As a result of its quality environment and the facilities it has provided the Principality can give sports lovers the opportunity to participate in any sport in this impressive setting.
1. From mountain activities...
In Andorra, the country of the Pyrenees, mountain and nature lovers can take part in many activities throughout the year.
In winter, the depth and quality of its snow and the country's high class equipment makes a visit to Andorra for ski lovers a must. The Principality encourages all forms of snow sports: motor sledging, snowboarding, Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, the use of snow shoes, long distance skiing, dog-drawn sleigh racing.
Motor sport has become very popular in recent years with the organization
of frequent competitions of various descriptions, such as World Championships
trials, driving on ice, etc.
Finally,
the Sport and Mountain Training School (EFPEM) was opened in December 1995
to train in theory and practice instructors and trainers, technical and
administrative managers of federations and clubs, leisure sports leaders,
referees and/or judges, including any one involved in activities to promote
the teaching of physical education and sport. The great strength of Andorra lies in its ability to provide sports facilities suitable for all the traditional sports in a relatively small country.
Team sports such as football, basketball, ice hockey or underwater hockey, rugby and volleyball, can be played at all levels.
A large number of keen tennis, swimming, athletics, dancing, squash
and martial arts players/participants are members of clubs and federations
in Andorra.
The Principality also has the following state-of-the-art facilities:
- The Serradells Olympic swimming pool (50 x 21 m), which can be divided into two pools of 25 x 21 m each, in a large sports complex in Andorra la Vella.
- The Andorra la Vella Municipal stadium with a football pitch, 6 lane running track and a multipurpose pitch (20 x 40 m) for hockey, figure skating and team sports.
- The Andorra Sports centre in Andorra la Vella, with a capacity for 5,000 spectators, for competitive sports such as basketball, volleyball or indoor football.
- The MICG pitch, also at Andorra la Vella, principally for rugby.
- The Ice palace, in Canillo, with an Olympic-size rink (30 x 60 m), a 25 m swimming pool and multipurpose halls.
- The Aixovall Sports field at Sant Julià de Loria, principally for football.
- The Olympic rifle range at Sant Julià de Loria, for room for six competitors and 15 pits for trap shooting.
- The five multipurpose sports centres at Encamp, Escaldes-Engordany, Ordino, l'Aldosa (La Massana) and Sant Julià de Loria with facilities for all sports, e.g. basketball, indoor football, volleyball, judo, karate, gymnastics, swimming and tennis.
- The Pas de la Casa Car ice track at Pas de la Casa (Encamp).
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