Biarritz (fr. Biarritz) – a luxury resort town belonging to the Atlantic Pyrenees Department (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), the New Aquitaine Region in southwestern France. Its current Basque name is Biarritz (or Miarritze), and its current Gascon name is Biàrrits.
The name Biarritz probably comes from the berarr Basque root, replacing belharr, “grass” with the suffix -itz addition and …
MoreTossa de Mar (cat. Tossa de Mar) is a town and municipality in the region of La Selva, simply called Tossa until 1985. It is part of the so-called Selva Marítima and borders with the counties of the Baix Empordà and Gironès, by the municipalities of Lloret de Mar, Vidreres, Caldes de Malavella, Llagostera and …
MorePICK OF THE WEEK: Monday, 4th March – Thursday, 7th March, 2019
OPERA
Thursday, 7th March 20.15h at the Cinemes Illa Carlemany, Escaldes-Engordany. Originally sung in La Scala, Milan. Josep Carreras in Andrea Chénier. Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano. The story is based loosely on the life of the French …
MoreSpanish Mediterranean beaches. Costa Daurada
The Spanish coast stretches for several thousand kilometers. A small coastline stretch of the Tarragona province in Catalonia stands out among this length. Washed by the Balearic Sea, this coast is known in a tourist environment as the Costa Daurada, which means “golden coast” in Spanish. The region received …
MorePICK OF THE WEEK: Monday, 28th January – Sunday, 3rd February, 2019
OPERA
Wednesday, 30th January at 19.45h at the Cinemes Illa Carlemany, Escaldes-Engordany. Streamed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. (Streaming time 3 hours and 30 minutes with two intervals.) Verdi’s La Traviata. Directed by Richard Eyre, Conducted by Antonello Manacorda. Starring: Ermonela Jaho as Violetta Valéry, Charles Castronovo …
Dorres Roman SPA Baths (Les Bains de Dorres), Cerdanya plateau, Pyrenees, France
The Dorres Roman baths (Les Bains de Dorres) are located on the site of a hot spring (40 ° Celsius), which flows from the foot of the Dorres village. The picturesque village is located in the French Pyrenees at an altitude of …
MoreThe commercial director of the ski resort Ax 3 Domaines – Ascou – Monts d’Olmes – Guzet, Jacques Murat Savasem, told all-andorra.com about the advantages of having a winter vacation in the Ariège-Pyrénées region of France:
“Ax 3 Domaines is a ski resort located in Ariege-Pyrenees, near the tiny French town of Ax-les-Thermes (about 60 km …
MoreOn October 23, the Artalroc in Escaldes-Engordany opens a new exhibition entitled “Japan, the footprint of water”. The 190 photographs that will be on display, most of them hand-colored, belong to the Guimet National Museum of Asian Art in Paris.
“Japan, the footprint of water” is a representative exhibition of Japan during the second half of …
MoreSpanish Mediterranean beaches. Costa Brava
Costa Brava is a wide strip of the Mediterranean coast that geographically occupies the north of Spain.
Costa Brava is located in the northeast of Catalonia (province of Girona), which is part of the Spanish Kingdom. Costa Brava stretches 210 km from the French border to the Blanes resort town.
Cliffs …
MoreThe youth services at Andorra la Vella Town Hall are offering its sixth edition of the programme “Cooking without parents” during the autumn of 2018. The aim is to set up workshops for young people to learn to cook independently and to have a healthier diet.
The novelty this year is the organization of 2 outings …
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