Casa Cristo Ethnographic Museum

Casa Cristo in Encamp belonged to a family of modest means who worked land and kept animals, and when the last of them died the house was taken on as a museum without being tidied up: it never had running water or electricity, and the rooms, the hearth, the stable below and the tools are shown as they were used. It is the counterpoint to the noble houses, showing how most Andorrans actually lived.

What you actually see

• The unmodernised rooms - a house that never had running water or electricity.
• The hearth kitchen - the open fire the household cooked and lived around.
• The stable below - the animals kept under the living space for warmth.
• The tools - the working equipment of a smallholding family.

When to go

Year round; visits are guided and run at set times. It closes on some days. Winter hours are reduced.

Honest expectations

Visits are guided only at set times. The house is small and the visit is short. Guiding is mostly in Catalan and Spanish.

Nearby

Encamp's centre is nearby, and Les Bons is above.