After two weeks in the Golden Port hotel I am afraid to say that we will never be returning to the hotel or the resort. We were not impressed by Salou and found it to be quite grubby (totally dirty and disgusting in some places). There was nowhere in the resort you could go for a quiet meal/drink or to relax. It was overpacked and could only be compared to an oversized British holiday camp.

The hotel itself and staff were lovely, and even though the rooms were very basic (and the walls paper thin), they were adequate and cleaned regularly. And a warning - Be careful of the patio doors to the balcony as they automatically lock when you shut them so you can easily get locked out!

The food was not very good (even for a 3*)and most nights your choice was cheap cuts of meat with chips or cold rice/pasta. If you had been served it at home you would send it back. The breakfast wasn't much better and even though we paid for half board we ate out most days and nights.

The entertainment programme was awful and as the main room had pillars throughout so you had to make sure you were down early to get a seat from which you could see the stage.

Also, in a hotel which appeared to be mainly family orientated I am surprised anyone could get their children to sleep at night with the noise of some of the residents running up and down corridors and banging doors until all hours of the morning.

Also, most people "reserve" their sun loungers (and one for each of their children as well) during the 9am sunbed rush every morning (even though some people didn't appear until after lunchtime). We were only able to get a sun lounger on our last day.

Unfortunately this holiday was not to our taste and I think even if we had children we would consider another location.

We travelled to hotel Gold Port Salou on 13 August 2005 for two weeks. It was not what we expected.

The room was so small it had one wardrobe between four of us.

The food was poor same old stuff day in day out there was not much choice for the kids. Within two days of been here we all came down with sickness & diarrhoea.

On third day our safe got robbed of all our money and two credit cards, the staff were not very helpful and we left a week early.

I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.

I really enjoyed my holiday at the Golden Port Salou hotel. I was there on a half board basis.

The food was excellent every night with a lot of different varieties.

The restaurant staff were friendly, but on only spoke very basic English. The bar was great, the bar staff spoke good English (there was a couple of hotties who worked there)!!!

The hotel rooms were nice and very clean, the cleaners cleaned the room every other day!

The location is good with a 10 minute walk to the lovely beaches and a 5 minute walk to all those great shops!

The entertainment is fab, especially for the kids they have a kids disco every night and bingo and they have a different show every night for adults and kids!

The facilities in the hotel were great they have pool tables and arcade games, mini golf, an indoor and an outdoor pool, gym, hot tub, everything was great!!!

I would definitely return there (in fact I am right now surfing the internet looking to book my holiday for next year in the Golden Port Salou) I can't wait!!!

I strongly recommend this hotel for all ages!!!

Just got back from a week at this hotel - and it was excellent!!
The main reception was spotlessly clean and the staff very friendly.
The room was a bit on the small side but was adequate for the amount of time you spend in it and the balcony was quite large
The food was wonderful - not the place to be if you are on a diet - only complaint was it a bit noisy at meal times!!
The bar was fantastic - drinks 2 for 1 at happy hour every night and even at normal prices was cheaper than most bars - the entertainment was a bit ropey - bingo every night - but the hotel entertainer was mad and good for a laugh to watch

We stayed in this Hotel for 1 week.

Food was very good.

Staff were very helpful and friendly.

We thoroughly enjoyed our first three days in the hotel until several parties of School children arrived for a football event. They were out until the early hours making lots of noise and causing damage outside, seemingly without supervision and then returned to the room next door and continued their shouting and banging there. We witnessed other unsupervised children drinking beer on the second floor one night which I did not wish my 11 year-old son to see.

Whilst I cannot place any blame on the hotel staff for this, I feel people should be made aware that this could happen to them.

This was my only gripe, apart from this we had a great time.

We were swapped to this hotel as our original choice was closing early (end of season). We were concerned it may not be as good as our first choice but were pleasently surprised, we e-mailed the hotel for a pool view and got a large double room overlooking the pool which was great.

The maids cleaned every day and the rest of the hotel was always kept very clean and tidy. The entertainment was ok and our kids loved the kids club girls (hugs to Helen and Sara)the hotel entertainer(Israel)was brilliant and was my three yr olds best mate ever!!

The pool and area around it was average and always clean. The only poor points would be the food,Some days it was excellent. Others we ate out due to poor choice and poor cooking.

