Meritxell
Meritxell is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo in the north of the country near the French border.

Meritxell is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo in the north of the country near the French border. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patroness saint of Andorra.
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Worth seeing in and around Meritxell
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Església de Sant Joan de Caselles
Església de Sant Joan de Caselles is a church located in Canillo, Andorra. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra, and was built in the 11–12th century.
2.3 km · church in Canillo, Andorra · Wikipedia - 02Our Lady of Meritxell
Our Lady of Meritxell is an Andorran Catholic statue depicting an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra.
0 m · Andorran Roman Catholic statue of a Virgin Mary apparition · Wikipedia - 03Església de Sant Romà de les Bons
Església de Sant Romà de les Bons is a church located in Les Bons, Encamp, Andorra. Consecrated in 1164, the church uses Romanesque and Lombard architecture.
1.7 km · church building in Encamp, Andorra · Wikipedia - 04Església de la Santa Creu de Canillo
Església de la Santa Creu de Canillo is a small church located in Canillo, Andorra. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra.
1.5 km · church building in Canillo, Andorra · Wikipedia - 05National Automobile Museum
The National Automobile Museum is an automobile museum in Encamp, Andorra.
2.6 km · automobile museum in Encamp, Andorra · Wikipedia - 06Església de Sant Serni de Canillo
The Church of Sant Serni de Canillo is a church located in Canillo, Andorra, and was constructed in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra.
1.6 km · church building in Canillo, Andorra · Wikipedia - 07Església de Sant Miquel de Prats
Església de Sant Miquel de Prats is a church located in Prats, Canillo Parish, Andorra. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra.
700 m · church building in Canillo, Andorra · Wikipedia - 08Casa Cristo
Casa Cristo is a house located in Encamp, Andorra. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra.
2.2 km · house in Encamp, Andorra · Wikipedia
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Getting to Meritxell
- Airports
- Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), 120 km · Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS), 121 km · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat (BCN), 145 km
- Barcelona → Meritxell138 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · €20–28
- Girona → Meritxell120 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · €22–31
- Reus → Meritxell160 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · €20–28
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Meritxell
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Meritxell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFunibus takes passengers around Encamp and connect to the Funicamp gondola.
From Wikivoyage: Encamp, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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