Shopping
Shopping in Pas de la Casa. A duty-free destination of its own.
Pas de la Casa is a shopper's resort in its own right — designer brands, perfumeries and stacks of duty-free goods right on the French border.
Pas de la Casa is unusual among ski resorts in that the shopping is a destination in itself. The town sits right on the French–Andorran border and trades hard on Andorra's low-tax status — day-trippers cross over from France just to load up on cigarettes, alcohol and perfume before driving home.
That means right in the resort you'll find a denser, more international run of shops than in any of the other Andorran ski villages. Add in Andorra la Vella as an easy bus trip down the valley for proper department-store shopping, and Pas has shopping covered from every angle.
In resort
Shopping in Pas de la Casa.
The main shopping streets — Carrer de Sant Jordi, Avinguda d'Encamp and Carrer Major — are lined with perfumeries, fashion brands and electronics shops capitalising on Andorra's duty-free prices. Gala and Julia are the big perfumery names; Diesel, Mango, Roxy, Quiksilver and O'Neill all have stores in town; Pyrenees, Hiper and Olympia cover the wider department-store offer.
It's a walking shopping town — most of it tightly clustered between the slopes and the border crossing, so you can easily fit a half-day's browsing around your skiing.
Down in the capital
Shopping in Andorra la Vella.
For an even wider range, Andorra la Vella sits a 30-minute bus ride down the valley — the country's main shopping centre with floor after floor of electronics, jewellery, perfume, alcohol and fashion. The Illa Carlemany centre is the obvious stop: indoor, four floors, with restaurants and a cinema for an easy half-day out.
The 4.5% sales tax introduced in 2007 still leaves Andorra noticeably cheaper than France, Spain or the UK on big-ticket purchases — which is why duty-free shopping in Andorra is such a draw.
Getting there
By bus to Andorra la Vella.
Bus L4 runs the length of the valley between the resort and Andorra la Vella throughout the day. It's by far the easiest way to make a shopping trip — pay the driver in cash, no booking, no parking faff.
Fares and timetables are subject to change — check bus.ad/tarifes for the latest published prices and schedule before you travel.
Line L4
Resort ↔ Andorra la Vella
Single
€4.80
Return
€7.30 (valid 15 days)
Frequency
Roughly every 30 minutes
Duration
~45 minutes
Resort stop: Església de Sant Pere, Pas de la Casa
Capital stop: Av. Meritxell, Andorra la Vella
Operating hours: Runs from early morning to late evening
Bringing it home
Duty-free allowances.
Andorra isn't in the EU, so customs rules apply when you head back over the border into France or Spain. The allowances below are the standard limits for travellers — once you exceed them, duty becomes payable.
Tobacco & cigarettes
300 cigarettes, OR 150 cigars (under 3g each), OR 75 cigars (over 3g each), OR 400g of pipe tobacco.
Alcohol
1.5 litres of spirits over 22% ABV, OR 3 litres of liqueurs/aperitifs under 22% or sparkling wine — PLUS 5 litres of table wine.
Perfume
75g of perfume PLUS 375ml of eau de cologne.
Other goods
Up to €900 per person on industrial products (or €450 per person if you're under 15).
Allowances apply per adult traveller. Customs rules can change — check your home country's official guidance before you travel if you're planning anything substantial.
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