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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Andorra Shopping Festival, now in its eighth year, is to take place from 29th October to 14th November. The programme of activities is packed with concerts, workshops for children and young people, street shows and autumn food, all happening in the country’s main shopping venues, among them illa Carlemany, Andorra’s centre. On the ground...
