The Skiers' Guide to Pal Arinsal

I went as a complete beginner, arinsal is amazing for beginners with plenty of blue and green runs and very good for children too as the resort is relatively small and most runs meet together at the bar. Pal is better for people wanting more experience as there are more red runs over there however I didn’t go over so can’t say much about it.

Amazing experience! Great views, spa and bars. The skiing was awesome and the apres ski even better!

I visited Pal Arinsal with my wife and two kids, we had a great week, the snow conditions were great and all the runs were good and really well kept. The kids loved the ski school, which gave me time to go off and explore the mountains. It was busy but there was never a big queue for any of the lifts. The night life in Andorra is brilliant, we’ve been back three times now and are looking to go again.

We stayed in La massana, at hotel magic ski. It was a very short walk to the gondola station, the food was good but the bar was tiny and only sold Heineken on draught. We stayed over New year and the hotel was decorated with balloons. The party celebrations were fantastic.
Pal is great for your group and we managed to ski for 6 days which was excellent, some of the slopes were icy half way through trip, due to lack of snow and temp being to warm for snow cannons.
When the snow cannons were deployed, large tumps of snow were left ungroomed for a day, all ski lifts were in operation and very few slopes closed during week
The ski instructor spoke broken English but we could understand him.
Overall very good value for money but apres ski limited in La massana

Second annual family trip, excellent resort, perfect for us, 3 careful daughters and one extremely brave grandson.
What a week we had, no queues at the many excellent ski lifts and gondola, perfect snow, no need for the snow cannon, but it was there, ready.
Stunning scenery, every ski lift attendant were helpful and friendly, the runs were perfection, no ice just a squeaky soft base that lasted all day.
Not enough skiers to make a mogul field, but there was one, way up the peak amongst the black runs.
I'll be bringing the family back next year, it was such a great resort, with shops, bars and really good restaurants.
Catering on the hill was perfect, nothing skimped, good gooey hot chocolate, and amazingly cheesy pizza, we did sample the Rustica Restaurant fine dining, which was superb, and affordable.
What a treat, we made some fine memories.

So good runs, was there with the family something for every level.

Wife and kids did ski school i ended up skiing on my own at times great atmosphere and great conditions was there for the new year and the hotel had a free bar!!

Excellent ski coaching! Great for beginners. Lots of runs. Lovely city centre lots of restaurants. Lots of snow.

Unreal skiing, so many nice forest runs and jumps littered everywhere. Food was doable, beers only half pints I think. Other than small spenny beer, genuinely unreal place

Great Irish bar for apres ski, live music most nights, runs are great and the the area is hugh with a great mixture of runs

The ski school is brilliant. After 3 hours each day I made a great amount of progress and improved a lot! There are many blue runs to choose from with various levels of difficulty and mogul fields. Great value for money and a very beginner and family friendly resort. I stayed at a hostel right next to the gondola and got my equipment next door which saved me a lot of time too. Apres ski is lacking at this resort, has some more bar areas for apres but not very lively. But it’s a great place for skiing and was busy but not too busy in December. Would definitely come here again!

We loved Pal Arinsal. It was our first time in Andorra and we’re going back again next year. The town is small so the nightlife is fairly limited but good quality. Food and drink is cheap compared to other resorts we’ve been to.
The slopes themselves were great. Arinsal side is small but would be great for learners and beginners as it’s near impossible to get lost! PAL side was much bigger with more varied terrain and more options for red and black runs.
I would definitely recommend a trip there.

Great resort for intermediate and beginners as well as advanced skiers. Plenty of nightlife and some great food too at an affordable price.

Took my young children here for their first ski holiday and it was perfect! Wide, open slopes - not too challenging and plenty of space for them to learn. Enough ski parks for them to have fun with and the ski schools were great. My youngest went from never having even put a ski on to red runs (generous red vs. other European ratings) by the end of the week. Definitely recommend for young families and/or beginners.

Great village, family friendly (perfect with my twins aged 10), bowling, swimming, games arcade etc. Awesome ski school, lots of Brit instructors, stayed in Arinsal but skiing over in PAL has off piste and tree runs.

Nice resort, interesting alternative to the alps with some good terrain if the snow conditions deliver. Good terrain parks but apres was pretty limited, would be good for a family as a spring ski option as nice and warm too in the valley.

A great budget resort. Limited skiing in Arinsal but pass includes the gondola over to Pal, a larger ski area with tree-lined runs. The ski pass is great value and we found that even if you purchased one or two day passes it still worked out the same cost as if you purchased a six day pass. Great choice of hotels all reasonably priced. Plenty of restaraunts to chose again all reasonably priced. A number of good bars including thr Derry Irish bar and Ciscos. Drinks are well priced and dirt cheap between 4_7pm. Estrella at 2.5 euros and Guiness at 3.5 euros if you go to the right bar. The resort has s nice feel about it and favours those who aren't looking for the thrill of numerous black runs and a really wild apres scene. Best for beginners and intermediates.

Very quiete little resort. Lovely and peaceful with minimal queues for lifts.

Some of the lifts are older and slower but this leads for a very chilled week for skiing.

Great for beginners and familys. Great apres and very welcoming atmosphere. Not a lot of runs but good if youre starting out

We loved our family and friends trip to PalArinsal, we stayed in various accommodation and everyones experience was great. There were 14 people in our group 4 families. Plenty of options for skiing to everyones abilities. Plenty of apres and dining options. Will return!

Great slopes, quiet which is great for carving the full slope would definitely visit again. Some great food options in the evening though if you go I the quiet season it can be quiet