Ultimate Andorra Hotel

Due to huge demand, our newest package, launched in 2024, gives you the maximum flexibility to ride everything Andorra has to offer! Ride a mix of uplifted guided Enduro trails and hit the Bike Park for up to 4 days, knowing that your trip includes all Pal Arinsal lift passes needed for your week too!  This is the next stage of development of our constantly evolving our Andorran Holidays to become any rider’s dream – be guided and get out in the backcountry, then ride Park too, – it’s like a mountain bike pic’n’mix! See below for a rough itinerary, and for detailed info on some of our favourite trails, but with this trip you’ll get to do a bit of everything! You’ll get to ride Enduro some days, then hit the park on others. Are you someone who wants to ride in the Park some days, but be still get to do huge natural descents? Easy! Want to spend half the week in the Park, but still see the very best of the high backcountry? Simple. Whatever mix YOU want this trip provides it – and includes all Pal Arinsalbike park passes too!

Andorra truly is a mountain biking paradise; huge, snow capped mountains feel very Alpine, but we have a climate more similar to that of nearby Spain. The positive attitude to bikers from the incredibly warm and friendly locals is amazing, the Park is huge and varied, and the natural riding is staggering…and completely devoid of other trail users!. We are based just outside Andorra’s busiest & best positioned summer town, full of fellow riders enjoying Pal Arinsal Bike Park (formerly Vallnord), host to the  MTB World Championships for the second time in 2024, and an annual World Cup venue.

Andorra is definitely somewhere you need guiding on the natural trails – there is no official mapping, and the ones which do exist are very inaccurate. Every valley below 1800m is covered in thick forests, so you can’t even see where you are! However, it’s this which makes Andorra almost unique – our trail network is almost deserted, other than by a few locals, and we rarely see anyone else at all! On guided days we will take you to phenomenal singletrack in every corner of this tiny country and you are going to be amazed….and on Park days you will start to realise that the perfect antidote to the crowded, often wet and worn vout parks of the Alps was here waiting for you all along!

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

Saturday – arrival day; Airport Transfer direct to your hotel. Our staff, 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 – first guided day>  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 for a beer or two in the sun! (note: in lower season weeks this day is park-based due to lift opening days).

Monday– second guided day> 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.

Tuesday– 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.