Resort Encamp: for energetic tourists

One of the most unusual places for a full-fledged vacation can be safely considered the Andorran resort town of Encamp, which is located at an altitude of 1238 meters above sea level. The resort is located just 6 km from the capital of the principality and combines excellent conditions for lovers of snowy slopes and history. During daylight hours, the main entertainment for tourists will be skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling at one of the best ski resorts in Europe, and evening leisure will help brighten up unforgettable walks through museums with rare artifacts.

Perhaps this ethnographic gallery is one of the most unique in the world. The museum is presented in the form of an ordinary Andorran house, which existed throughout the principality at the end of the 19th century. In fact, tourists are offered to visit an ordinary building, which is located in the center of Encamp, for which time seems to have stopped several decades ago.

The museum presents a whole collection of objects of life and life, which were used by local residents. Here you can also see a stone sink, old utensils covered with a thick coating of dust, and even look into a secret place that the then owners used to store their modest valuables and money. Everything here indicates that the life of the inhabitants at that time was not easy, and they were often forced to leave their homes in search of a new life in neighboring France and Spain.

For lovers of automotive history, it will be useful and interesting to get acquainted with the museum of cars. Here you can see the most unusual vehicles, and the collection itself is one of the largest in the entire territory of modern Europe.

Despite the fact that the exhibition is dedicated to cars (there are only 20 exhibits), the main part of the collection is occupied by various models of bicycles (about 100 pieces) and motorcycles (60 models). Well, as an addition, visitors are offered an extensive collection of posters, advertisements and all kinds of accessories. By the way, the Pinette machine of 1885, which was driven by a steam mechanism, is considered the most valuable exhibit.

Tourists should also visit the Museum of Electricity. The entire collection is conditionally divided into three thematic sections. Here you can get acquainted with the most striking achievements of Andorrans, their inventions and trace how and in what direction the country's electrical industry developed. By the way, there are also interesting experiments with electric current, which will be of interest to representatives of the younger generation.

And if this is not enough, every tourist will be offered an unforgettable tour of places that have forever entered the history of Andorran hydropower. As part of the tour, you will be able to look into the bowels of the dam at the Engolasters reservoir, take a trip along the canals that collect water from rivers, and even learn some of the secrets of generating electricity.