Annual cavalcades across Andorra drew crowds with floats, celebrities, and sweets despite -8°C weather and

Andorra's parishes hosted their annual Three Kings parades on Monday evening, drawing large crowds with vibrant floats, music, sweets, and celebrity appearances despite temperatures around -7°C to -8°C and a half-hour delay in the capital.

The joint cavalcade in Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany began shortly after 6:30pm from Avinguda Príncep Benlloch, following displays at Plaça Guillemó and Centre Cultural la Llacuna. Around 20 floats—18 in total, with two new Harry Potter-themed additions—paraded cinema and literature motifs, each carrying about 15 children among roughly 500 participants. Highlights included Batrakes batucada drummers, BC MoraBanc Andorra animators, FC Andorra players like Lautaro de León and Gael Alonso, MoraBanc basketballers Rubén Guerrero and Aaron Best, and mascots such as Tamarro and El Brut. The route passed Avinguda Meritxell, Carrer de la Unió, Avinguda Carlemany, Avinguda de les Escoles, Carrer Josep Viladomat, and Carrer Esteve Albert, ending near 8pm at Plaça Coprínceps by a mock Royal Palace. Throngs of families, shop workers, and tourists lined the illuminated streets, singing carols and taking photos amid characters including Buzz Lightyear, Bob Esponja, Toy Story figures, Aladdin, 101 Dalmatians, Super Mario, and local figures like El Piolet and La Violeta. Children scrambled for thrown caramels, some scaling barriers, while visitors spoke French, Spanish, and English.

The Royal Page had previewed the route the previous day amid icy conditions, gathering letters, handing out sweets, and relaying the Kings' promise of "a thousand gifts and abundant caramels" for well-behaved children, "rain, snow, or shine." Noting snow patches en route, the Page joked about needing skis; near a creperie, it teased: "Goodbye 'crepero', behave or get nothing."

Events spanned parishes amid mobility disruptions from 2pm to 8:30pm, with road closures, access limits, and bus diversions on lines L1-L7 via Carretera de l’Obac, Túnel dels Dos Valires, or CG-2. Specific changes included L1 skipping Avinguda Meritxell via Carrer Prat de la Creu until 6:30pm, then looping from Estació Nacional; L2 detouring centrally and in Encamp (bypassing Avinguda Joan Martí 6-7pm); L3/L4 suspended 5:30-6:45pm; L5/L6/L7 paused 5-6pm, later using Túnel dels Dos Valires and skipping stops like 710-La Unió, 799-Dama de Gel II, and 425-Oratori de Sant Antoni; L6 to La Cortinada via 327-El Raval. Bus Exprés ran normally.

In Encamp, 6pm parades from Plaça dels Arínsols to Parc de l’Ossa featured Ratafia Théâtre's *Voyage d’un songe*; Pas de la Casa added a torch descent, fireworks, snowmobile Kings from Grandvalira, and a 7pm march by Andorrà Dance and Fitness Club to Sala de Festes for greetings, coca, and chocolate. Canillo's 6pm event from the town hall via rotonda nord, Avinguda Sant Joan de Caselles, and CG-2 to Canillo Brilla drew 800 spectators amid northbound closures and southbound slowdowns. Ordino reached ACCO by 7pm for Pastorets d’Ordino, then proceeded via CG-3 and Carrer Major to Plaça Major for Infant Jesus adoration, tortell, and chocolate. La Massana's 5:30pm procession brought horseback Kings from Prat Gran (or Serradora via Avinguda del Ravell and Avinguda de Sant Antoni to Rotonda Marco Polo, looping back) to Plaça de les Fontetes, hosted by Cònsol Major Eva Sansa, where children greeted them. Sant Julià de Lòria started at 6pm along CG-1 via Plaça Francesc Cairat, Avinguda Verge de Canòlich, Carrer Doctor Palau i Riera (or Bra. Riera), and Avinguda Rocafort to Plaça de la Germandat, with a dance troupe, Infant Jesus adoration, and sensory-friendly quiet zone.