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Skiing in Soldeu (Andorra)

Newest Review: ... hardly the friendliest of people. Maybe language was the problem! Indeed, unfortunately, on the slopes they also tended to be somewhat aggressive and arrogant. We kept out of their way as much as possible. The visitors were predominantly Russian, Irish and Brits. Andorra is a tax free zone. Inghams had arranged a visit to Andorra la Vella, the capital, on Saturday afternoon for a shopping expedition, if you wanted to. We resisted the temptation as we would probably have ended paying excess baggage and wasted all the savings. The prices in Soldeu itself were exceptionally cheap anyway. A 1 litre bottle of Moskovskaya Russian Vodka f... more

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Skiing in Soldeu (Andorra): The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! (3198 words)
by - written on 18/01/02, changed on 18/01/02 (Very useful, 922 readings)
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In recent years the certainty that a skiing holiday would be an enjoyable experience has been less and less assured. Blame "Global Warming" or whatever, we have suffered our (un)fair share at various European resorts, mostly those in France. You really do take pot-luck. Either you take a chance and book early to get the accommodation and resort you want but take a chance on the snow and the weather or you book late and take what comes but with a better idea of the likelihood of enjoyable skiing. This year we left it late, went with a new (to us) travel company (Inghams) and went not only to a new (to us, again) resort but to a country we had ... Read the complete review