Salou, Spain: Average Review Ratings

Weather

Sun cloud rain at times. But always above 27 during the day.

Holiday

There were 17 of us aged from 3 to73. We all loved salou. There are beautiful beaches that are shallow for a long way out. Loads of shops and bars everywhere. Salou market mon. Tarragona + market thur and lovely historic town 3 euros on bus. Well worth a visit. Great resort for everone. !!!

Places Recommended

Tarragona old town amazing. Barcelona staduim tour 1 1/2 hrs on train.Lots of other places we didnt manage to get to but would definately go back to salou with a view to seeing more places.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

Really hot day and night, sometimes the nights were uncomfortably muggy.

Holiday

It was great. Found it to be very friendly and I felt really relaxed.
The nightlife is good but cannot be compared to somewhere like Magaluf but as I'm in my late thirties I wouldn't want that anyway.

The seafront is stunning, best I've seen in the world and I have travelled far and wide. Would recommend Salou without hesitation.
I stayed at the Las Dalies apartments, good accommodation and felt secure, pool is a bit of a let down though as it is small.

Places Recommended

Definitely go to Guinness Tavern, Oliver's and Uncle Sam's for food and there are some good tapas bars in the old town.
El Rinconchito del Mar is a nice bar on the seafront where you can relax and watch the world go by.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

Went in aug 2012 weather was fantastic.

Holiday

Loads to do if u want it or just chill out at the pool. beaches are really clean and lots of different ones to choose from. great choice of nite life and lots of activitys iv been here 7 times! and heading back for 2 weeks this august... whole family looking forward to getn back to sunny salou.

Places Recommended

portaventura theme park is a must and the shows at house of illusion also trips to barcelona, zoo, aquarium fun packed holiday for families, groups and older people.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

Every year we have been to Salou the weather has been tremendus this is our 8th year.

Holiday

The transport service is excellent for 12 euros you can have ten rides anywhere Tarragonna brill not as big as Barcelona but as good.

Cambrills excellent Marina LaPineda quite place does not suit all but Aqua park for the kids Sites another small place but clean and pleasing Salou it's self all you want resturants night clubs for the young ones fashion shops a variety of English Bars Reus another main town quite large but excellent clean very pleasent all excellent Markets.

Places Recommended

all the places in the last paragraph recommened.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

We have been to Salou from 1996 to 2013,sometimes 2 Holidays a year and have seen rain twice!

Holiday

Brilliant Resort,plenty to do and friendly people.
We stayed at Saluaris Palace and it was great but also recommend Best Cambrills hotel.
Train goes round resort takes about 45 minutes so great for spending time before dinner.

Places Recommended

Cambrils is a gorgeous fishing town with a good market.
La Pineda likewise.
Get your bus ticket(like a credit card you swipe on the bus but much cheaper) from the "Tabacs" shop.You can get to Barcelona with 1 swipe on the Plana buses.
Barter hard in the sports shops and the deals can be good..Don't be shy!

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

We went in May last year and the weather was fab! Came back with the best tan, which lasted for a good few months.

Holiday

We stayed in the Golden Port hotel, the staff were very friendly and the entertainment was ok. It had a lovely pool and plenty of things for the children.

Places Recommended

Barcelona- the catherdral Sagrada Familia is breath taking. The zoo was good. Park Guell was amazing only went for the day and would love to go back for a weekend. We went to the house of illusion which was entertaining but not cheap. Portaventura was ok but you would only want to go for a max of three days. The waterpark was nice, had good dolphin show. The beaches are lovely and clean.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

The weather was very warm, usually in the 70's and only dropping to the high 60's overnight.

No rain all week, very light breezes.

A lot better than West Limerick anyhow.

Holiday

We stayed in the Salou suites Aparthotel and were worried before we arrived by some of the bad reviews we had found on the net but on arrival were very pleased with what we found.

We bought a weeks pass for Portaventura (being theme park fans) and were disappointed. A tip for anyone is to buy the privilege pass for a few extra euros which lets you avoid the huge queues and hordes of schoolkids that know absolutely nothing about the concept of queuing. The best rides commanded a waiting time of up to 90 mins and to be honest are not as good as the parks in the UK.

Barcelona is well worth a day visit.

Cambrils is a fantastic place to go and eat and people watch and just soak up the sun and atmosphere.

All the local beaches are excellent with loungers costing a paltry 4 euro per day.

Ask about the local markets and you will find lots to do and see. We, not only, went to several markets but ended up exploring some of the towns and finding the real towns.

Buy a bus pass when you get to Salou and just top it up with as many journeys as you want.Each journey then costs only 88cents and you can travel miles. We found the local bus system excellent.

Places Recommended

Barcelona is a great day out.

We got the Bus Plana tour for the Montjuic fountains which also gave us 4 hours free time in the city centre around La Ramblas and the gothic quarter.

Ignore the reps who will advise you that Bus Plana are unreliable because all they are trying to do is to get you to book one of their own organised tours(at more than twice the price).

We paid around 22euros each for the tour with the bus company which included a guide and the same thing with our rep was 45euros.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

The weather was very hot for 5 days, overcast for 1.5 days.

