Ultimate Andorra Apartments

If you want to ride with us, but don’t want to stay in our hotel, this option is ideal. This is the best of both worlds: independent accommodation so you can self cater if you prefer and have your own space, but a stress-free, fully supported trip with guiding available whenever you want it! These apartments are located in the La Massana town centre, right opposite the exit from the Bike Park trails, and 30 seconds from the Gondola.

These apartments boast a decent kitchen, washing machine and other facilities.  The apartments are bike friendly (there is a secure bike storage room in the garage), they have wifi and parking available, plus boast well proportioned rooms, a well equipped kitchen with a coffee machine, kettle and all the bits you will need, and they nearly all boast great views up to the mountains.

They aren’t quite a social as the hotel, but are great for access to the local amenities. This holiday is otherwise identical to our more popular Hotel Holiday, but being self-catered accomnodation no food or breakfast is incuded. Don’t want self catering? Check out our hotel option which includes breakfasts, and has an excellent restaurant…

In the evenings we will help the group choose somewhere great to eat, help you book it, and often help you get there in our van too!  We have loads of food options within easy reach to suit any taste or pocket. Or you can always cook in the apartments, of course!

Eating and drinking in Andorra is remarkably cheap – think Spanish prices, minus VAT – so to give you a few examples: a large beer is around 3E (£2), tapas is available from 4E (£3) per dish, a full-sized pizza in a nice restaurant is 10E (£8.50), main meals in most places start from around 10E (£8.50) and if you go to the very best restaurant in town and eat the very most expensive dish on the menu you will still only pay around 25E (£22)!

We have several of these identical apartments available, so they can be well suited to group bookings – but availability is limited!

Here’s an example of how a typical week looks in Andorra:

Saturday – arrival day; Airport Transfer direct to your apartment. Someone will be on site to welcome you, give you a quick tour, show you where to store bikes and explain the facilities etc. Later on, we will all head to a prebooked an evening meal location for the group to meet and get to know each other, and our staff will give you information about the week.

Sunday – your choice> Either have your first day exploring the Bike Park with your included lift pass, or join our guides for the first guided enduro ride. The guided group often go straight to the high backcountry and hit “Lawnmower” in the morning, followed by “The Boneyard” and “Locals Only” after lunch at a local cafe. This offers a variety of different trails from high mountain to deep forests…it also features two very large van uplifts and at least two VERY large descents! Return to town late afternoon and meet the rest of the group, get a park lap in if you fancy! (note: in lower season weeks this swaps with Monday due to lift opening days).

Monday – flexible guiding in/ off the park!> riding  from the door we all use the local lifts at Pal Arinsal  (was Vallnord) . However, just because this is one of the best known bike parks in the World doesn’t mean it’s all about man made trails! In fact, some of our toughest, most technical natural riding is hidden away off the edges of the park. This is a fully flexible day, so you can do as much or as little natural riding as you want. If you just want to session park trails you can, if you want to ride with our guides…you can! The guides show you highlights of the park before diving off onto hidden trails only locals know about! There are loads of natural trails  here; we will usually ride a few such as “Bus Stop”, “Hidden Valley” and maybe “Rocky Road” or “Nutjob” if we think you are doing well! Lunch is usually at the BBQ terrace in the Park.

Tuesday – your choice> Again, you can either hit the Park with your included lift pass, or ride with our guides.This enduro day of guided riding will usually see us heading over to the other side of Andorra by van, to Soldeu, to use the gondola there. From this we can access a choice of trails, often riding things such as “Try the Door”, “Helter Skelter” or “Happy Ending” in the morning.  After lunch at a cafe we may jump back in the van back up to a high mountain pass to ride an alternate version of” Locals Only” called “Pylon” back to town.

Wednesday – your choice>  this is the guides’ Rest Day (like most guided trips) – but many people use this day to ride at the Bike Park, which is on the doorstep, using your included lift pass. Alternatively you could head into the capital city via cheap, regular buses – the bus stop is right outside! It’s a lovely, clean city with many, many shops. Many people visit The Caldea – Europe’s largest natural spa baths – a big tourist attraction. Wednesday is also the day our 4 night short break guests usually leave.

Thursday – more flexible guiding> probably again using the local lifts at Pal Arinsal we will guide yet more amazing natural trails, as we can’t fit them all into one day! Want a full or half park day? No problem – we will meet you later! If you choose to be guided expect the super long “Go Rock Yourself”, which takes a couple of hours with most groups, and is often saved for this day. We may even head to a little-used cable car at the edge of the park which takes you to a separate mountain from where we can ride “1 Brake and a Prayer” and “Lateral Flow” – trails which are absolute opposites! Lunch is again usually at the Bike Park restaurant.

Friday – your choice> you can choose a final day in the Bike Park, but most will opt for the  Uplifted Enduro option on the last day, as we usually head to the highest backcountry epic of the week! This sees us return to the Soldeu area, but head higher, up above 2500m. We grab a gondola, drop into a quick 500m descent back to town as a warm up…we then go and ride one of our two biggest high mountain trails, such as “Ridgeliner” or “Jordis Way”. These are over 10km long with over 1000m of vertical height loss! From the valley a final meeting with the van takes us back up to 2000m to ride a bonus descent, such as “OCD” which is a super varied 650m descent back to base.

Saturday – departure day: our scheduled transfer service collects you from the apartment door and returns you direct to the airport allowing plenty of time  to get there for your 2 hour minimum check-in window