Arinsal Transportation

Getting to Arinsal is only possible by car or by bus. A good website where you can reserve seats on the public bus from Girona, Toulouse or Barcelona airports right to your hotel in Andorra is www.hola-andorra.com. They'll send you your bus tickets within 24 hours. You can also book private transfers either via taxi or buses for up to 50 persons

The gondola is the quickest way of getting from the centre of Arinsal to the mountain. Its either take the gondola or take a very long journey up a very windy road.

You can get a gondola pass from the little brown hut at the base of the gondola which allows you access by swiping a card against a sensor.

The free ski bus runs regularly from La Massana, through Arinsal, picking up at all the hotels and stopping at the gondola.

It also runs in reverse at the end of the day to drop you back at your hotel.

On a couple of mornings we took the free ski bus to La Massana and changed to a blue ski bus (1.50 Euro each) to get to Ordino-Arcalis ski area. This was well worth the trip, partly as we had exhausted the slopes at Arinsal and Pal and partly because the slopes at Arcalis were longer and quieter than Arinsal/Pal. Get detailed advice from your rep as we waited at the wrong stop on the first day and missed the connecting bus.

I think some buses from La Massana picked up at the gondola and some from the bus stop outside the pharmacy only 100m away across a road junction.

Hey It Easier To Book A Package Holiday And Get Your Bus For Free Because Its There When You Get Off The Plane And Takes You Straight To Your Apartment Then Its There To Collect You Again When Your Going Home And Takes You Straight Back To The Airaport!!!

P.S Be Sure To Bring A Cd Player Or Sumthin For The Bus Journey Because Its A Long One But The Views Of The Mountains Are Amazing From The Bus