Reviews of H10 Mediterranean Village Hotel, Salou, Spain

We stayed here in July 2005 and...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Miss M Stewart

Comments:

We stayed here in July 2005 and had a brilliant holiday. The hotel was clean and tidy, and staff were very helpful. Entertainment was good first couple of nights but very repetitive. Daisy disco need I say more. Food was ok, but could have been better, but as we were self catering we didn’t have to eat at hotel. Buses were regular and cheap. La Pineda and Salou well worth a visit. Port Aventura is brilliant, but I would advise buying the passes at home as it is a lot cheaper. Don’t book trips through reps until you have checked locally as they cost at least double. Wouldn’t advise the Sunday market, they say go along and haggle and get a bargain, ok if you speak Spanish. I would recommend the Jeep Safari, absolutely brilliant day, and well worth the money. All in all we had a brilliant holiday and are going back this year for the same fortnight, booked up 2 days after we got home last year.

Excellent!!
We booked this...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Apr 2006

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Miss H Smith

Comments:

Excellent!!

We booked this holiday as a last minute deal and we were HB allocation on arrival. When we arrived at resort we were pleasantly surprised. I have a 6 year old daughter and she loved it! So did we for that matter.



All staff were helpful and very pleasant, our room was very clean and spacious, food was excellent, entertainment was FANTASTIC, activities for children and adults alike are available throughout the day and night. My daughter took full advantage of the kids club - it was wonderful - the staff were really great and Megan honestly didn't want to leave.



I will definitely return to this hotel for a future holiday possibly this year! The only negative comment I have is that the outdoor pools could have done with been heated slightly as they were very cold, this however may not be the case in summer holidays when the weather is warmer.



I certainly recommend this hotel and resort to families with children but especially young children.

This was probably the best...

Overall Rating:

9/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Apr 2006

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Mrs G Capel-Moodley

Comments:

This was probably the best package holiday that we have been on. Hotel was very well presented, clean and all the facilities advertised were available throughout the holiday.



Our only regret is that we didn’t book on a half board basis, as we ate in the hotel restaurant and found the food to be of a very high standard. Another regret, is that it took till 3 days into the holiday to discover the excellent children’s club and hotel entertainment. We also ventured on a number of excursions, including the Jeep Safari, which ended up being the highlight of the holiday.



The only hiccup was that the hotel was a little distance from Salou and we did spend a lot of money on taxi/bus fares. We would recommend car hire and suggest this be booked with your holiday as we were unable to hire a car for the week we were there.



Another good tip is that the hotel will provide you each day with clean towels (for pool/beach) for a 45 Euro deposit which is refundable. Self catering apartment was large enough, clean and well equipped. Kitchen area a little small, and food from supermarket quite expensive, suggest bringing supplies from home!

Absolutely fantastic, I have...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Miss K Dodds

Comments:

Absolutely fantastic, I have been on loads of holidays abroad and this is the best hotel I have ever stayed in... It is so beautiful and the staff are fantastic.



The entertainment is non stop during the day and at night, its not just for kids its for the adults also. Brilliant, you don't even need to leave the resort.



We went self catering but the we did visit the hotel restaurant as the food was very nice and you can eat as much as you want for 10 euros, and also there is a buffet set up just for kids... We have booked to go again in June so excited can't wait last year we went for one week this time we made sure we booked it for two weeks. So much to do.



I highly recommend this hotel to anyone. So anyone going have a brilliant, brilliant time :)

H10 Mediterranean Village Hotel...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Oct 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Mr S Gunn

Comments:

H10 Mediterranean Village Hotel



Wow! Wow! Wow!...What a place!

We have just returned form a 2 week stay at this beautiful and friendly hotel and so want to go back there!!!!



So what you cannot get into the rooms until 2pm, so what that you arrived at 10am, take a look at the surroundings! The reception lobby is nice and big and airy with its glass roof and amazing view of the waterfall just outside of the glass doors….what are these people complaining about??



We had 2 adults and 4 children all sleeping in a large one bed apartment and we had enough room. There is a sofa bed that sleeps 2 and a bunk bed (that is also a sofa) that sleeps 2 as well as the 2 twin beds in the bedroom. Our room was amazing as it over looked the main pool, and to say that it did this the noise wasn’t too bad either.

