Andorra travel guide — Andorra tourism and travel information

Andorra

Andorra is a very small landlocked principality in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by France and Spain. Once isolated it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven. Andorra is also part of the Catalan Countries. The country is officially named the Principality of Andorra.

Andorra geography

Befitting its location in the eastern Pyrenees mountain range, Andorra consists predominantly of rugged mountains of an average height of 1,996 m with the highest being the Coma Pedrosa at 2,946 m. These are dissected by three narrow valleys in a Y shape that combine into one as the main stream, the Valira river, leaves the country for Spain (at Andorra's lowest point of 870 m).

Andorra's climate is similar to its neighbours' temperate climate, but its higher altitude means there is on average more snow in winter and it's slightly cooler in summer.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Andorra".