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Salou in April

christine w

2009-01-07 20:12:56

Will anything be open in April in the town?
I have seen a good offer to one of the Porta Ventura hotels, El Paso it departs on the 17 April and includes free entry to the theme park. I know we can find enough to keep us busy but don`t fancy it being a ghost town.

We stayed at Capa Salou 14 years ago at the begining of October and we did find it very quiet but we were a young couple then looking for nightlife, we now are a married couple with a nine year old boy. We like to wander about having the odd glass of wine a few tapas. But most of all we like to be up early exploring the resort and any place of intrest. We love train journeys so a trip to Barcelona would be a must.

We normaly visit Spain in April, Majorca, Costa Del Sol, Mojaca and Benidorm are places we have visited in Spain. All of these have had enough open.

Son Of Homer

2009-01-09 18:29:17

Re: Salou in April

I was in Salou in April 2008 and many places and facilities were not open. The season tends to start there around the 1st May as the Spanish have a bank holiday that weekend. However, most of the Spanish bars and restuarants on the promanade were open in the evening, but most of the british pubs were closed.

christine w

2009-01-10 10:04:26

Re: Salou in April

Thanks son of homer, I thought most things would be shut. Do you think enough would be open for it to not be a ghost town.

Mark757

2009-01-10 14:40:09

Re: Salou in April

Hello Christine W, if you go to Salou in April then it is only the tourist end of town that will be quiet. Near the marina there is a main street called Calle Barcelona, this street has lots of shops and tapas bars and most of it is open all year round. I visted the end november/beginning of December 2007 and there were plenty of people about and everything was open in this area (the tourist end was a complete ghost town).

You also have Cambrils which is a fully working town and lots of the bars and restaurants will also be open here.

Thanks
Mark

christine w

2009-01-11 10:26:46

Re: Salou in April

Thanks Mark, we prefer the Spainish bars anyway so it could be ok for us.We love tapas, I wish we had found this street before when we stayed , we walked all the way along and up by the train station but we missed it.

Does anyone know of a map of Salou, that would include Porta Ventura.
Does anyone know the train station names in Salou and at Porta Ventura, Thanks

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