Ski and Snowboard News, Deals, and Events

The Hotel Anyós Park in Andorra's VallNord has released a five-day package deal in March that offers low prices for a combined lift ticket/lodging offer at one of the country's best hotels.

The offer is valid from March 8^th to 13^th or 15^th to 20^th and includes a five-night stay in the hotel with breakfast and a five-day skipass for 320.50 Euros, based on double room occupancy.

Half- board (breakfast and dinner) is available for 58.50 Euros, in addition to the bed and breakfast fee.

The four-star Anyós Park offers a mini-bus service to the ski slopes. The hotel features satellite TV in bedrooms, a restaurant, laundry service, children's play area, sauna, Jacuzzi, and gym.

A five-out-of-six-day Ski Andorra ticket is available and is valid at all ski areas in the principality for those who want to ski all resorts in Andorra including lift-linked Soldeu and Pas de la Casa.

It's relatively easy to ski the different areas, especially if you have a car. The best base is probably the principality's capital, La Vella, but even if you are based at any one of the four main ski areas, you can drive to any other within 30 - 75 minutes, traffic permitting.

Pal-Arinsal were two separate resorts until 2000 and, of course, they remain two separate villages. Both resorts began to market themselves jointly. This was followed by another marketing merger, this time with the Arcalis ski area (also known as Ordino). Together, the ski areas became known as VallNord. They are the latest of many resort mergers in Andorra so that the country which once had 10 or so fragmented ski areas, now officially has just two ski resorts.