What sold this apartment to me was the bikes, having two teenage children. This proved to be a good idea, as our son in particular loved being able to be more independent if he wanted to be. When we first used the bikes, they were not in very good condition but I emailed Enrique one morning and he came the same day to try to fix them, even bringing us one bike from his home. Great service. We really enjoyed using the cycle paths between the apartment, Salou & Cambrils although it was a shame it was "uphill" going home!
From previous reviews, I was looking forward to a home-made cake upon arrival but there was nothing in the apartment for us so it's a good job we went shopping on the way!
From the photos, I thought the apartment was going to be quite posh but it wasn't, although it was quite homely. It had pretty much everything we needed, although we found the kitchen very small. There was wi-fi which would have been perfectly adequate for me and my husband, but the teenagers were unhappy with it! It was lovely to sit on the balcony each morning to eat breakfast.
Our half-term was late this year so we arrived at the end of October. We were really lucky with the weather - every day was warm and every day was sunny except the last day, which was just overcast. Everywhere was quite quiet which suited us fine. There were still plenty of places to eat and of course the supermarkets were open. We didn't use the local one at all but the big Esclat supermarket, next to the smaller Lidl, was great and less than a 5 minute drive (cheap petrol too) but we preferred the Aldi near Cambrils - it was always quiet & did lovely fresh bread. The kids used the pool on the first day but unsurprisingly, it was a bit cold at this time of year - I was impressed they went in at all!
Personally,I think you need a car if you stay at this apartment although I can see from the reviews that many people haven't had one. Perhaps because we were in the off-season, I hardly saw any buses and if you have younger children, you couldn't use the bikes. The beach would be a good 20 minute walk & Salou and Cambrils about 45-50 minutes each way.
We paid about £380 for a week which would be more now the exchange rate has worsened. That's fine but I personally do not think this apartment is worth over £1000 in high season.
A note to anyone coming at the same time of year - avoid Port Aventura on Halloween - it was madness and the queues were ridiculous!
