eleventh January 2024
It’s doable to ski for so long as you need per season in Andorra. All the opposite ski nations in Europe are in EU or Schengen so Brits can solely spend 90 days out of 180 inside their borders. NEW
The Brexit deal agreed by the UK authorities implies that British individuals who spend a variety of time in Europe – snowboarding or in any other case – must rely their days fastidiously as free motion has gone.
For skiers and snowboarders who wish to spend winter out within the mountains of Europe that is usually not now doable.
One such particular person is PlanetSKI’s, James Cove, who retains an in depth tally on his variety of days.
He’s now in Andorra and Brits are welcome for so long as they need every winter.
The times throughout the borders of the Principality within the Pyrenees aren’t counted within the complete variety of days spent on the slopes of the opposite European ski nations.
Guests must get their passports stamped as they go away France or Spain to enter Andorra, after which once more after they go away and enter the EU heading again into France or Spain.
Andorra/France border. Picture © PlanetSKI
“It’s a quite simple course of and I parked my automotive by French customs and walked into the constructing the place an official stamped my passport to point out I has left the EU,” stated James.
“They have been fully used to it and the customs officers stamp UK passports frequently.”
The corporate Andorra Journey Service takes 10,000 skiers to Andorra every winter and its automobiles cease particularly for UK residents to get their passport stamped.
“It solely provides a couple of minutes to folks’s journey-time and plenty of are delighted they don’t seem to be utilizing up their allowance,” stated the MD of Andorra Journey Service, Iain Archer.
Common readers will know PlanetSKI is an enormous fan of snowboarding in Andorra, and we predict it’s slightly neglected and barely misunderstood by some.
It has modified considerably within the final decade with big enhancements to the raise system, the lodging and far else in addition to.
It has a fame for being for learners and intermediates solely – not so in our opinion.
We’re at present writing a rolling weblog about our time within the Pyrenees:
We can be posting a full article on our present keep shortly.
Within the meantime, we’ve discovered one other good cause to return to Andorra.
It doesn’t rely to the variety of days we will ski in Europe every winter.
Grandvaliria, Andorra. Picture © PlanetSKI
