I'll be there. Booked.

Oh, I'm diggin this guest list! :)

Everyone please note the part where it says we're working on a special rate for the hotel. Don't get ahead of yourselves!

And Missy, of course. He's in very high demand at these things but if you make it we'll put you at the top of the list. :)

Just had a look at the Andorra tourist board site...unless alanw manages to score a phenomenal deal, I'll probably be staying at the Hesperia (90ish Euros per night for a superior room). :cool:

This sounds way too interesting to pass up. Please put me down as a maybe so I can check my availability as we get closer. ^

WOW! This sounds fab... thanks alanw & Patxi!

I've made a note in my calendar and hope to be able to confirm soon. Need to sort a few things out first.

How to get to Andorra la Vella?
 

As promised, all the information about how to get to our very unique BooDoo destination of the year!!!

If you're plan is to go straight from the airport to Andorra La Vella, there's shuttle busses from BCN and TLS. You can also fly GRO and rent a car and drive all the way up to the mountain. Alternate airports in France are PGF (shuttle bus service from the airport, but I can't get the schedules. I promise to post them as soon as I get them) and CCF (and then connecting by train or bus with TLS). In general, there's no need for advanced booking of bus tickets, but if you feel like doing so, you can book online here!. Please notice that this is the website of one bus company. There are other companies providing shuttle bus services but they don't have online booking service (in which case you just have to go to the bus station outside the airport and pay directly to the driver for your ticket).

If you feel like spending a few days in Barcelona before or after the Andorra experience, there's plenty of busses everyday between both cities. No availability problems so is just a get-to-the-station-and-jump-into-the-next-bus thing. There's also a couple of daily busses to/from Tolouse, in case you prefer staying in the french side of the border.

Arriving by train is not practical if in Spain. On the french side there's a train station called ANDORRA L'HOSPITALET, reachable from Paris and Toulouse (6 trains a day). There's regular busses from this train station to Andorra la Vella, and also taxis are available (aprox. 20 km). For booking train tickets you should try the SNCF website.

And if your thing is arriving in style, no matter what!, you can have your own personal helicopter that will bring you from BCN to the heliport of our fantastic hotel.

Keep checking this post, as I'll keep updating it with new information and/or updates on schedules, routes, etc!

But who is the helicopter service partnered with? I gotta get my miles.:p Seriously, this would be a cool way to arrive. I wonder how many of us they could fit into one and what the cost would be.@:-)

Great FT minds do think alike :D You beat me to it. ;)

OK, the first making of the list has been completed! I also updated the first post with DFB's excellent guide to getting there.

My TH is skeptical about any FT do, so I told her that we would vacation either before or afterward in So. France. Then she could leave and let me have a FT experience without feeling too guilty.

Carcassone is one place I am dying to visit...

If family members behave and I can wiggle my friend into using his UA miles <cough -itsallabout- cough>, I'll be there :)

searching ua.bomb now... ;)

I've updated the first post with info for luxury helicopter transfers. It's quite a bit cheaper than I thought (though still no bargain). I wouldn't be surprised if we see some people using that option.

OK - I have bitten and will promise to register myself!

;)

Ok, so if i take the helicopter.. can we find a car delivery service to run the motor up there for us as well ?