What's on in Andorra la Vella (Andorra), Andorra through the year

Peak crowds — Ski season, Christmas and New Year

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)), Christmas and New Year (20 Dec – 6 Jan)

Busy — Ski season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Ski season, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Ski season, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Ski season (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Mountain refuges open

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallyTrail season

  The staffed refuges and the high routes over Coma Pedrosa are usable once the last snow goes off the passes, usually from the second half of June.

• Festival

  Solstice fire festivals

  21–24 JunMajor festival

  On midsummer night the parishes carry burning torches down off the mountainsides into the villages, a Pyrenean tradition UNESCO lists across the three countries that share it. Source ↗

Busy — Festa Major d'Andorra la Vella, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Festa Major d'Andorra la Vella

  31 Jul – 3 AugMajor festivalCrowded

  The capital's own four-day feast at the start of August: the giants Carlemany and Ermessenda out on parade, sardanes and a communal paella in the squares of the old quarter. Source ↗

Still on: Mountain refuges open (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Festa Major d'Andorra la Vella, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Mountain refuges open (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), Festa Major d'Andorra la Vella (31 Jul – 3 Aug)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Mountain refuges open (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Between seasons

  1 Oct – 25 NovOff-season shutdownClosures

  The lifts and most mountain refuges are shut and the summer trails are past their best, so the country is down to shopping and thermal baths. It is also when rooms are cheapest.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Between seasons (1 Oct – 25 Nov)

Peak crowds — Ski season, Christmas and New Year

• Season

  Ski season

  1 Dec – 15 Apr · usuallyCrowded

  Grandvalira and Pal-Arinsal open around the start of December and run to mid-April, conditions allowing. The capital is the cheap bed and the bus ride, not the slope.

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year

  20 Dec – 6 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  The duty-free shops and the lift queues peak in the same fortnight, and the road up from La Seu d'Urgell backs up on the changeover Saturdays. Prices do not come down again until mid-January. Source ↗