Train travel from the Villamarina Hotel in Salou

Here in the Villamarina Hotel in Salou we try to ensure we are offering you all the information you will need to ensure you have a fantastic all inclusive holiday. This all inclusive hotel is situated in the old part of Salou just minutes away from the Main train station making this the ideal location for those of you who want to explore. Or it may be that you are a train spotter and would like to watch the trains come through.

The main destination people like to visit when coming to Salou is Barcelona and this could not be easier. The following trains make this so easy and economical at this time for you to do this cost effectively:

• The Regional Express train leaves Salou station at the following time 7.07, 8.43, 10.13, 19.43 and 20.39 taking approx 1h30mins to get to Barcelona Sants Station.
• The Catalunya Express train leaves at the following times 14.13. 16.45, 18.18, taking approx 1h20mins to get to Barcelona Sants Station.
• The Regional Train leaves Salou station at the following times 11.42, 17.36, 18.52, 20.20, taking approx 1h 20 mins to get to Barcelona Sants.
• Coming back there is a train approx every 2 hours from 06.30am – 21.00pm.
• Return Tickets from 7 – 11€.

Allowing the freedom to do things in your own time and see what you want to see. You can also visit other destination within the Costa Dorada or surrounding areas, very easily. The Villamarina Hotel in Salou is a fantastic base to visit Salou, the Costa Dorada and Barcelona.

Salou beaches

The Villamarina Hotel in Salou is situated just a 10 minute walk away from the main beach, however this short walk is well worth it when you see the beautiful promenade and beach. The beaches of Salou are without a doubt the resort’s main attraction. The fine, golden sand, the clear, shallow waters – the sheer beauty- have captivated, and are still captivating, visitors from far and wide.

Salou coastline is varied. Wide expanses of golden sand blend in with beachfront hotels and residences, while other more intimate beaches are sheltered by pine trees and pretty inlets and coves. Salou has got eight different beaches.

The main beaches in Salou are:

La playa de Levant:
This is longest and the most popular beach in the resort of Salou 1200 metres long and 140 metres wide. It goes from the harbour (Club Naútico Salou) on the west, to a place known as the “cliffs” on the east.

During the summer, an area is set aside for several sport activities. In the old days, when mixed bathing was not allowed, this was known as the “men’s beach”. In the summer there are dancing musical fountains on the promenade of this beach which are well worth the visit, with the Villamarina Club out of all the hotels in Salou been one of the closet to this spectacular attraction.

La playa de ponent:
This is more than one kilometre long. This beach goes from Cambrils to Salou’s harbour.
This was known as the “ladies beach”.

La playa dels capellans:
This is a little beach in the centre of Salou. It’s 220 metres long and can be reached from Brussels street. It edge is on the cliffs.

La playa dels llenguadets:
This is a little cove that can only be reached on foot from Tortosa street. It is very beautiful because it’s surrounded by nature

La playa larga:
It is surrounded by pine trees and nature. It is 600 metres long and you can reach it on foot by Replanells street, close by the road to La Pineda. This a very beautiful beach.

The Villamarina Hotel in Salou offer all inclusive holidays in a family friendly atmosphere, with easy acces to main attractions in Salou.

Good bye summer 2009

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who choose the Hotel Villamarina Club out of all the hotels in Salou as their summer 2009 holiday destination here in the Costa Dorada, and we hope that you enjoyed your stay here with us.

The Villamarina Club endeavors to improve its all inclusive facilities year on year and we will be looking at ensuring 2010 is even better out of all the hotels in Salou we aim to be the number 1 all inclusive hotel in the Costa Dorada.

For now we are left with the great memories of the Villamarina and Salou for 2009, we have had parties, great shows, bucking bronco, terror tunnel and much more, along with you fantastic customers, staff and weather.

Thank you once again and hope to see you here for your family holiday in Summer 2010. Keep yourself up to date with all news and events taking place out of all the hotels in Salou the Villamarina will ensure you come first and that your opinion counts. Keep updated on our Facebook page for offer, news and friendship. Sweepstake coming soon for a free 4 night stay in April on Facebook.

Visit Andorra from Salou

The Villamarina in Salou gives you a great base to visit this beautiful principality Andorra huddled between mountain peaks in the spectacular Pyrenees just 4 hours from Salou. On the way there, as we go up into the mountains we experience some breathtaking and fantastic scenery on Catalunya and the Costa Dorada. In the morning you can even see the beautiful sun, rising up over the mountains. As you go through Montblanc, and pass many acres of grape vines that produce the finest wines and champagne of the region of Catalunya

You will also go passed the lake in which (you can see the rooftops of houses from ancient times that are buried under the lake) when there is a shortage of water you can see the rooftops of houses from ancient times that are buried under the lake.

