Andorra skiing holidays

Andorra’s appeal is hardly confined to winter, however. Come July when the snow has melted, Grandvalira’s slopes transform into Golf Soldeu, Europe’s highest-altitude golf course; note that this is a 9-hole course, but what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for with superb mountain views.

Alternatively, choose to shake off the cares of the day at Caldea – a massive 18-floor thermal bath complex in Escaldes-Engordany. There are numerous pools, Jacuzzis, jets and mineral-element waterfalls to soothe any aching joints and muscles.

Andorra is one of Europe’s cheapest destinations, so budget-seekers are in luck. For skiers, keep your eyes peeled as ski holiday deals often materialise for the first two weeks of December, or at the season’s end in April.

Blizzards dust the high Pyrenees from December onwards and cover the slopes until mid-April. Christmas and February half-term are peak season, along with Easter when it comes early enough in the year. Prices will be highest then, and the crowds largest.

Andorra might be small, but it doesn’t lack big events. Billed as ‘Europe’s greatest ski party’, the electronic music festival Horizon has moved from Bulgaria and now takes place in Arinsal, within Vallnord, at the end of March or early April. Hibernation, which focuses on techno and is a slightly smaller festival, occurs at the same time in Grandvalira.