Tobotronc, Caldea, Places of interest.

· Tobotronc - mountain rail-mounted toboggan ·

Andorra's latest attraction, at 5.2km long, the longest toboggan run in the world. Only 35 minutes drive from the Hotel and suitable for all ages over 5 years old.

· Caldea ·

Less than ten minutes from the hotel

Palarine lies Caldea, Europe's largest health spa. caldea offers 6000 square meters of inside and outside lagoons, saunas, jacuzzis, a grapefruit pool, an Aztecian pool, Indo-Roman baths, cascades, bubble beds, warm marble slates, and much much more.

Imagine a place where everything is light and space, where you can forget fatigue, stress and routine... a new and unique spa where, throughout the year, you will find peace and calm in the beneficial effects of thermal water. A haven to retreat to, dedicated to rest, getting back in shape, health and beauty.

Caldea uses the water which emerges from the thermal source in Escaldes-Engordany at 68º C to create a harmonious interrelation between the body and water in futuristic surroundings. In ancient Catalan, the word 'caldea' means tonifying and warm.

In Roman times, the word 'calidae', from which the name of the town of Escaldes in Andorra originates, designated a warm water source. Two thousand years later, Caldea offers you a new form of well-being and enjoyment, an encounter with water in all its possible forms, from steam to ice, from Japan to Finland...

· CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN MINUTES OF THE HOTEL ·

Church of Sant Climent, Pal

Church of Sant Climent

Originally 12th century Romanesque, the Lombard bell tower from this period is notable and one of the most interesting in Andorra, being the only one to have double twinned windows.

Some structural alterations of the 17th and 19th centuries can be noted in the Església de Sant Climent, such as the porch and part of the nave.

The church keeps a 13th century image of Our Lady of the Remedies, a retable dated from 1709, two polychrome wooden crosses and two fonts, one for christenings in the nave and the other for oil in the sacristy.

Opening hours: July and August, 10 am to 1 pm and 3 pm to 7 pm; September to June, only for masses.

Church of Saint Christopher, Anyòs

The Església de Sant Cristòfol is an originally Romanesque building altered in the 16th century, and it has a bell tower at the back.

Inside there are frescoes of two different periods: the Last Supper in the hemicycle of the apse dates back to the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th centuries; those of Saint Christopher and the Psychostasis (the weighing of the souls) are a 16th century addition.

The only fragment remaining of the 12th century Romanesque paintings (a Virgin flanked by two saints) is in a private collection in Madrid.

There is also a 16th century retable dedicated to the patron saint of the church.

Saint Anthony Bridge, El Serrat

The Pont de Sant Antoni, built on the old road connecting Ordino and Andorra la Vella, is mediaeval.

About 150 metres upstream from the bridge, there is the Església de Sant Antoni de la Grella, originally of Romanesque design, but restored in the 1940s because of the work on the tunnels of the main road

Other Places of Interest

Museums

Escaldes: Entrance to the facinating 'Matrioshka y Miniatura' museum, where you will find a colection of more than 300 unique Russian dolls and a collection of incredible hand made miniture sculptures that include Camels and pyramids made from gold, and placed within the eye of a needle! Price per person: 7€
Ordino: Entrances to the museum of minatures (described above) and the icon museum where you can explore orthodox icons representing religious art.
Price per person: €7€
Escaldes and Ordino combination: You may visit the museums of minatures and icons in Ordino and the Russian doll museum in Escaldes.
Price per person€ 8€

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