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.

Thank You from JustSalou

With another Salou season coming to an end JustSalou would like to thank all its visitors in helping make JustSalou bigger and bigger.

Starting in 2007 JustSalou steadily grew in size and despite the economic climate the visitor numbers to JustSalou has grown by over 100% and from Jan 1 2009 to Sept 25 2009 there were 23,867 visitors and 89,203 page views with a peak of just over 4000 visitors in one month, compared to the same period in 2008 where we had 9877 visitors.

Some big changes coming up during the winter months while we get ready for Salou 2010, with more features, more interaction and more Salou.

For those that booked and visited Salou this year, please do visit the site and add you comments on the short comment form on the front page CLICK HERE, let others know what to expect, not just the good stuff, we want it all.

JustSalou also welcomes reviews, articles, photos and basically anything you want to let us know about Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda.

And remember, those predicited BBQ summer did not materialise, dont be fooled get some real sunshine in 2010.

thanks

JustSalou

info@justsalou.co.uk

Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda out of season

There is no denying it that come mid October the tourist areas of Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda begin to close, by the end of October it is quiet. But what makes a gorgeous site is the deserted beaches , the golden sand and warm sunshine.

The picture above is from early March in Salou, I myself was expecting grey cloud, drizzle and a chilling wind. What I was welcomed with was warm sunshine and the beach to ourselves.

It is true there was not a lot open, but enough bars and cafes to keep me fed and watered. We stayed at the Hotel Caspel and this proved great, with good food, bar and a nice indoor pool.

It is also worth noting the PortAventura theme park is open out of season with themes for both Halloween and Christmas, after Christmas the park closes until late March.

It may not be for everyone and children especially may find the resorts a little boring, but our 7 year old found plenty to do, including plenty of football on the beach with some locals.

The bars and cafes we did find open were found to be very friendly and most welcoming which is probably why so many cold beers and hot cappucinos were consumed on our stay.

When the weather is nice it is great to explore the local countryside and hiring a car could prove useful and one thing for sure it will be easier to park than it is in August.

For more info on Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda visit JustSalou.

Transfers from Reus airport to Salou and Cambrils

Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda have the benefit of mainly being served by Reus airport. Th e good ting is the transfer time is only around 15 mins (depending on your drop off route). Take a look at the transfer options open to you, whether it is by taxi, coach, private mini-bus and local bus.

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

Find the cheapest flights to Salou and Spain

Use our flight checker to find the cheapest flights to Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda and PortAventura.

Search all flights to Reus.

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

PortAventura Halloween 2009

Have the halloween of your lives at PortAventura. See the PortAventura resort transformed into a spooky, scary PortAventura now it is not just the rides that will give you goosebumps!

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

PortAventura Family Ticket just £118

Two adults, two children one ticket, yes 4 days of PortAventura magic for £118, 7 days for only £124 or an amazing 14 days for only £136. Time to save, time to go to PortAventura, Salou, Spain.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO BUY TICKETS

The Cheapest PortAventura Tickets

For all the voucher codes and discounts on your PortAventura tickets and other attractions for your 2009 family holiday, see our copare tickets page. http://www.justsalou.co.uk/

Fantastic PortAventura Offer

A great  offer from 365 Tickets for discounted PortAventura tickets.

4 days from £19.95 

Great offers on Pass (4 days), Plus (7 days) and Max (14 days).

CLICK HERE FOR THIS GREAT OFFER

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We want your pictures of Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda and the PortAventura theme park. Sunsets, beach scenes, scary white knuckle rides of just fun and strange pics.

The camera never lies, although sometimes those great photo opportunies do not always come out as expected, you know the shots the ones with trees growing from aunties head, the beach ball on the end of the nose. Send them to us and you might win a prize. 

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

Save up to 50% on PortAventura tickets.

TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BEFORE 27TH MARCH 2009

An amazing offer on discounted PortAventura tickets, with savings up to 50%. Exclusive to AttractionTix this is an unbeatable offer and a great chance to save on your PortAventura tickets.

Not only have the prices been dramatically reduced, you can also use the discount voucher codes below to gain a further 5% off.

PortAventura Pass tickets with all discounts are an incredible £48.95 for an adult and £24.70 for children for 4 consecutive days at your favourtie theme park.