The only gripe about the room is that we were SC and there wasn’t enough room to store food (but then with 4 kids it doesn’t last long anyway).



The pools were great even though they were cold but once you were in you were ok. There’s lots of room for sun beds, and with the shallow bit at the front for the kids we spent most of our time here.



The hotel is always clean and tidy, the staff do an amazing job keeping it clean.

The entertainment was very good and our kids had a great time and with the entertainers, they were all very friendly, it’s a shame that most of them are leaving. Esther, Super Tony, Roderic and Anok we will miss you guys!



Watch the drinks in the bar at night as they can be a bit pricey (but buy the kids coke and drinks from the shop and slip it…no one knows!! much cheaper that way)

The beaches are very close to the hotel (across the road) and are very clean! Our tip take a bus ride to La Pindea beach, its 5 mins away and about 1.30 Euros each. The beach there is well nice and the sea is great too also with lots of room!



Do have faith in the buses though as they work well. You can go to Tarragonna (watch your bags though), Salou, La Pindea, and Bonnavista (this is where the Sunday market is). DO NOT GO TO THE MARKET WITH THE RES!!! They want to charge about 13 euros each to go with them where its 3.90 euros on the local bus!!!...have faith in them!



Don’t book the trips with the reps until you’ve had a look at the bus stops near by on in Salou as they are much cheaper!

We cannot vouch for many restaurants as they were closing down whilst we were there (the end of the season and they had some really bad weather the week before we got there), so we sorted ourselves out and went to the restaurant in the hotel, which I have to say was very, very nice!!!..(Don’t pay for all of you though….pay for some then get the others to say they’ve been to the loo one at a time…their too busy to notice any way!!!)



The supermarket at La Pindea seemed to be the best and cheapest around (its on the sea front).

Don’t forget the roof top Jacuzzi’s for your sun bathing…soooooo nice up there!

The indoor pool is great too (take some swimming hats though as you have to wear one and they charge 2 euros per cap!!!)

But the sauna and steam room are both very nice too!!!!

Sorry to babble on, but we had such a nice time here we just want to share it with you!!



All in all this should be a 5 * hotel!...cannot wait to go back!....(don’t listen to these bad reviews their talking rubbish!!!)

The weather was amazing for just about every day of the 14 days. Very hot for the time of year and lying on a boat on the pool is sheer heaven!!!

Barcelona is a must trip as you are so close.

20 out of 10!

Ok Lets start with the good...

Overall Rating:

2/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Sep 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Mrs V Brown

Comments:

Ok Lets start with the good points, my son loved it ! But then again he’s only six and all he wants is a good pool and he’s happy, good job really because that’s all that’s good about this place We hated it!!! Hotel was fairly clean but they don’t clean up after unthoughtful guests who throw food and rubbish all over the place, entertainment was rubbish really boring. Rooms were not cleaned every day, beds not made for you as with a 4* that’s what you expect ,floors not swept my six year old cut open his foot as soon as we arrived in our room!! Reps very rude and not at all helpful. And the guests my lord where do I start I know this isn’t the hotel’s fault but they could have at least had a word with them for being rude. Swearing. Throwing bottles smashing glasses and throwing pool balls into the pool, yes they have security on site but they don’t speak English and they weren’t getting anywhere. After going to Ibiza in June to another well known hotel group I was expecting the same service, to say I was disappointed just wouldn’t come close we just had to get away from this place so during the day we went to la pineda beach which was lovely and clean. I wouldn’t go back to this place if you paid me and to say that it’s a 4* whom are they kidding!!!!

We have just come back from here...

Overall Rating:

8/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Sep 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Carolt

Comments:

We have just come back from here and I would go again in a few years. The hotel is a little out of the way, from Salou centre but we got taxi’s and this was about 6 euro, they do a bus service but as it is 1.40 euro it worked out more or less the same as the taxi.



The hotel itself is clean and the rooms are cleaned and towels changed regularly, it does say bedding changed once a wk but we found this was done more than that, which was great. We had food in the buffet restaurant quite a few times and this was ok, would not have liked to have gone full board as the food can be repetitive, we tried the restaurants in Salou and found some good ones, one of which was called the Orient express. run by a Spanish family but they do nice English meals for about 7.95 euro for 3 courses this was a popular place to eat, we went here a few times too.



