"My partner and I stayed here for 4 nights and had a lovely time. Very close to the beach and a handful of shops and bars near by. As I have lots of allergies, we had to venture to Spar (roughly 20 min walk away) because the closest shops didn’t have much I could eat, so that’s worth keeping in mind if you’re the same as me. But plenty of odds and ends in the shops and lots of cheap booze!
The apartment was clean, tidy and had most everything we needed for our stay. All we needed to get was our food really. You could see the sea from our balcony, but not the beach. It was still pretty though:) I believe you can request new towels and a clean up, but it was easy enough to keep the apartment clean and the towels provided were sufficient for the length of our stay to not need them washed. They provided a clothes horse and pegs to dry them between uses and the sun did the job at doing so. It was no hassle taking the rubbish out, and we were happy to do so. The bins outside (slightly down the street) are easy to infer what should go in what bins, took no more than a few minutes.
We appreciated there’s a water shortage in Catalonia currently and limited our water use, it’s urged to remember that, but it’s not a requirement to use less water during your stay. For us it was a personal choice made to limit the negative impacts of high tourism on an already stressed destination.
The building itself, the pool area was nice, only got a little busy one afternoon but not so much so that you couldn’t find somewhere to sit down. The pool was cold due to the time of year, but I still enjoyed a swim anyway. The bar and restaurant downstairs wasn’t open often, but again we went off season and expected things to be more closed than open.
The only thing I could fault was that they seemed a little short staffed. We accidentally left our key in our apartment and had to wait 4 hours for the manager to come back as the reception was unstaffed most of the day. But I appreciate that it’s a family run endeavour, that people have their own lives still, that the working and service culture is different to the UK and that we stayed off-season! (An easily avoidable situation if you’re not as forgetful as I am!) the manager was lovely when she arrived and sorted out the problem in less than a few minutes.
Salou and Cambrils are very close to Vilafortuny; a 30/40 minute walk along the beachfront could get you to either, but the Línia 4 Plana bus could get you to either in 5/10 mins. I recommend going further into Vilafortuny to see some lovely architecture. We wanted to go to Old Town in Cambrils but didn’t have time.
We did visit Salou, toured some sights and did some shopping. Cap de Salou offers from really spectacular views, but keep in mind it’s a bit of walking up and down steep hills if you struggle with mobility issues. We also visited Parc Municipal De Salou while there. A peaceful spot amongst the hustle and bustle of Salou, and a bit easier to get to if you are physically disabled.
Even with getting locked out of our room for a while, we had a fantastic stay and would stay again! Moltes Gràcies!
(P.s the dog from downstairs was very cute and sat with us while we waited for our pick up, 10/10 service!)"