Andorra is a money saver’s paradise. It is free of the taxes that are applied to neighbouring France and Spain so if you fancy some early Christmas shopping for your alcohol, cigarettes, electrical goods, perfume or clothes and you would like to visit two countries in one day, having a great time shopping and experiencing some breathtaking scenery, then this is the place for you!

The Villamarina is your ideal all inclusive family holiday destination, giving you a fantastic base to explore Salou, Costa Dorada and Andorra. If you fancy exploring a different part of Salou The Festival Village in Cap Salou offers large all inclusive apartments also as a fantastic base to ensure you also get all you need on your all inclusive family holiday.

New in the Villamarina for 2009

Interview with the Manager of Hotel Villamarina
By Timmy Tiger

As we are coming to the start of our season I thought it necessary to find out exactly what has been going on in the Villamarina 3 star all inclusive hotel and to see what is new for summer 2009.

1. As an all inclusive hotel what is your main priority for summer 2009?
Our main priority is to ensure we are offering our customers value for money all inclusive holiday in Salou.

2. How have you ensured you are offering what the customer wants?
Every year we ask customer to complete questionnaires, and by reading these and taking everyone’s comments and suggestion on bored we hope to have improved our product and service to them to ensure this all inclusive family hotel is exactly what our customers are looking for.

3. What suggestions have you implemented in to the villamarina?
There was many suggestions made in the questionnaire and we have taken the following and implemented them

· Customers commented that the showers were not good and would fall off
For this summer all rooms have new shower heads and supports to resolve this issue.

· Insufficient Toilets for the amount of people.
We have created new toilets by the bar terrace area and on the roof top solarium giving the hotel now 4 sets of toilets in the main areas.

· Pool areas are too small.
We have extended the pool terrace area of one of the pools to create more space for our customers to relax and enjoy their all inclusive holiday.

· Kids club, too small and not visable
The location of the kids club has been changed to the area of the play park; we have built a little wooden house, were all the activities will commence from, creating a more spacious environment.

· There is nowhere for the adults to get away.
This was our biggest project to try and complete. The villa marina as you know is a very family orientated hotel with lots of children as we are a family all inclusive hotel, however we also have many guest that are just as important who come that do not have children, so to be able to offer them a relaxing all inclusive holiday the whole of the roof top of the main building has been transformed in to an adults only area with a bar, 2 Jacuzzis and lots of sunbathing space. This will also be open on evening to enjoy a relaxing drink.

Can you tell me about Villamarina all inclusive apartments?

The Villamarina is now offering large 2 bedroom apartments on all inclusive giving customers the best of both worlds.
The apartments have all been painted, all have washing machine and we will be putting air con in to the main room.
These all inclusive apartments are ideal for groups of friends or larger families.

What else have you changed for summer 2009?

Of course every year we look at the entertainment programmed for new shows and activities, which we have also done for this summer, we have some great shows lined up.
One other thing we have looked at and arranged is the big inflatable’s coming in to the swimming pools in high season for 1 day per week, for all the family to enjoy
The whole of this all inclusive hotel has had a face lift, with all the rooms been painted and the hotel in general has had lots of small changes and repairs made
Another big transformation is the entrance to the hotel has been changed, with new flooring and a slightly different design making the hotel look different and more sophisticated especially when illuminated in an evening.
The luggage room has been made bigger giving more storage space for suitcases.

How to you think this summer will go? And what advice do you have for customers with regards to the recession?

We are hoping that we have a summer the same as we do every year, the Villamarina welcomes everyone and our priority is to offer good value for money all inclusive family holidays, with a friendly atmosphere.
We understand that this summer maybe particular hard for people as it will be for the hotel. And this is why we have to ensure we are offering value for money all inclusive holiday, to ensure this helps reduce the cost for people whilst on holiday in Salou, especially with the Pound against the Euro not been very strong.

Do you have a lot of the same staff coming back? Do I still have a Job?

The villamarina try’s to ensure we have the same staff come back year on year to ensure this all inclusive hotel in salou is offering a friendly environment for our customers.
With regards to you Timmy, what can I say: everyone loves you so of course you are coming back?

Do you have anything else to add?

Our ambition is to ensure that everyone has a fantastic holiday here at this 3* all inclusive hotel in salou and we thank everyone who has already booked to come visit us this summer, and welcome everyone to the Villamarina.