Girasol, Salou

Advantages: Sun, Sand, Nightlife. Easy for you to travel to other towns.
Disadvantages: Quite commercialised and full of tourists in high season.

...Salou is an excelent place to stay, for people of all ages. It is very much commercialised and is aimed at the tourists. The two beaches are golden long, but can also get crowded in the height of the season. ---------------The Hotel---------------- Last summer, I went to Salou and stayed at the Hotel Port Salou, the hotel was excellent! The rooms were spacious with a good size bathroom and Satelitte T.V. There was also a huge wardrobe (to put all my clubbing gear in!) Every room has a balcony, but most of them are fairly small, except for the toop floor, where the balconys are almost the same size as the room! The service was excellent and the bar staff (Jose springs to mind!), where friendly and talkative, even though there English was a bit rusty! The hotel was in a fairly quiet area of Salou, the only noise around was when... Read review

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Advantages: great place
Disadvantages: to many people from home

...i first went to salou in 1995 with my three kids and my wife,it was our first holiday abroad.we stayed just on the outskirts of salou in a place called la pineda,and i have to say it was like heaven.we stayed in appartments called cye marina,they were pretty basic but the view from the fourth floor balcony was stunning. we stayed for two weeks and went into the centre of salou on at least seven occasions.the centre of salou is full of palm trees and bars of every european country so no one is left without a local to go to.also all the stalls and shops are just jam packed with souvenirs and football tops and everything else you could be looking for. when we went back in 1997 and 1999 we realised that salou was becoming more popular with the british tourist and in a way it has spoilt salou because when we went in 1995 it was nearly... Read review

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Advantages: Reasonably priced, hot, fun
Disadvantages: Becoming quite commercialised

...During my gap year before I went to university, I worked for a travel company called Siesta International Holidays. I was one of their reps in Spain and was sent to Camp Sanguli in Salou. I was a little wary at first, mainly because my Spanish isn't very good, but I very quickly fell in love with the place. With a long promenade lined with palm trees and beautiful, long, golden beaches, what wasn't to like? ACCOMMODATION: As I previously mentioned, I was a rep on a camp site. This was called Camp Sanguli, situated at the older end of Salou which is a little quieter than the new town. The site itself is large with two supermarkets, two large pools, numerous take-aways, bars and restaurants plus good security. The site itself has numerous areas used specifically by certain companies providing package holidays - for example, Siesta... Read review

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