Salou and Cambrils on Google Street View

Google now has Salou and Cambrils on its Street view maps. Take a look and view your favourite sun destination. GOOGLE STREET VIEW OF SALOU - CLICK HERE

Costa Dorada Mobile Home Parks

Fantastic mobile home holidays in the Costa Dorada  and stay in a luxury mobile home in the Costa Dorada sunshine. The Golden beaches of the Costa Dorada and the thrill off the nearby PortAventura theme park will make your holiday one to remember.

Click here for more on mobile home parks for 2010 

Should Salou sleep during the winter months.

Reus airport may not be the biggest tourist aiport, but it is the main airport serving the Costa Dorada resorts of Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda and also the PortAventura theme park.

The arrival of low cost airline Ryanair to Reus saw a revival of passenger numbers at the airport and has helped these smallish resorts to flourish over the last few year. This year being a particularly difficult year for Spanish tourism has seen the resorts hit pretty hard with numbers down. The poor euro exchange and also the rise in air fares has had its toll.

With the main season lasting from mid May till Mid October, Salou cannot be called an all-year round resort. True it does have mild winters and a good deal of winter sunshine. The PortAventura theme park goes some way to  keeping the resorts going with Halloween and Christmas festivities. But in reality the resort of Salou becomes its own special halloween ghost town, when almost everything shuts up shop till next year. On a busy year some establishments may push their season a little longer but on a poor year, there does seem little point.

This year also sees a great many winter flights from Ryanair dissapear of the schedule, which can only add to the hardship and make sure Salou stays quiet through the winter months.

Should more be done? should the businesses of Salou stay open longer and stretch the season?

Myself I think the out of season time is a great time to explore Salou and the surrounding area, some nice warm sunshine, no crowds, and when you do find somewhere to eat and drink, the quality does seem to be that much better. Whether Salou should be an all-year round resort I think will lay with what can it offer, and in reality it can offer quite a lot.

Family Holidays to Spain

Many families look to their first holiday abroad with children with certain trepidation, and with good reason. Long flights, tired children, strange food, airport queues and hot sunshine can easily speall disaster.

With careful choice of destination and a little planning there is no reason why a family with young children cannot enjoy a holiday in the sun.

Salou is a resort in the Costa Dorada (Golden Coast) region of Spain. A resort that fits especially well with families and children of ALL ages.

With a short flight time from the UK to (Reus Airport) Salou of about one and a half hours, and a transfer time to the resort of about 15 minutes by taxi, this cuts down the amount of travelling time usually assocaited with holidays abroad and makes a good way of testing the water.

Once in the resort itself, you will be presented with glorious sandy beaches that are cleaned daily and shelving gently into the Mediterranean sea making safe, fun bathing. All along the beach itself are many facilities for refreshments with the usual ice-creams, drinks and snack food.

Also along the beach are many play areas, slides, swings, climbing frames which the children seem to make good use of.

The palm tree lined promenade has a very wide walkway shielded from the main roads making it very easy to get around the resort.

Salou has the usual mix of cafes and restaraunts and bar serving every type of food and most the usual English food and good childrens menus.

A visit to Salou is not complete without a trip to the PortAventura theme park which is a few minutes bus / taxi ride from the resort. PortAventura is for everyone not just the kids!, the theme park has rides and shows of all types, from white knuckle roller coasters to gentle scenic railways. CLICK HERE FOR DISCOUNT TICKETS

Public transport around the resort runs between Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda every few minutes and cost just a few euro's.

For a break from Salou, hop of the bus (or take a boat trip) to Cambrils, a more relaxing fishing port a few miles along the coast from Salou and with a much gentler pace. Cambrils has a lovely marina and some of the best restaraunts around, especially for sea food. There is also a nice park with play areas for different aged children.

For more info on Salou as a family holiday destination visit http://www.justsalou.co.uk/

Barcelona Zoo and Camp Nou Football Stadium

pick up from Hotel Salou Princess in the Plaza Europa area at 9am. Accompanied by an English-speaking guide, you will be driven in an air-conditioned coach to Barcelona.

This exciting tour will take you to the many famous sights of Barcelona which include Camp Nou - This ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour is every football fan’s dream come true. The tour includes; visits to the team’s locker room, the press box, sit at the team’s pitch-side bench, feel of the turf itself and the Club’s trophy room.