We also felt our rep could have been slightly more helpful as we booked a jeep safari after being told it's ok for families which even though it was worth going on is very hard going for young kids (goat tracks up mountains at 40mph in a landrover)these landrovers have seat belts that dont work and you sit in the back sideways on what seems to be a sliver of sponge.

Port Aventura is a must, nearby and good value if you buy tickets here in the Uk (Keith Prowse tickets).

The beach is a short walk and area around the hotel is fine and we found it clean but typical spanish paving etc Would go to the hotel again definately the resort

When we arrived at the golden port salou park it was quite a dissapointment. We had to wait half an hour to get our room. The room made up for it though. It was very clean and quite spacious.

The meals were always good with a variety of foods at dinner. There was also champaign at breakfast. The hotel was near beaches, shops and resturants.

The waiters and waitresses were quite friendly but didnt speak a great deal of English. The entertainment was good with a disco for the kids, a game of bingo and a show.

The swimming pool was a good size and so was the indoor one. All in all this was good hotel suitable for all ages, couples, elderly and families.

Hotel is large and spacious. Staff happy,friendly and helpfull. Kids Zone girls Sarah and Helen are wonderful as is Israel the Enterainment guy, slightly mad but great with everyone old and young, my little boy wanted to bring him home.

Food super don't go if your on a diet, varied and plentiful. Special evenings twice a week so you can taste proper Spanish foods.

Would recommend this hotel.

General hotel areas very clean but our room was not as clean as it might have been and we had to ask for the hand towels on four days running we just had not been left any only the bath towels The hotel food was plentiful and reaonably varied and of a good standard but the bread was always dry and it lacked any choice for childrens items i.e. chicken nuggets fish fingers etc which quite a few children were asking for (including my grandaughter) and bearing in mind that the hotel is classed as a 'Kidzone Hotel' I found it strange that it lacked kids food
The location of the hotel was not in a very well kept area the pavements were lethal especially after dark as there were large potholes and very uneven walking surfaces and it was dirty (dog dirt and litter) and very dusty as some stretches of the pavement were not even tarmaced just dusty tracks
The hotel staff were very helpful and nothing was too much trouble for them and generally they were all very friendly and pleasant
The entertainment was not up to much but there appeared to be plenty going on for most of the day it just depends on the individual persons taste
The Thomson kids club was very good and my grandaughter enjoyed it
I do not think that we will return to this hotel

We have just got back from two weeks at the golden port Salou park, the hotel was what I expected as I had read all the fab comments about it and this web site has been my saviour. The hotel is a three plus star and the public rooms are of a high standard and the hotel had A/C all the way through so this was a pleasure as Salou was mega hot even at night. I emailed the hotel to request a pool view and surprised that my request was fulfilled and they even gave us a double room! the rooms a tad on the small side but ample for getting your head down, the entertainment team, bar staff and restaurant staff are so friendly and made our stay even better, the food is quite good breakfasts fab, with cereals, fruit, cooked breakfasts etc, Dinner were fine but the only thing is they like to put meat in everthing and I I don't eat it, sometimes this was a pain but I had soup, a huge salad, vegetables and Potaoes. There are also themed nights too. Happy hour at the bar is a must as drinks on the main strip (carles Bugius )are rather expensive same and more expensive as back home. The hotel is perfectly positioned as the hotels in the centre will not get any sleep, being a 5-10 min walk from here some nights you could still hear the crowds. The swimming pool is claened everyday and the grounds of the pool and the best is that the doors to the pool don't open till 9 so we used to set our clock for 8.55 get in the q and join the charge of the light brigade! don't let this put you off as the pool area gets full there is a lovely sun terrace just above the pool where you can get away from the rest of the world and their wife.
A trip to Barcelona is a must and we did it on our own, it was a long day and we were out the hotel for 14 hours but it was worth it, visit Sagrada familila,( unfinished cathedral) gaudi's park ,Nou camp walk around the port and La Ramblas( Barc's main Street) and visit the museum L'erotica for a laugh and disbelievement.
Salou is far nicer than I exepected and such a busy place the promande is gorgeous with fountains and benches etc and this leads down the old town which has retained its tradition and has posh shops, cafes and restaurants rather than bars and the small port.this is where the station is located, the two beaches are fab but get packed from 9 in the morning and both of are equal distance from the hotel playa cappallens is a cove and more idealic setting
Would reccomned this hotel and resort to both couples familes and groups of friends did,nt want to leave and I cried.

Mandy and Jez: