List of hotels in Andorra explained

This is a list of hotels in Andorra, which includes current and former hotels and hostels in Andorra.

Overview

Andorra is a small country with population of only 85,000[1] but its tourism industry services an estimated 10.2 million visitors annually,[2] Visitors are attracted for its skiing and other reasons. There are some hundreds of hotels, hostals, and other accommodations. This is a list of the more notable ones, limited to ones having historic listing status or other clear notability.

Several of its hotels are themselves historic and their buildings are listed by the Cultural Heritage of Andorra. These include Hostal Palanques, Hotel Bellavista, Hotel Carlemany, Hotel Casamanya,, and Hotel Valira.

Hotels

Notable hotels in Andorra include:

Hotel Bellavista

42.5078°N 1.5245°WHotel Bellavista is a former hotel located in Andorra la Vella. Its facade is registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra. It was built in 1938–40.[3] [4] [5]

Hotel Bringué

42.6186°N 1.5394°WHotel Bringué is in Ordino[6]

Hotel Kandahar

42.5411°N 1.7319°WHotel Kandahar is at the El Pas de la Casa ski resort. Hotel Kandahar is a four-star skiing resort hotel in Pas de la Casa, Andorra.[7] It is located in the town centre at an altitude of about,[8] in close proximity to the ski lift and rental shops.

The hotel contains 63 rooms with a maximum capacity of 160 people, with up to four people per room. Its restaurant, with Hotel Gastronòmic status, serves international cuisine fused with local Andorran culinary influences.[9] [10] A 2007 article by the Chicago Sun-Times noted that it cost 100 euros a night and featured a dance club in the basement, meeting "Andorra's earlier reputation as a party haven".[11] The hotel is only open during the skiing season (from December to April).[10]

The hotel is now a spa hotel;[12] the spa opened in December 2012, featuring a "sauna, a hammam, a Jacuzzi, a hot and cold footbath, two hotbeds and three hydro jet showers".[13]

Hostal Palanques

Hostal Palanques is a hostal located at Avinguda Sant Antoni, 16 in La Massana Parish. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra. It was built in 1933–35.[14]

Hotel Pyrénées

Hotel Pyrénées is a four-star hotel in Andorra la Vella, Andorra.

Sport Hotel

42.5761°N 1.6697°WSport Hotel is a four-star 148-room resort hotel in Soldeu, Andorra.[15] [16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CIA World Factbook entry: Andorra . Cia.gov . 26 August 2012.
  2. http://www.estadistica.ad/serveiestudis/web/exportar_banc_dades_csv.asp?formules=anual|inici&any1=01/01/2008&any2=01/01/2008&codi_divisio=380&lang=1&codi_subtemes=59&codi_tema=10 Estadistica.ad
  3. Web site: Hotel Bellavista. Cultural Heritage of Andorra. 4 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515070135/http://www.patrimonicultural.ad/Banc/article.php?id=96. 15 May 2012.
  4. https://www.bopa.ad/bopa/016041/Pagines/36C2A.aspx Edict
  5. Web site: Butlletí Oficial del Principat d'Andorra .
  6. Book: Ellingham. Mark. Fisher. John. Baskett. Simon . Jules Brown . Marc Dubin . Geoff Garvey. The rough guide to Spain. 20 March 2011. 2001. Rough Guides. 9781843532613 .
  7. Book: L'Europeo. November 1989. Editoriale Domus. French.
  8. Book: American Overseas Guide. 1980. American Overseas Tourist-Service of New York, Incorporated. 43.
  9. Book: Auzias. Dominique. Labourdette. Jean-Paul. Andorre. 4 May 2011. Petit Futé. French. 978-2-7469-3688-1. 142.
  10. Book: Auzias, Dominique. Jean-Paul Labourdette. Autour de Toulouse 2013-2014 Petit Futé. 2 July 2013. Petit Futé. French. 978-2-7469-6688-8. 76.
  11. News: Pallasch, Abdon M.. Andorra Is Tops: Once ridiculed for its party life, this tiny principality simply powders competition with its terrain, hospitality. https://web.archive.org/web/20150329145537/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3709612.html. dead. 29 March 2015. Chicago Sun-Times. 21 January 2007. 17 January 2015.
  12. Web site: El aumento del turismo de bienestar, el mejor argumento para invertir en wellness. Inmodiario. Spanish. 19 February 2013. 17 January 2015.
  13. Web site: Spa hotel. Kandaharhotel.com. 17 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207104512/http://www.kandaharhotel.com/spa-hotel-at-the-slopes-gourmet-andorra.html. 7 February 2015. dead.
  14. Web site: Hostal Palanques. Cultural Heritage of Andorra. 4 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515070057/http://www.patrimonicultural.ad/Banc/article.php?id=89. 15 May 2012.
  15. Book: Simonis, Damien. Spanien. 6 April 2011. September 2007. Mair Dumont DE. 978-3-8297-1590-4. 442.
  16. Book: Simonis, Damien. Spain. registration. 20 March 2011. 15 March 2007. Lonely Planet. 978-1-74104-554-3. 409.

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