അണ്ടോറ എന്ന ഡ്യൂട്ടി ഫ്രീ രാജ്യം | Andorra - The Duty Free Country in Europe

Hello. I am at Andorra On one side it is France and the other side it is Andorra I have reached my 39th country Andorra is the 16th smallest country in the world. Suneerbhai and Shamjithbhai are with us. We drove and entered Andorra from France Most of the people come to Andorra for skiing. 3500 ft high above sea level, just like Munnar It is a small country You can walk and see the country is what people say, but there are lots to walk. Welcome to Andorra This stream is France-Andorra border We

didnt see any border control anywhere There is a board Welcome to Andorra Shall tell you about Andorra once I get in. It is a place to shop You dont have to pay any customs or excise duty here So many people come here to shop. The rates are very affordable So shopping is very cheap Shall see if we can get our passport stamped Can see Andorra Police vehicles as we enter. The registration number is AND You can see a beautiful circle. Buildings have a Chinese colour touch That is France. We are in

Andorra. All these buildings are in Andorra The capital of this country is Andorra la Vella This is a petrol pump made excavating a mountain It is cold and I have my jacket ready Petrol and diesel rates are comparatively less As we move forward, we can see people skiing We had gone to a place in Almaty where we saw people skiing Most of the people come to ski here in Andorra. Beautiful. Can see lot of camper vans. Suneerbhai said skiing world cup happened here I guess there would be lot of reso

rts here They have built a tunnel here to avoid going this way But we wont be able to see all these if we take the tunnel That is why we have skipped the tunnel and taken this road We had come from there We drove up and reached here All these places are for skiing People have left their vehicles here and gone for skiing We have booked an airbnb to stay here Nearly 15000 INR for it They sent us a link to upload our id and pay tax Done with all that If you have taken Airalo Europe Sim, it will wor

k here Europe SIMs dont work here. You will have to buy one If you have Airalo, it will work here I shall share Airalo coupon code in my description Airalo is an awesome app to use while traveling You can purchase an e-sim and travel Use the coupon code in the description box, both you and I will get 3 dollars each You had come here with your family, right? Where is that border which was seen in your photo? That is the border for Spain and France Looks like Ladakh and Himachal for me Beautiful I

f you go to Himachal after winter, it would look same like this You wont find this much of greenery in Ladakh. But Himachal is like this. We have begun to see shops. Here perfumes are made and sold A cannabis store. Have we reached Amsterdam? We are about to reach the capital city There is traffic. Looks like going to Munnar on weekends Andorra la vella is down the valley there All of us are going there There are cable cars here. Lot of shops sell skiing equipments here Lot of hotels and homesta

ys too. A place perfect for tourists Most of the people coming here are tourists I think more than 10 lakh people come here as tourists We are going to the capital city, Andorra la Vella Andorra is just 450sqkm One of the smallest countries in Europe The 6th smallest country here As in 2012, only 80000 people live here. Now it is less than 1 lakh This is la Vella A capital at the highest altitude in Europe Though Andorra is not under European Union, it is between France and Spain Euro is the off

icial currency Andorra has lot of history If I begin to say, it would be very lengthy As per their belief, for the war they had with the previous people, King Charles wrote and gave this place to the people living here The Sovereignty of this place was of a community Erjil It was under Erjil Prabhu It was still under Bishop of Erjil Christianity The government system here is very complicated Not any issue, but very confusing even after reading it many times Earlier it was under tribal governance

. Later in 1993, it became a democratic governance The President of French Republic and the bishop of Erjil are the heads of the state France President Emmanuel Macron and Erjil Bishop are the heads today One of the smallest and oldest parliament house is here Only 28 members in the parliament house here Their period is for 4 years They then select a president from the executive council for being the head The political system here is complicated Andorra is the only country that speaks Catalan M

ost of the people here speak Catalan At the same time they speak Spanish and French too Most of the people coming here are from Spain and France People speak English too. 95% follow Christianity The moment he sees the camera he has to say Budubudaa. Many days since he said that We parked our car at Andorra la villa Have you understood where we are People come here to shop That is Andorra Nice t-shirt It is so crowded here Look at the flow of people I shopped from Zara yesterday Should have bough

t from here Rate would be lesser here It is a place for shopping Andorra is a duty free country So the main attraction is to buy things duty free from here That is the main income for the people here too Products are brought from different countries in Europe They sell it as duty free and people all around the world come to shop This is the bread and butter of the people here This is the shopping street here We can walk and shop here All sold here are duty free items This is a perfume shop. Ther