Discount codes to enter at the checkout are as follows:

PortAventura Pass 4 days - enter  PASS at checkout

PortAventura Plus  7 days - enter  PLUS at checkout - (also entitles to 50% off a 1 day pass to Caribe Aquatic Park)

PortAventura MAX 14 days - enter  MAX at checkout - (also entitles to 50% off a 1 day pass to Caribe Aquatic Park)

BOOK NOW AT ATTRACTION TIX

BOOKINGS MUST BE MADE BEFORE 27th MARCH 2009

Do you have a bar / restaurant in Salou?

If you have a bar or restaurant in Salou ( or other local business you want Salou visitors to find), you can now  have a free link from the www.JustSalou.co.uk website to your own website. 

No website? no problem, send us your details, logo, couple of photos, some text and we will create a page for you with your contact details.

Have a handout of flyer? email us a copy and we can create your page from that.

This is a free service and no link back to JustSalou is required (although if you have a website it would be nice)

Email details to info @ justsalou .co.uk

Fantastic Credit Crunching PortAventura Tickets

Checkout http://www.justsalou.co.uk/ for a fantastic PortAventura ticket deal.

PORTAVENTURA PASS £48.00 Adult £24.00 Child

Four day ticket for PortAventura for four days of PortAventura fun!!!!

Bournemouth to Reus (salou) - Ryanair

Ryanair announce new route, Bournemouth to Reus (Salou, Barcelona) is to start March 31st 2009.

Save 7.5% on your Airport parking with BCP

With the best choice of airport parking and airport hotels, BCP offer everything from meet & and greet to standard secure parking and 2-5* hotels.

There is up to a massive 7.5% off airport parking and 5% off the entire range of airport hotels when entering “WT686″ in the promotional code field onsite.

Promotion ends 28 February 2009

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Ryanair announce new flight from Bristol to Reus (Salou)

Ryanair announced they will begin flight to  Reus (Barcelona, Salou) from Bristol airport.

Three flights per week will begin 2nd July 2009.

www.justsalou.co.uk

Why choose Salou in the credit crunch

Lots of talk in the news lately of what holiday destinations are best for your pocket. With the pound taking a bit of a bash against the Euro it has been stated that the likes of Turkey and Egypt make better economic sense for your holiday, bt remember it is not just the exchange rates that should be considered. So before you think of choosing elsewhere to Salou...

1. Salou is only around one and half hours from London airports. Served by low cost airline Ryaniar, flight can be found cheap, very cheap. Book ahead, search for the best fares, and check the offers from Ryanair, sign up to its newsletter.

2. When you get to Salou, you will find buses and taxi waiting at the airport, what you will not have is a two hour transfer time!, 15 mins later you can be in Salou. Shorter journies = less cost.

3. In all honesty car hire although practical if you want to explore further affield, with Salou, Cambils, La Pineda and PortAventura all pretty close to each other it is easy to use the cheap and plentiful public transport.

4. Everything is close by, beaches, theme park, cafes, bar and restaurants.

5. Many people like luxury, but if your looking to go on a budget then Salou has a wealth of budget accommodation.

6. Compared to the UK Salou's food and drink fares quite well on cost, if you want to  eat on a budget you can, food to suit all tastes, good quality bars and restaurants and a good supply of local supermarkets for the self caterers.

7. PortAvntura may sem expensive, but what you get for your money makes it worth it, look for multi-day tickets, look for the discount codes, book your ticket early before you go to help spread the budget.

JustSalou

PortAventura Discount and Voucher codes

New discount codes added for PortAventura.

5% off with AttractionTix

10% and 12 % off with ISANGO

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

Salou 2009

The 2009 season for Salou, Cambrils and La Pineda will soon be upon us. Tyically January is when we start to look around to book some warm med sun on our backs.

Justsalou has updated its hotel database ready for the 2009 season and made its hotel and apartment pages a little clearer.

PortAventura will open its door for the 2009 season on 27th March 2009, this year sees some new ticket formats. See http://www,justsalou.co.uk/portaventura.asp for more info on the tickets available.

We all know the pound is suffering against the euro and I will endeavour to keep you up to date with the best prices for pre-booked PortAventura tickets and any discounts that may be available. Currently there are 5% discount codes available on the new range of tickets.

If you have anything to say about Salou, hotel review, cafe / restaurant review, photo or anyting you feel visitors to Salou might like to know you can email Just Salou ( info @ justsalou.co.uk )

Have a great 2009!