Visiting Andorra can be quite a curious experience, but it all depends on how you approach it. But what is Andorra? Andorra is a small country between Spain and France, outside the European Union and the Schengen Space, and the official language is Catalan. Still, you will not face any problems speaking Spanish or English. The fastest way to get there is from Barcelona by road. The capital of this micronation has a central bus station, with different regular routes with several cities; although we recommend arriving by car. It also has an airport (located in Spain, called Andorra-La Seu d'Urgell), but currently (summer 2022), only flights arrive from Madrid. Arriving by car offers you the possibility to move freely around the country, which you cannot do comfortably if you go by public transport. Despite being an extremely small country, there are plenty of activities to do, although the most common is going skiing during the winter. But in our case, we focus on visiting the country during the summer. It's the second time we've visited it, so we're starting to know the area a little. Surely, the most important activity to do is a visit to Caldea. Caldea is the largest spa in southern Europe, and tickets cost around €40 for about 3-4 hours of access. But the best way to visit the place is to look for an offer that includes entrance to Chaldea. There are different options, from the entry with the hotel or the combined access with the Tibetan Bridge or Naturlandia. In our case, this year we found a very interesting offer for around €100 including a 3-hour entrance to Caldea, access to Cirque du Soleil show, and accommodation in a 4-star hotel with dinner and breakfast, which we found quite interesting. It is important to note that if you visit the country with a non-EU passport, you have a multiple-entry visa in the Schengen area since when you cross the border, you leave the Schengen area. Therefore, if you are stopped
on the way back, you will not be allowed to re-enter. Consequently, it is better to go with your shoulders covered. The hotel we stayed in is Hotel Piolets Centre, which we found quite normal. It has a blue zone car park right next door, and we had no problem parking there, only when paying, the machine accepted coins, and that was it. Once inside the hotel, we had an hour in the thermal space of the hotel itself, but we were in for a surprise as no one had told us that it had to be reserved. Luckily, it was quite empty, and we could access it without problems. Dinner was an open buffet, quite typical in hotels, very varied, and of acceptable quality. Nothing stood out above the rest, but nothing extremely bad, either. We calmly went to the Cirque du Soleil show area when we finished dinner. One thing that surprised us was that they did not allow us to enter a camera; instead, they did not put any impediment to going inside with the cell phone camera. But that didn't stop us from fully enjoying the show, a gem that had us enjoying ourselves, singing and dancing from the first minute to the last. An unforgettable amazing show.

To see more, check out our vlog showing our experience!