Entertainment is run by the hotel and this was ok lots of daytimes activities and some good acts in the evening. Bar staff friendly. Had the usual sunbed situation but always managed to get them cos they had plenty of sunbeds, it was just the finding of a space that was sometimes the problem (like people squashing beds into tiny spaces) this got on my nerves cos I like my space and hate being crammed in. The pool is also very cold. The rooftop pool is good they have 2 Jacuzzi’s.



One problem that I can think of is teenagers (I have one of my own but he didn’t get involved with others), the parents seem to leave them to their own devices at night and they are running around drinking bottles of lager and making a nuisance of themselves, late at night, we also saw children under 10 doing this too. There were a few incidents of glass in the pool and this was due to the teenagers throwing bottles/glasses in there with no thought for the consequences as it was a family pool some of the younger children cut there feet, this resulted in the pool getting closed while they got the glass out.



As we went in Sept, I would hate to see what it was like in Aug/July as there would be more teenagers here. They do have security but they didn’t start until about 11.30pm which in my opinion is far too late, they should be on as soon as it gets dark. We had a pool view which was lovely. We met some lovely people while we where there. Overall I would give the hotel 8 out of 10, they need to sort the teenager/security problem out.

Beautiful hotel clean and tidy...

Overall Rating:

5/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Sep 2005

Tour Operator:

MyTravel

Submitted By:

Mrs E Huggins

Comments:

Beautiful hotel clean and tidy absolute luxury me my husband and 2 year daughter went with my mother partner and son aunty and uncle and 6 cousins I was staying HB in the hotel side and the stayed SC they were all promised rooms together by Airtours but got separated into different blocks.



My room was above the entertainment room and when it rained the entertainment was brought inside and it was like they were in the same room as me I wouldn’t have minded if it was good but it was a poor performance by the platters tribute band and I couldn’t get my 2 year old to sleep who had been poorly all day.



When I asked to change rooms the rep requested that I ask on the Tuesday am for a room change on Sunday when other guests departed so I did they said that would be ok. Sunday 9am they said I couldn’t move as hotel was full even though guests had departed and new ones hadn’t arrived spoke to the reception manager who told me that I wouldn’t be able to move and was very rude to me the reps were useless and didn’t help me at all.



The food was ok but watch out for the pork they don’t tend to cook it and is usually raw a few people were sick we found a lovely English pub called the dog and duck which served cheap quality food in Salou so i had to pay out more money drinks in the hotel are very expensive we ordered coke and brought a bottle of vodka into the entertainment hall with us.



Only down sides really were 1 - Taxis and buses charge what they want 2- topless bathing by the pool not acceptable in a family environment go to the beach! 3- to many inflatable in tiny children’s pool 4- no entertainment for children under 4 big down side but the daisy disco my 2 year old loved it thanks to Roderick and Anouka they were great 5- watch out for pick pockets we were targets at least 5 times they seem to target you on buses mostly 6- entertainment was poor in the evenings found myself yawning alot .



La Pineda beach is the best beach in the area by far and make sure you visit nou camp in Barcelona a must and I'm not a footie fan. All in all a ok holiday but wouldn’t visit again.

Me and my girlfriend (23/20)...

Overall Rating:

8/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Sep 2005

Tour Operator:

MyTravel

Submitted By:

Mr MC Chambers

Comments:

Me and my girlfriend (23/20) went to the h10 very recently. I had to say it was one of the best hotels I have been too. Pools everywhere, indoors and even Jacuzzi on the roof top where you can sun bathe.



The entertainment was unbelievable, I found it better night life there rather than a trip to Salou itself at night. Staff where very nice and made you feel special. I even found myself, from N.Ireland haven’t got a note in my head how to sing give it a go in a karaoke. Which was funny. It just has that kind of holiday grasp on you. Only let down was a noisy English crowd in the next room smashing bottles and banging our door as N.Ireland beat England that week in football. Hotel Security was very helpful in that situation.



Good Selection of food although I think the food quality could be improved. Cooked in a hurry sort of thing and very fatty at times. Overall I would recommend!

