We had packed up François, and I stuck my head in to tell Ton I was going to disconnect the electricity when she said I read a couple of articles this morning and there are some things to do here. So ten minutes before hitting the road out of Andorra we decided to head into town instead.
Armed with some ideas from a travel blog our initial destination was a street the blogger had labeled as the Champs Elyse of Andorra. It turns out that it is the main shopping street of Andorra, and is lined with high end shops, but surprisingly few restaurants. It had Paris beat for mountains in the background, but the blogger had a pretty vivid imagination to see a resemblance to one of the most famous streets in the world.
Our next stop was to see a statue that Salvador Dali donated to Andorra. It was located next to the Riu Valira which is the river that runs thru town. As soon as you see the sculpture you know it is a Dali.
To tell the truth we spent most of our time today in a LeClerc Hypermarket. This one was different than any we had been in in France, as about 20% of the stock was liquor. Tax free liquor is one of the biggest attractions in Andorra, and this LeClerc was prepared to provide the attraction.
We left the LeClerc with some chocolate souvenirs from Andorra for friends at home. The weather was nearly perfect, and the town was not overcrowded so in the end we were satisfied with our decision to stay on and give Andorra a chance.
We did watch a video in the tourist information center highlighting the extensive mountain trail system in Andorra. Unfortunately for us those days are coming to a close, but if it is your thing I think there is another side of Andorra that we did not experience.
We ended up bypassing Andorra due to time issues last year but on our to do list was hiking trails to find the half dozen Tamarros. You are correct there is a lot of hiking in Andorra and the country has one of the best trail planning websites I have seen.
We did buy two of the Tamarros at the Tourist Information as they are cute, but we did not earn them!