the viewing deck: Spain Tour; Side Trip to Andorra (La Vella)

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Spain Tour; Side Trip to Andorra (La Vella)

8 Days Self-Guided Budget Summer Europe Trip with My Mother

August 18 to 25, 2018

Seville City Tour last part; Other Tourist Spots

I made this side trip in Barcelona, Spain due to 2 reasons; being just a 3 hours bus travel away from Barcelona and to complete the countries / micro-states of Europe. I only visited the capital, Andorra La Vella's St. Steve Chapel, Casa de la Vall and City Center. There is a crossborder checkpoint during the bus travel, Police Officers just verified our Schengen Visa inside the bus. Andorra is a small mountainous country in the Pyrenees between France and Spain.

timezone - UTC +0200H capital - Andorra La Vella language - Catalan currency - Euro (EUR)

visa - Philippine passport holders need to apply first before travel

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANDORRA
1. It is the 16th smallest country in the world by land and the 11th smallest by population.
2. Andorra is also one of the few places in Europe where you can still smoke indoors in public places.
3. Andorra is the only country in the world with Catalan as its official language
4. Andorra has never been in a war in almost 1,000 years
5. Andorra has no national bank and has never had its own currency
6. Andorra is the world’s only co-principality, they have two princes who jointly share the title of prince. They are the only country where one of their heads of state (the President of France) is democratically elected by another country.