Investment alternatives: from the luxury of the Hermitage to the watch of Jacob's 'The Godfather'

From the 5,000-meter spa and the rooms with views of the Hermitage hotel, the five-star hotel located in Soldeu, in the northeast part of Andorra and at the foot of the Grandvalira slopes, it is clear that the resort is a luxury at any time of the year.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
25 August 2022 Thursday 19:35
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Investment alternatives: from the luxury of the Hermitage to the watch of Jacob's 'The Godfather'

From the 5,000-meter spa and the rooms with views of the Hermitage hotel, the five-star hotel located in Soldeu, in the northeast part of Andorra and at the foot of the Grandvalira slopes, it is clear that the resort is a luxury at any time of the year.

It is not necessary for the snow to arrive to enjoy its four floors of circuits: relaxation area, sauna, ice fountain, caldarium, jacuzzis, hydromassage pools and, on the top floor, the treatment section of this large hotel dressed of hardwood. Nor is it necessary to discover the Andorran mountains and gastronomy.

One of the most emblematic restaurants in Grandvalira is the one in the Llac de Pessons refuge. Located in the Grau Roig sector, at 2,350 meters above sea level, it offers the best high-mountain cuisine and the backing of more than 30 years of experience that has allowed it to evolve its menu and open itself to innovation without losing its essence.

In addition to its proposal, based on mountain rice dishes, grilled meats and typical dishes such as escudella or trinxat, this restaurant impresses with its location. Installed in the heart of the largest granite circus in the Principality, drink in the most spectacular views of the resort. If in winter the frozen lake and the whiteness of the snow covering the mountains impact, in summer the area dresses in green for lovers of nature and photography.

And also hiking, which in the area of ​​Soldeu and Grandvalira can find impressive routes through the Montmalus and Cubil lakes, the Moretó forest, the eastern Valira river, the Tres Estanys, the Envalira port antennas and the Negro peak. . For the most trained, there are also circuits of almost forty kilometers that start from Canillo and allow you to discover the natural routes of the Juclar (the largest lake in Andorra) or the Pico de la Cabaneta.

For families, the best option is the Gall path (traced between Canillo and Soldeu) or a visit to the sundial at the Tristaina de Ordino Arcalís viewpoint, and for everyone this summer a visit to the new Tibetan bridge in Canillo is essential. At 1,875 meters high, it allows you to observe an impressive landscape: the Riu Valley.

The masterful soundtrack of The Godfather can be relived through Jacob's clock

This movie watch powered by the manual caliber JCFM07 was launched two years ago but now comes illuminated in its new version with a profusion of pavé diamonds both on its bezel and on the various elements of its skeletonized body that reveals the tourbillon the logo of the iconic film and the godfather himself. It is an example of the ingenuity and capacity of this fine watchmaking and fine jewelry firm founded in 1986 by Jacob Arabo. Migrated from the former USSR with his sisters to the United States, he was first a jeweler and then an apprentice watchmaker before deciding to take the plunge to create his own movements.

It was not easy, when he tried to materialize his first watch, he found that the great masters of the matter, the Swiss, turned their back on him. Despite everything, he ventured and made a first piece (of quartz), the Five Timezone, good enough for the Swiss to agree to work with it on his second attempt. Thus was born his first vertical tourbillon with a power reserve of 31 days, exclusive, personalized and very expensive. As have they all been to date.

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