It was 32C for three days and 29C for the rest.
Had one dull day.

Holiday

I stayed at BEST OASIS PARK HOTEL which is central and I found the hotel excellent.

As a single traveller I felt very safe in SALOU.

I took two day trips to MONTSERRAT and BARCELONA and these were fantastic.

The PANARAMIC TRIP to Barcelona took you to places that were exciting.

Salou has a fantastic beach for families and all age groups are catered for, from toddlers to teenagers, with things to do on the beach. The area around is so safe, the sea is very calm and goes out a long way before it gets deep.

I will certainly visit again with my Grandchildren.

Places Recommended

MONTSERRAT

BARCELONA

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

Weather is really good - around 90 not to hot or cold.
Perfect for swimming and subathing.
Never a drop of rain or a cloud in the sky.

Holiday

AMAZING
WE HAVE BEEN THERE 7 TIMES AND WOULDN'T BAT AN EYELID AT THE TOUGHT OF GOING BACK.

IF YOU STAY IN YOUR OWN PRIVATE VILLA EXCELLENT BUT THE HOTEL PORT AVENTURA HOTELS TIE THE WHOLE HOLIDAY TOGETHER. AND IF YOU STAY THERE YOU GET FREE PASSES TO THE THEME PARK WHICH IS BRILLIANT!

GOOD FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

Places Recommended

AQUA POLIS IN LA PINEADA
and
PORT AVENTURA

BOTH VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

We always go for our 2nd holiday of the year in Oct. The weather is nice and warm and nights too. Only the odd few hours the weather was dull and it only rained once at night.

Holiday

The holiday was good like always. It's a holiday where we chill at the Hotel Calyspo and the kids love the hotel and Salou sooo much.

The beach is fab for familys and nice and clean.

The little trains that run from place to place are cheap and a good way to see alot of Salou.

Nice and flat to walk or push. Good for familys.

Places Recommended

Fordys Bar across from the Hotel Calyspo. Good atmosphere, nice people that run it, great with kids, fab food, drinks spot on and very cheap.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

The weather was lovely about 75 to 80 the whole week.
We went to the beach every day.
Lots of cafes on the front.
Very sunny and hot.
Use at least 20spf sunscreen as we both burnt our feet.
Keep your room patio door closed at night because we got very bitten the last night as i left door open.
We will definitely go again.
Good value for money.
Thomas cook was great....

Holiday

Everyone was kind and helpful.
Danny Boys bar at night was a hoot.
The big match with Barcelona was on.
I got sozzled on Sangria mum stuck to tea and football.

Places Recommended

Go on the Boat trips wonderful scenery.
Don't bother with markets - Euro not too good with pound this year.
Hotel very clean and big pool.
Hotel Princess near beach - Good for Wheelchairs.
Drop kerbs etc good.
We had everything you can think of - Steak, prawns, calamari, mussels, Italian, chinese to macs.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

The weather was most probably the best thing about the holiday.
We went end sept and it was not too hot, but hot enough to go on the beach every day.

I could not believe it when we went to the beach and there were 4 lorries/diggers there digging a trench.... they were there for a few days!

Holiday

We stayed at Podium Apartments in Salou... well we were not impressed...none of the facilities were open...no bar, no cafe, no entertainment... staff told me no rep .....but I met her on the last day of hol when she knocked on our apartment door...we were locked out every night and had to bang on the doors for someone to let us in...had to wait ages some evenings... they would not give us a key for the front door and carried baseball bat around with them.
Once we got into the building the door was locked up to the apts.
We had to get the lift....the door is actually the fire escape, so if there was a fire and you could not use the lift then the door would be locked when you reached the ground floor.
No cleaner came for the whole week, we had to ask for clean towels and empty our own rubbish!
There were screws sticking out the top of the bedside table! The sink had a huge crack in it
definitely not recommended!

Places Recommended

Barcelona... beautiful architecture

Recommend Salou to others

No

Weather

The weather was absolutly gorgeous did'nt have one bad day,as we were leaving it was getting even hotter

Holiday

It was not the best holiday I have been on the hotel was beautiful but was not suitable for teenagers: they did have entertainment for teenagers but was nothing overly good
It is good for adults who like drinking and children.
The pools were very nice.
There was nothing too special about the shows they were performed by the same people all the time.
There is a hotel right beside it called the Sunclub I would recommend going there as it has late night entertainment.
The closest beach was not nice at all
The nicest beach was in Salou itself but we had a very good bus service and there was always taxis around but over all I would'nt go back .

Places Recommended

Port Aventura- not as good as suppose to be but well worth a day at it no more than 1 day.
I went on the Dragon Kahan and hated it you are thrown all over the place the Hulk is a lot better and the Dragon Kahan is suposse to be... GO ON FUSION.
The Barcelona Zoo is well worth visiting its realy good,. and definitely do the Jeep Safari and Aquapolis

Recommend Salou to others

No

Weather

Weather was good apart from last day it was a big storm and the water poured into our hotel room, so we had to act as cleaners to get all the water out.
A bit of a panic and rainy day but in the whole it was ok.

