Pal Arinsal Bike Park Offical Hotel Holiday

If you want to visit the famous, incredible, huge Bike Park at Pal Arinsal (was Vallnord) everyone knows there’s no better or cheaper way to do it than with Singletrack Safari!

We are the Official Holiday Partner to Pal Arinsal, which means that we are able to offer you a stress-free fantastic package INCLUDING local contacts, advice, accommodation, airport transfers and lift passes at great prices!

Arriving into Barcelona airport you meet the scheduled transfer bus which takes you direct to the door of your fantastic hotel in a quiet location just outside the busy town of La Massana. This is Andorra’s most popular and best positioned summer town, situated just a few minutes outside the capital city, amidst towering tree lined mountains, directly at the foot of Pal Arinsal Bike Park itself.

There’s great progression to be had by exploring the trails here –  great introductory singletrack green trails such as “Skippy” get you into the feel of the super-dusty surfaces. These prepare you perfectly to step up to trails like the endless flowing blue which ploughs 10km (!) down from the peak of the mountain all the way to town, 1000m below at high speed. Then there are trails such as Corpalanca; a tough, steep, twisting blue trail peppered with rocks, drop offs and even a mini road gap!

There’s a lot to satisfy more experienced riders of course: these are big mountains after all! From the mountain top at 2358m you have two amazing red trails: Cubil – which is a fast, flowing berm and tabletop infested run through dazzling sunlit meadows, or you can hook into the full Maxiavalanche descent right back to town…which grows more difficult the lower you drop down towards town – with the final few kilometres being a super-tough black graded tech fest of natural singletrack. If that’s not enough there are two north shore “Wood Parks” which are significantly different to one another – one being easier, the other being somewhat, well..nuts, quite frankly!

Finally, if you really want a challenge you can head onto the super-tough “Project One”, which mixes super tough natural trails with enormous rock drops, skinnies and more. And of course, we haven’t even mentioned the THREE fearsome World Cup/ World Championship DH trails…

After an amazing day on the trails you’ll be more than happy to head back to La Massana for a cold (and cheap!) – beer from a frosted glass! If you need spares there are lots of big, well stocked bike shops. Remember that Andorra is basically tax-free, so there are sometimes genuine bargains to be had! You can also rent high quality bikes here – unlike many shops in the Alps the machinery is top quality, well maintained and usually current season. You’ll find loads of brands including, of course, our sponsors Commencal; the famous company are based opposite our hotel, and and naturally have a huge presence wherever you go! We have a hire page elsewhere on the site for discounted direct hire with Commencal if you want to arrange a shiny Supreme or other models for your visit too…

You’ll often bump into pro riders training around the park or in town – Greg Minnaar, Loris Vergier and other riders now live here year round, and are often on the trails – as well as many other well known faces, such as the Athertons who we have bumped into in the past…and of course Andorra’s most famous biking celebrity Cedric Gracia, who can often be found in the park during daylight…and a succession of bars after dark!!

There are plenty of places to eat and drink in La Massana – and with nearly tax-free, super low prices you can easily find food to suit any budget. For example, a nice, fresh, large pizza in a great italian along the street is only 11 euros (£9.50)! Even in the best restaurant in town you’ll find that the prices are low – treat yourself to the most expensive thing on the menu (a mahoossive T-Bone) is only about 25 euros, or £20! Our favourite bar, Mon Bohemi (Dirt called it “one of the best pubs I have been to” ) is run by bikers and serves a great choice of beer and food too….a large beer is around 4 euros, so half the price you pay in the Alps!