e are 100s of these here Nice branded perfumes. People can come here and shop They are cheaper here Are phones also cheaper here? Yes His wife would have given him a list This is a mobile store Souvenir books sold here Do they sell cigarette at book stores? In Italy, tabak was a book store Cigarettes are sold on promotion here Are cigarettes sold like this? If you buy a set of cigarettes, you get liquor free I am first time seeing something like this 2800 INR for this If you buy the box of ciga

rette for 27 Euro, you get this alcohol free Different brands of alcohol are sold like this. You buy chocolate, you get biscuits free You buy Winston, you get Balentine for free You buy cigarette, you get alcohol free Its like that all over. Buy something and you get something free I am first time seeing a shop selling cigarette in public outside the shop You see only alcohol here. A bottle is broken and liquor is on the floor I have seen such a big supermarket like this in Ras Al Khaima that se

lls liquor You not only get liquor here, but many things People simply complain on Kerala Government Saying they sell liquor. All these are liquor Kerala government still doesnt know to sell liquor. They are yet to learn That is the problem. Not only Kerala government, but many countries We are selling it in a wrong way collecting so much tax No other issues Lot of chocolates for just 4-5 Euro It is good for Shamjithbhai to come and go often You can come from UK I never expected this country to

be like this z Lot of chocolates Look at these Ferrero Rochers Just 7 Euro for these We shall eat it at night. You can buy many and you have your car Let us go and see the place. We shall shop later Just 10 Euro for this Kinder Joy I am all confused seeing all these. So many chocolates, liquor and many more Look at another product from Ferrero Rocher It is a shopping heaven Didnt get to see a single souvenir so far Nobody wants any when they come here All are busy shopping duty free items This

is an awesome shopping area Shamjithbhai is looking at all the shops So many people here. I never expected Andorra to be like this. Like I said, there is no tax here. There is income tax but a duty free country We know that there are many duty free places The government here has done it to boost Andorra's economy If they dont come up with something like this, people here will migrate to elsewhere People will go to other European countries Andorra might not be getting into the European Union beca

use of this reason If you are in that, then people can migrate and go easily They may be not doing it for people not to leave here Can see a Pizzeria here. People are sitting out and having food. Nice vibe inside You have Rolex showroom too. Life expectancy for people living in Andorra is believed to be high Andorra is in the 5th position. The altitude, quality of air and cuisine are some of the main factors Due to these reasone, people here die when they are very old Their parliament is the old

est in the world too The parliament began in 1419 90% of Andorra is forest, mountains, rivers, meadows etc Only the remaining 10% has plain lane Andorra la Vella lies in a valley After Vatican, Andorra is the next place that has lot of museums in a sq mile It seems there are 15 museums in 180sq miles. 10% of Andorra comes under world heritage sites Nearly 184 miles of Andorra can be used for skiing. There are that many skiing places in Andorra There are many other specialties too Andorra doesnt

have a military. Andorra is another country like Monaco that doesnt have a military But they have a good police force of nearly 300 here They say each person in Andorra is an army man Each head man of a family has the right to keep a rifle with him If any emergency is declared, each person here who is matured should react with a weapon Let it be a war or strike. They are trained for it. If it is green, you can cross and when it is red you are not supposed to cross. You find people here just to s

hop Andorra is a country that makes wine at the highest altitude High altitude wines here are very famous. You have lot of cattle and diary products too Not only tourism, but they export vegetables and cattle products too Shopping is live here in Andorra for 361 days Only 4 days are given as holidays here New Year, March 14 - Andorra Constitution Day Septermber 8 and 25th December too. Except these 4 days, you can come to Andorra for shopping. All the shopping malls and stores would be open. Are

these sports shoes? Nice shoes Let us check out the rate for perfumes. Do you get branded products here That is all you have here I had seen this at the airport for 100 Euro. It is sold here for 73 Euro 110 Euro for this at the airport and sold here for 60 Euro Perfumes here are very cheap. No wonder so many people are here to shop Smells like tonic Both of them bought perfumes for their wives There are many at my house and I bought one last day too. Andorra doesnt have an airport. So you canno

t come here directly You can come to Andorra only if you have multiple Schengen visa entry The closest airport here is at Spain, 12km from Andorra The nearby airport is at La Seu d'Urgell Only two flights operate to that airport Andorra Airlines, just one of theirs They have an ATR 72 It flies to Madrid You can even fly to Toulouse or Barcelona You will get bus or taxi to come here Just 2.5-3hrs by bus You can even take a taxi or rent a car Otherwise it is difficult to come here You either need