There will be a break for lunch during the course of the tour (at own expense).

Barcelona Zoo - Your tour will then take you to the outskirts of the city to the famous Zoo. It ranks among the top zoos in Spain. You will get to see the many open-air enclosures which was once home to the late ‘Snowflake’, the famous albino gorilla.As well as a wide selection of animals and birds, the zoo offers special displays of reptiles such as iguanas and chameleons. There is also an infant zoo where children can be introduced to various animals. You will get the chance to visit the dolphins, lions, tigers and giraffes and see the animal keepers feed the bears and penguins.

At the end of the tour you will return to the Hotel Salou Princess in Costa Dorada.

Price £41.29 - BOOK NOW

PortAventura Discount + more tickets!

PORTAVENTURA - The 10% discount off 7 days for 3 tickets at PortAventura has been extended. Entering pv7for3 at the checkout will give you 10% discount of the ticket price. BOOK NOW

AQUALEON - You can now book your tickets for Aqualeon before you head off to Salou. Lions, Tigers and Water slides? Only at Aqualeon - BOOK NOW

COSTA DORADA CRUISE - Sail along the rugged Costa Dorada coastline. The cruise boat moors at the tiny fishing village of l’Ametlla de Mar. You have time to get off the boat and stroll through the narrow streets of this lovely village and enjoy a meal or refreshments at one of the local bars or restaurants. BOOK NOW

HOT AIR BALLON FLIGHT OVER CATALONIA -what better way to admire the landscape for more information CLICK HERE

For great value tickets to UK attractions and shows visit out sister website, - JustTix


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Visit Cambrils

Cambrils is situated on the Costa Daurada (Golden Coast) a short distance from Salou. Cambrils a small fishing port boasts some gorgeous white sand beaches and a relaxing atmosphere in much contrast to Salou.

You could be mistaken you are in the south of France, with the sea front restaraunts and busy marina. Cambrils also has some of the finist sea food restaraunts for miles around.

Cambrils has every sort of accommodation available and is served by Reus airport. If your staying in Salou, then Camrbils can be reached via a short bus trip of leisurely cruise aboard a glass bottom boat.

For more about this destination visit JustSalou

To book accommodation and flights visit Alpharooms

Ryanair confirm Reus (Salou) Base

Ryanair have comfirmed Reus airport in Catalunya Spain, is to be it 26th european base.

Flights will operate to the followig destinations, Luton, Stansted, Dublin, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, From June there will be a service to Birmingham and from October to the following, Palmer, Paris, Santander, Santiago and Seville.

You can now also book your flights direct on the Alpharooms website at the same price as the operators website - BOOK NOW so now you can find your ideal flight and great value hotel or apartment in one place, as well as travel extras such as Reus to Salou transfers.

IT'S EASY to create and book your own DIY holiday...

IT'S EASY to create and book your own DIY holiday...

1. Find a flight that suits YOU
remeber flights out of season and flights that avoid the school holidays will usually be much cheaper.

2. Find your accommodation
Hotel or apartment, self catering, half board or full board, you can choose what YOU want.

3. Find the right transfer
Remeber Salou is a short distance from Reus airport, a taxi will cost around 30euros for four people.

4. Need a car?
If you feel you need a car, then check out the prices before you leave the UK, it's easy find the car YOU want.

5. Theme Park TIckets
check for the latest offers on PortAventura tickets and Barcelona tour tickets. - Buy Tickets

6. Enjoy
a lot more with all that money you have saved by creating your own DIY holiday to Salou.

http://www.justsalou.co.uk/

Ryanair - Birmingham to Reus (Salou)

Ryanair announcing it's presence at Birmingham airport (SEE HERE), states that flights from Birmingham to Reus (Salou) start on 18th June.

This opens up Salou further with more UK airports serving flights to Reus, and can only increase the ammount of people going for DIY holidays, booking their flights, hotels and transfers seperately.

www.justsalou.co.uk

PortAvetura Discounts

Discount codes for PortAventura, Salou, Spain now available.

see www.justsalou.co.uk/portaventura.asp for details.


Just Salou

DIY Holidays

With Christmas out of the way and the wintry weather arriving it is obvious that people start to think of warmer climates and the all important break away. How many people will head to the travel agents and how many will be surfing the net for their holiday bargain.

