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.

Spain Tour; Side Trip to Andorra (La Vella)

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

Spain - Andorra - Portugal (Lisbon) - Vatican - Italy (Rome)
August 18 to 25, 2018

23 Days Solo Autumn Experience in Central Europe (Oct. 2013)
23 Days Solo Summer Adventures in Central, Southern and Northern Europe (Jun. 2015)

"Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator." - Antoni Gaudi

My 5th time to visit the European continent following the 12 Days Solo Backpacking in Summer Russia (Trans-Siberia Train Ride) last August 2017 and 3rd time for Schengen Adventure following the Germany-applied visa for Summer Solo Trip last June 2015, 2nd trip with my mother abroad following the Winter Japan last Feb. 2015, total of 71 countries visited so far (total of 29 in Europe) and of course, usual budget do-it-yourself itinerary from arrival to departure.

Schengen Area guarantees free movement within territory of 26 countries. As of 19th of December 2011, Schengen Area consist of 26 countries (of which 22 are EU states): Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden along with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Being part of the area without controls at internal borders means that these countries no longer carry-out border checks at their internal borders and have stepped-up controls at the external borders. 

SPAIN
timezone - UTC +0200H    capital - Madrid    language - Spanish    currency - Euro (EUR)

visa - Philippine passport holders need to apply first before travel

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