Schengen visa Or you need Spain visa to come to Andorra An electronic store that sells cameras, mobile phones, watches etc Electronics are expensive. I check the rate for some Same rate like in our place Finally we found a souvenir shop Shouldnt we buy a souvenir from Andorra, my 39th country I bought a souvenir. They have many here. You have all these here See the name of the shop. Defensa Personal. They have knives and pepper spray for sale A shop that sells self defense products Pepper spray

is expensive. 25 Euro All these are different self defense products We should have one like this in our place too We get gun... They may be antique All these are self defense products. Since everything is cheap here, they are getting into all the shops Shamjithbhai has gone to buy Ray Ban You look like Dileep in that movie Lot of shops that sell many things like these here Shops close at 9pm All the shops are crowded. Shamjithbhai has gone to a shoe shop now He has been wanting to buy one since

many days. Only duty free shops to be seen all over Cigarettes and alcohol all over All coming are buying too. I think they sell more of cigarettes and liquor here I think their economy is more of these Both of them do vegetable business One exports from Morocco and the other imports from UK People here dont have to do anything We are struggling a lot for it. Their job is to travel to different places, source vegetables and export. They buy from exporters They go around and do their work. We wor

ked at Barcelona yesterday and went to Toulouse too. Tomorrow we again have to go to Barcelona If they had not come, I would have taken a bus to Andorra, Gone sightseeing and would be sleeping in my room now They came at 7 slow and relaxed Look at them We walked a lot and now see many people gathered here It is a river Awesome You can see it written Andora la Vella and the river flowing in front It is flowing in good speed. Snow melted water Water is used for fountain purposes there People might

be waiting to see it. It is cold and windy now. Can see hotels around. People are staying up in that mountain there It is almost like North East here I am feeling cold. I should have taken the other jacket People are waiting here for a music fountain show. Nice car A beautiful place All are out on the street in the evenings They again got into another perfume store. They cannot stop shopping. Something and all in here You have all the brands here Very good products at a competitive price The sh

ow is going on. It is very crowded All are here after shopping. That's nice. A river that has been made to look beautiful We have seen many kinds of water fountains This is amazing. This is the queue to get into that restaurant I have reached our Airbnb They have a keycode. Have to press that and take the key from the box Looks like all are Airbnb Can see a key box in front of all the door Got the key. A bedroom, a room with sofa cum bed A dining room and that's it. Bathroom is warm Bath tub as

usual I shall show you the awesome view from here tomorrow. Next day morning, we are out and can see people all set to go skiing Can see people with a guide. I think they have come as a group This reminds me of Ladakh. Same kind of buildings and mountains Same buildings at Himachal too It look different only when you go down People are staying in that valley You can see little snow here and there. If you go extreme high you see snow You have cable cars to go up the mountains We had seen them at

Almaty, Kazakhsthan Many such spots are to be seen here We are taking a cable car to go skiing on top of a mountain We are at the parking ground. P0 is the road level We have parked our car in -5 It goes down till -8 Usually lifts take you from 0 upwards. Here it goes downwards Shows you where all you can go, the temperature and what all are there I have taken tickets. Let us go to Encamp, Endorra We shall go to Encamp. You will have restaurants there Shall have food, take photos and come back S

ince you are fasting, I will eat To go above that, only people knowing skiing can go 16 Euro per head. 50 Euro for 3 of us. How does this move? Should we scan our ticket? How did that person go? What did he do? You have to scan your ticket and go A big gondola with 2 cabins. We would be the only people going without skiing dress What you see on top is not to hold on, but hand skiing equipments Why are you scared? Are you supposed to get scared like this? It is moving in good speed. A villa with

a swimming pool is seen there We are going to great heights Can see scratches on the glass made by equipments taken by people We may be able to see the snow when we go little higher This is not getting over. We are going more and more up It has already been 10mts now Can see a valley down there and some houses too Cannot understand an end of this I think this cable car would be around 10km for sure This is really reasonable. Just 50 Euro for 3 of us to go up and down. That is really worth it Jus

t 5000INR for 3 of us to go and come back People are skiing and coming back this way We have reached on top. We have reached Encamp. It is the skiing place here Encamp is 8000ft above sea level We got out at the Encamp station. People are all set for skiing You have a ski and mountain academy here It is sunny, but not feeling cold because of the jacket People are waiting here to go skiing. This is fun. All are in for something here You can come here, skii and go to another mountain From there yo

u can again skii and go to another mountain You can take get onto this and go to the next mountain Lot of cable cars and others are fixed and have kept the whole country connected. That is what you see here. People are coming from some other mountain and starting to skii here You can see many such things here I am not able to open my eyes. It is very sunny The sunlight is reflecting on the white snow It is strongly hitting our eyes Cannot stand here without shades. People skiing, use a goggles T

