Pas de la Casa ski resort. Doorstep skiing on the French border.

There's no gondola commute in Pas de la Casa — the lifts leave from the edge of town and most accommodation is within a few minutes' walk of the snow. The home slopes are high, open bowls with everything from a town-side beginner area to some of Grandvalira's steepest blacks, and because the whole sector sits above 2,100m it's about the most snow-sure skiing in Andorra.

Ride up from town and drop over the ridge into Grau Roig's sheltered bowls, then carry on across the circuit — Soldeu, El Tarter, Canillo and Encamp are all reachable on the same pass for a proper full-mountain day, with the run back over the ridge bringing you home to your doorstep.

Pas de la Casa is Andorra's party capital — slope-side après bars that fill up from mid-afternoon, lively pubs and clubs that keep going late, and plenty of restaurants in between to keep the group fuelled. As a border town it's also packed with duty-free shopping, so the rest day looks after itself. If you're after quiet evenings, look along the valley at Soldeu or Canillo — but for groups and nightlife, nowhere in the Pyrenees does it better.