Thought the hotel itself was...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Sep 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Mr J Prout

Comments:

Thought the hotel itself was immaculate, food good had a fantastic time, our room was cleaned everyday and all yes all!



The staff at this hotel were very helpful and spoke good English already trying to book for next year. Yes the prices were a little high, but that goes for everywhere not just this hotel!!!

What a place to be. This was a...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Aug 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Mr B Morse

Comments:

What a place to be. This was a great holiday. This was our second visit. Last time we stayed half board but this time went self catering. Not that we did much cooking, the restaurant was very cheap, it cost just 10e to eat and there was a good selection. I would recommend this to all.



The entertainment was very good and the beer was cold. One tip, if you plan to drink by the pool, go to the supermarket and buy your beer there its ice cold and a lot cheaper.

I have just returned from this...

Overall Rating:

8/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Mr D Stoney

Comments:

I have just returned from this hotel and the holiday was great!

The hotel is spotless with friendly helpful staff and good facilities. I had a 17yr old and an 11yr old as well as my partner! and there was plenty to do.



It’s opposite the beach and just a cool 15min stroll into Salou along the sea front. I read a few reviews before I left and they were all positive however there were a few niggles which I would have to echo.



Keep an eye on the price of your drinks in the restaurant! One evening I ordered a round of drinks with one less than the night before and they still tried to charge me the same amount. The entertainment is mainly for the kids and is manned by an animation team of Dutch, Swiss, Spanish and one English girl.



Queues for sunbeds start early and even though you are not allowed to put towels out it goes unmonitored, that goes for the evening dress in the restaurant plenty of people wore different to what the hotel asked but nothing happened. Overall a fantastic hotel great staff and immaculate! great bars in Salou and pay a visit to port Aventura, best price on the gate!



I would go back to the hotel, I have worked overseas as a holiday rep in the past and the med village rates amongst the highest I have worked at have a great time.

We travelled in May 05 for a 14...

Overall Rating:

3/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

May 2005

Tour Operator:

MyTravel

Submitted By:

Mrs D Wiffen

Comments:

We travelled in May 05 for a 14 day holiday. The hotel was nice and clean with plenty to do during the day but I am afraid to say it was boring in the evening. The rooms were nice and clean with satisfactory maid service. Lots of things to do for our 10 year old, nothing for our 16 year old. The evening entertainment started at 10pm and was finished by 11 pm. Leaving nothing to do, you could walk into Cap Salou where we found a karaoke bar called Mickey’s , quite good here with happy hour every night and a chance to have a good sing song. We tried to get a flight home early but failed to do so, the reps were not willing to help us one bit. We ended up going to stay in a holiday park in Salou, we stayed in a caravan it was very nice the holiday park was better than the hotel plenty to do with amphitheatre, bar, lovely pool with swim up bar. The Mediterranean village was very expensive and a complete waste of money, I have been to many different hotels, but this has been the worst ever for the entertainment side of things. It was the longest 2 weeks of my life, ok for early birds with young children, no good for young adults or teenagers.

This hotel was fantastic. It had...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Self Catering

Date of Holiday:

Jan 2005

Tour Operator:

Airtours

Submitted By:

Mrs Brown

Comments:

This hotel was fantastic. It had some thing for everyone.



The staff were very helpful, the food was lovely and the facilities were fab. It was not at all loud on a night but I still wouldn’t have minded if it was. It was a fantastic holiday and I loved every minute if it.



5 of us went last year for 1 week now we are taking 10 people for 2 week and hope to have another fantastic holiday there.



I would recommend this hotel to any one!

An absolutely fab holiday, hotel...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Sep 2004

Tour Operator:

Direct Holidays

Submitted By:

maileysimone

Comments:

An absolutely fab holiday, hotel was amazing, the staff were friendly, accommodating and always willing to help. Entertainment was wonderful (appropriate to all even those with young children), food was delicious, my husband is veggie and the choice was excellent. The hotel was outstanding; this includes staff, food, accommodation and children’s clubs. All in all an excellent two weeks, 14 travelled in our party and 14 are returning in September 2005 maybe even a few more. Thanks to all at the med for giving us a wonderful holiday and cant wait to see you in September. Even upon return and finding the dog had died (Susie) still couldn’t take the shine off a wonderful break.