DIY holidays have taken off with more and more people searching out their own accommodation and flights and tailoring their own holiday to how they want it and saving themselves money too.

There will always be people that just do not want to do the internet thing and prefer to hand over their budget to the travel agent and let them find the holiday for them.

Some five years ago I booked a holiday through the travel agent with one of the package tour biggies, and got what I thougth was a bargain paying out just over a £1000 for 4 people.

The next year I did it myself, with the likes of Ryanair and Alpha Rooms, the price for flights and apartment coming in at around £280, yes I still had to get my own transfer, which was by taxi costing me another £20 each way, a taxi that was quick and where I did not have to travel
round a bunch of other hotels before I got to mine.

Many people seem a little scared of venturing into the DIY holiday but in reality it is a simple process and gives you a lot more flexibility. The money saved can also go towards enjoying your holiday that little bit more or even give you enough to have a couple of breaks away in the
sun instead of one.

My own steps to finding a break start with the flights, usually with Ryanair, their website has a good page where you can find the cheapest flights, the more flixible you can be the better.

1. Searching for flights, Luton to Reus (Salou) for a short break, in April, out on 19th April and Back on 22nd April, total for two people £62.38.

2. Next accommodation, entering the dates into the Alpha Rooms search, choose Salou as destination. Half board at the Hotel Caspel for a cost of £94.32

3. Oh those transfers +£40

4. Total cost for 3 night break £196.70

I could also use the airport bus service to transfer, save myself anouth £25 and spend it on a slap up meal in Cambrils.

**Searches correct at 13:20pm 3rd January 2008.

www.justsalou.co.uk

A pictures paints a thousand words

A new gallery page has been added to JustSalou - http://www.justsalou.co.uk/salougallery.asp with pictures of Salou, Cambrils, PortAventura and Barcelona.

If anyone has a favourite image of Salou etc, that they would like to see on the gallery, the email the image to 'thisisme @ justsalou.co.uk' with details of where the image was taken.

Salou, Cambrils and Barcelona

Three new pages added over the last couple of weeks, dedicated to Salou, Cambrils and Barcelona. Now I have more room I can start to bump up the content.

http://www.justsalou.co.uk/gosalou.asp
http://www.justsalou.co.uk/gocambrils.asp
http://www.justsalou.co.uk/gobarcelona.asp

Go Barcelona

As well as just visitng this wonderful vibrant city, there are exciting events coming up in 2008.

10th March 2008 - The Cure, Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.

25th, 26th, 27th April - The Spanish F1 Grand Prix at Barcelona-Montmeló

1st June 2008 - Bon Jovi at the Olympic Stadium, Barcelona

20th July 2008 - Bruce Springsteen at the famous Camp Nou, Barcelona

If these do not rock your boat, how about seeing the footballing greats themeselve FC Barcelona at Camp Nou.

With sports, concerts, zoo's, theme parks Barcelona never fails to offer something for everyone.

BUY TICKETS

www.justsalou.co.uk

Cambrils

Cambrils is short distance from Salou and easily accessible by the frequent bus services or the glass bottom boat.

Cambrils enjoys a more serene atmosphere, a fishing port and marina are the most prominent features of Cambrils, where you can easily think you are in the South of France. An abundance of seafood restaurants along side the marina make this a beatiful place for the midday meal by the sea.

The relaxing atmospere sets of Cambrils and it's uniqueness makes it a wonderful place to visit.

A new website dedicated to tourism in Cambrils can be found at http://www.cambrils-tourism.com/en/webcam.php?op=web, with masses of information to download in PDF format and well as the live webcams.

www.justsalou.co.uk

Visit Barcelona - Flight at under £20 return!!!

As well as Salou and Cambrils, Justsalou.co.uk now has searchable hotels in Barcelona, Stiges, Tarragona and Reus. Search hotels and apartments from Alpharooms, Quickrooms, Hotel Pronto and LowCostBeds all at the same time.

As well as where to stay, Just Salou also has Flights, Transfers, Car Hire, Barcelona tours, and FC Barcelona match tickets.

There is no better time to visit this magnificent vibrant city with flight available at just £19.98 return and thatr includes all taxes!!! (Stansted to Barcelona Girona Dep 6th Dec 2007 return 8th Dec 2007 - Prices checked 11th November 2007 - 9:45am Ryanair)

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