiant behavior, regardless of their economic status.
7. Watch the time carefully: when the tourist buses stop running, when the regular, shuttle buses stop running, and when the elevators on the slopes stop. Andorra is not big at all, but getting from your hotel to the slopes can sometimes take quite a long time, given all the traffic and time ratios. Just make a habit of keeping track of when you arrive at your destination. As a last resort, take a cab.
7. Watch the time carefully: when the tourist buses stop running, when the regular, shuttle buses stop running, and when the elevators on the slopes stop. Andorra is not big at all, but getting from your hotel to the slopes can sometimes take quite a long time, given all the traffic and time ratios. Just make a habit of keeping track of when you arrive at your destination. As a last resort, take a cab.
9. Explore small villages and towns on your own, get into remote corners of the country, but better in the summertime, for example by rented car. You can see so much more that way. No guidebook will give you all the details that you can see with your own eyes.
10. Most small stores and restaurants accept payment in dollars. Credit cards of the world's leading credit card systems are freely used.
