Among the culinary excesses of the festive period and the inevitable New Year resolutions, to a greater or lesser extent we’ll all be aiming to live more healthily. To do this, health professionals recommend regular exercise and a healthy, balanced diet as the essentials, in most cases adding something you can’t buy anywhere: willpower. For...
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The Three Kings shop at illa Carlemany, Andorra.
With just days to go before the Three Kings arrive from the Orient bearing their gifts for everybody, their helpers are very busy. While their royal postmen are still collecting letters from children saying what gifts they want, as they are doing at illa Carlemany from 6 to 9 o’clock every evening until this Wednesday,...
Bring in the New Year with illa Carlemany!
Whether dining at home, celebrating with family or friends, or going out to a restaurant, New Year’s Eve on 31 December is a special time. We say farewell to one year and welcome another, and we do it with a well-laid table, a special meal, and dressed for the occasion. It’s the ritual. The shopping...
Enjoy the sales before Christmas at illa Carlemany
Enjoying sales before the Christmas holidays begin is something you can take advantage of at illa Carlemany from Friday, 17 December. In Andorra, the Christmas sales start earlier, providing another incentive for anyone thinking of coming up here to enjoy some shopping. Whether for Christmas gifts or the Three Kings at Epiphany, or something special...
Get the illa Carlemany 2022 diary!
The shopping centre has designed and printed a 2022 diary. In a very handy week-to-view format, spiral bound with a hard cover, and Andorran national holidays marked, it is available from Monday 13 December until all 3000 copies are taken. To get hold of one, simply go to the Customer Service Point on the ground...
Where does the tradition of nativity scenes come from?
Many of us, by now, are rushing to get our homes decorated for the seasonal festivities upon us. Families with kids are probably ahead of the curve here. Putting up the tree, setting out the nativity scene, wrapping gifts and making lists and being good, because we know Santa Claus and the Three Kings are...
The illa Carlemany gift card, a great solution!
With Christmas on the way, it’s time to start thinking about what we’ll be giving. Choosing a gift, never sure whether we’re getting the right size, the right book or the right perfume, for example, can be a headache and obviously calls for a lot of time. At illa Carlemany, Andorra’s centre, we have a...
We welcome Christmas to Andorra’s centre!
The streets have been filling up with Christmas decorations for days now – and they’ll be lit up very soon. Here at illa Carlemany we’ve been working hard since last week to get everything looking just right, as well as providing, yet again, a Christmas setting that will be even more reason to visit the...
Who says handbags are only an accessory for women?
While the fashion world has presented the handbag as essential for women, it has also fought to change this convention, whether for the sake of social progress or to expand its market. In the late 1990s, handbags for men became a fashionable accessory thanks to the influence of famous, trend-setting men. And brands are well...
The diary – on paper or electronic?
Despite the arrival of the diary on your mobile – always handy and with sounds and alerts to help remember tasks – many people still opt for paper ones that stand the test of time. Stationery manufacturers and brands have updated the design, resulting in a practical format that encourages creativity, with covers that state...