Good hotel

Written: 15 october 2012
Travel time: 22 september — 4 october 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
Perhaps the only drawback of the hotel is not very good soundproofing in the rooms - you can hear the neighbors' alarms ringing and how they snore. But it didn't bother me much. The hotel is located 10-15 minutes from the beach and Port Aventura, 20 minutes at a fast pace from the railway station. The food is quite decent, I can’t say anything particularly bad about the rooms, except for the soundproofing. Shampoos were put in the bathroom almost every day. The TV in my room turned on perfectly and the channels switched without a remote control, by touching the front panel on the TV. The staff at the hotel is friendly and everyone says hello. Internet - free wi-fi (password at the reception), but it works buggy. You can walk to Europe Square (halfway to the beach), where wi-fi is also free. There is also a paid Internet in the hotel lobby. There is a car rental right at the hotel (I didn’t use it myself), in the basement of the spa, it seems to be a fitness room and a luggage room where you can put them from the moment you arrive at the hotel until you check into your room. You can change dinner for lunch (at the reception), you can order a "picnic" instead of any meal - a box with dry rations (this must be done no later than 19.00 on the day preceding the picnic at the reception).
There are enough grocery stores near the hotel and in general in Salou. But I have not seen large shopping centers in Salou. Serious shopping - better in Tarragona or Barcelona. Although there are enough small shops where you can buy clothes or shoes in Salou.
A few words about excursions. I went to them from the local company BasPlan, their prices are lower than those of hotel guides, but there are nuances. For example, a tour of the places of Dali's military glory does not include Gala Pubol Castle, Gaudí 's Barcelona does not include a ticket to the Sagrada Familia. I recommend everyone a trip to Montserrat, very beautiful views. Well, Port Aventura, of course.

I went to Barcelona by train (one and a half hours one way, ticket 7.7 euros one way). How to get from the hotel to the railway station: after leaving the hotel, turn left, walk 50 meters - you will see an alley along the Villa Romana hotel, go along it to the end, hit the end - turn left again and go on. You will reach a busy road (at the end of the Regina Hotel) - cross the road at the traffic lights, go a little to the side opposite the Regina Hotel and go down the stairs, go further in the same direction as the stairs (that is, straight ahead). You will reach the fountain and keep going straight (the fountain should stay on your right). Approximately at the level of the fountain, but to the left, there will be a store selling household appliances such as washing machines. Go straight until you reach a large municipal grocery store. After passing it, turn left at the crossroads and go to the railroad tracks. Having reached them, turn right and go along them to the railway station. Inside the box office where tickets are bought, a timetable hangs on the wall. If you speak English at least a little, there should be no problems at the box office. You don't need to "compost" tickets, just go in and get on the train. The conductor will come up and "stamp" the ticket himself. He has a device with him, with which he can, as far as I understand, sell you a ticket right in the car, but I always bought a ticket at the box office. Do not throw away tickets until you leave the city, they sometimes need to be inserted into the turnstile at the exit of the station (and in order to go to the platform to the train on the way back).
If you get from Salou to Barcelona's Sants station, then Montjuic will not be far away, if you get to Gracia, Plaza Catalunya is not far.
Not far from Port Aventura there is a platform where trains sometimes stop, but there is no ticket office (I usually got off there when I was driving from Barcelona to Salou). I advise you to explore the road from this platform to the hotel in advance, otherwise you can get lost.
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