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- <text id=93CT1587>
- <title>
- Andorra--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Europe
- Andorra
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> An estimated 12 million tourists visit Andorra annually,
- traveling by road because there is no air or rail service. The
- closest international airport is in Barcelona, Spain, 225 km.
- (140 mi.) away, with daily bus service to Andorra. From Paris,
- there is a flight to Toulouse, 160 km. (100 mi.) from Andorra,
- with daily bus service available. The French and Spanish
- railways stop near the border, where a daily bus meets the
- trains.
- </p>
- <p> A good road connects the Spanish and French frontiers by way
- of Sant Julia, Andorra la Vella, Les Escaldes, Encamp, Canillo,
- and Soldeu and crosses the Coll d'Envalira. Andorra has 124 km.
- (77 mi.) of surfaced road.
- </p>
- <p> Andorra is five standard time zones ahead of the eastern U.S.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- December 1986.
- </p>
-
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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