Holiday

Well, the hotel was in isolated place where there was nowhere to go but the view was beautiful as it was situated right near the sea.
The hotel however did have everyday entertainments so good for elderly people!
The atmosphere was crap because there were lot of children constantly running wild , shouting and crying- Definitely not for teenagers!
Furthermore I was shocked with the amount of DOGS present in the hotel, I could hear their bark at night sleeping behind very thin walls.

The resort is absolutely nothing special, a few shops, no entertainment on the beach, a few restaurants with the usual English cuisine of fish and chips- pretty dull and boring!

Places Recommended

Port Aventura and Aquapolis in La Pineda.

If there was'nt Port Aventura the place is a waste of time!

Recommend Salou to others

No

Weather

Weather was superb not a drop of rain lowest day was 26 highest was 44 sun all the time got badly burnt would highly recommend a high factor of suncream.

Holiday

Holiday was 1st class
Best holiday I have ever been on
Stayed in the Villa Marina all inc and I cant wait to return the hotel was clean and the staff very friendly
Best I have ever had and we were not far from Port Aventura a must go place with loads to do and see especially the shows were excellent

Places Recommended

PORT AVENTURA a must see for anyone who goes there

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

The weather was warm and sunny most days had some rain but it was still warm.
We all still managed to get a good suntan.

Holiday

We all thought the holiday was brilliant the hotel was spotless all the time and the food was good.
The Negresco Hotel is situated near the beach with beautiful views.
We enjoyed the bar entertainment and children that was in the hotel seemed to enjoy it to.
The outside pools was always clean as was the indoor pool.

Places Recommended

I would recommend going to Portaventura there is plenty of rides suited for all ages we had a brilliant day out. Aquapolis was another good day out there are loads of pools and water slides,food was good too.
We enjoyed the dolphin show there and got to have our pictures taken with a seal it cost 12euros but was well worth it.
We went up to Monserrat and had a lovely day sight seeing.
The house of illusions was excellent such an entertaining magic show.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

Hot every day, sunny blue skies, a few clouds but it does'nt affect the heat, we had 6 days of sun then on the last day there was a thunder storm, and although it sounds bad it was well worth seeing, just make sure you are inside when you start to see a black cloud, fortunately it does'nt happen often, very good place to get a tan:)

Holiday

Great and I recommend it to anyone with a small family plenty to do, Portaventura is'nt as good as it is made out to be but its worth visiting, good communication, great food and English shops there as well, Thomas Cook highly recommended!!
Great entertainment at night, beautiful view, we had a storm on last day, beautiful to watch but just as a precaution stay inside because it is big thunder and big hail stones, perfectly safe in side though, the beach is unbelievable!

Places Recommended

BARCELONA!!
Best day of the whole holiday, Salou beach and shops, Portaventura but don't get more than a 3 day pass because there is'nt much to do there, and a little pub called the Knights Inn across from the H10 Hotel, fantastic!

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

The weather was a bit mixed but this did not in anyway spoil our holiday. I think they have had some of the worst May weather in history, these things happen.

Holiday

We all had a great time. Salou was clean and welcoming. Its a bit expensive in Euro land at the moment but our budget did just stretch.

Places Recommended

PortAventura. Tarragona. Barcelona. Salou old town (some nice little Spanish bars and Tapas bars). In Salou itself the food was excellent at the Guinness Tavern, Rio Grande, Danny Boy. In fact the only bad meal we had was at the Robin Hood.

Recommend Salou to others

Yes

Weather

Fantastic overall averaged 24-26c some clouds for one day but we were expecting bad weather so it was lovely to get loads of rays

Holiday

A bit crap really as we found the hotel did not measure up, suppose to be a 4star and was definite struggling to reach a 2star.

Accommodation was very basic and the pool areas were not big enough to hold all the sunloungers.

Also the pool area was dirty, although it was hosed down every night it wasn't scrubbed or sterilised and people had frequently stubbed cigarette butts and broke glass were there were loads of little children walking about, it was pretty disgusting.

Walls were paper thin.

Nothing to offer in Salou resort but tacky shops and poor quality food.

Who goes on holiday and loses weight???

This resort is ok if you want basic, socialising with anyone from Ireland or the UK and smoke and drink like a trooper

Places Recommended

No the water park doesn't cater well for children below 1m40cm.

There isn't much else on offer

Recommend Salou to others

No

Weather

Weather was very mixed quite cool and two days of very heavy rain. Only had 1 or 2 really nice days.

Holiday

Good rather than very good, our apartments were a bit isolated but with a really good bus service right outside the door. Would have been excellent if the weather had been better.

Places Recommended

Port Aventura was excellent and helped to rescue the holiday.

Recommend Salou to others

No

Weather

weather fantastic,not too hot nice and comfortable heat temperature in 90s most of fortnight,nice and cool at night

Holiday

great for kids plenty of entertainment for the family,restaurants and bars excellent ,theme park great value .been twice and wouldn:t hesitate to go again

Places Recommended

theme park, costa caribe,day trip to barcelona

Recommend Salou to others

Yes