hey use that and ski. Or it is difficult There are boards showing where to go from where I am not able to open my eyes. Tears are rolling down The sun rays are very strong You dont feel like you are walking over ice. You feel like it is sand. You can see people skiing here. Lot of them here Only 3 if us are not skiing Rest all are here for that This is an amazing place and a different world Even I want to learn skiing. It is an adventure. When learning it for the 1st time, we will surely fall ma

ny times There is a coffee shop here. Where is the entrance Cannot see anybody. If it is open, I want a coffee. Awesome ambience Many things to eat and drink Lot of space in here too You get beer, wine, pasta etc.. Look at people sitting out and having Awesome There are some food there too Some of the counters are open and some are closed Look at these small children The school has brought the kids for skiing. Beer is brought in this Let us go out and see. Awesome vibe. Nice DJ setup. But they d

ont have live DJ They are serving drinks. You can buy if you want. People can buy food or drinks There is a restaurant on top. A place between all the snow mountains There is a restaurant here. I am having a burger, french fries and red label. Excellent vibe Nice to see people enjoying eating food and skiing. You can see people skiing from here to there Some are coming this side Some from that side You have many routes to connect them They have connected many places with cable cars Can call it o

ne of the best skiing place They have established everything here very well A place with nice ambience. I had food from here We shall go down now. Can see many people coming The shoes I bought last week has good grip. So I am able to walk without falling Otherwise I would slip and fall When you come here, you will understand that there is no age for Skiing. Even I want to learn skiing or scuba diving or so I too wish to learn We came here and now we are going back without skiing These are made h

ere and there for people not to go and dash here and there They have kept these to avoid dashing What is this? Might be to bring luggage Yes, it is that only This is an amazing cable car. It has been working for so long You have to sit for nearly 20mts to reach down. There are lot of cable cars here. You can see around when you go in it. Now we are going back down. Will have to sit for some time in this big gondola We got out of it. We shall take our car from the basement and go to one more plac

e I shall tell you from there We are going to the city We have come to Andorra to a spa building Someone said you can see people bathing here. I didnt say You only said that How about going inside and taking a bath? I shall show you Are you taking us to see someone bathing? Yes. Turn right 3 times Then there are chances for the police to catch us This is an iconic building in Andorra. The only different building here That mountain looks just like what we see at Manali. The name of the bank here

is AND Bank myand bank. All are AND banks here People are bathing there They are naked I wont go and shoot. They are bathing there This is not an issue. They are happy He is taking is to see people bathing It is fasting time. This is one way Happened to be fasting time Or could have gone He shouted at you This place is called Caldia It is a spa that was opened in 1994 It has 18 floors. The spa is in 18 floors It is basically a spa resort It has indoor and outdoor pools, thermals, sauna etc A spa

where you can go with or without your family It is in the middle of the city You can see people bathing here You can see thermal spas like this. That is fun You can see people bathing there. Amazing This is where the spa is You can see a river flowing down there You can see the park area we came too This is another version of onsen that we saw in Japan You have these kinds of spa at many places in Europe We are in search of a board in Andorra city See how big that spa building is We are now at

the capital city of Andorra The climate is awesome. You have the snow on top and sun here We came in search of this board One side says Spain France to the other side In Andorra, they have written Spain to the left and France to the right We came in search of that board Why are both of you fighting? They are fighting like kids He wants to go to France and I want to go to Spain. You dont want to go to UK? I want to go to India. Shall go in that flight We drove from France to this small country An

dorra. Saw the place last night and today. Next we are going to Spain. We actually came from Toulouse to Barcelona It is equal distance from Andorra to Toulouse or Barcelona You can take a bus from both the places to come here Or you can even catch a taxi These 2 places have the nearby airports from Andorra We are late today. We had planned to go to Barcelona in the afternoon and see the stadium And then go to UK tomorrow But we will be late to reach there today. Not sure if we can see the stadi

um Our this series of trip is going to end. We will go to Barcelona now. Shamjithbhai and myself will go to London tomorrow I have some shopping at London for a day I will then take the Air India flight to Kochi Ok then bye. We shall meet next at Morocco or any other place. We are going to Spain together. You will take us upto Barcelona Yes. Will enter Barcelona and then I will go When are you coming to Kerala? July. Which year? 2024. I have a wedding to attend It has been 6yrs since he came to

Kerala You have to come to my house when you come. Shamjith will also come I will surely come to your house. He has shifted to his new house at Morocco. Next time we go to Morocco, we can stay at Suneerbhais house He has a swimming pool there There is a swimming pool in my house too Only thing is that it is upstairs It is on the 21st floor. His house is at a beachfront. See you guys tomorrow. We are going to Spain, to Barcelona. Bye bye