These apartments are well presented and spacious, very clean with a lovely swimming pool with a life guard. There is a reception desk which is open till 10 or 11 at night, if you arrive after that you have to obtain your keys from Salou Suites which is relatively easy but some way across town. The reception when manned is staffed by helpful, informative and courteous staff.

The swimming pool has a lifeguard which is excellent, but for children the rules are quite strict ie. no balls or inflatables, no diving in etc. The swimming pool also has no loungers around it which can be uncomfortable and prevented us spending a lot of time by the pool. There is also an indoor pool which is for complete relaxation under 14S are not allowed and swimming hats must be worn. These rules are quite rigidly enforce, we never went in as we had the children but the facilities looked excellent.

A security guard mans the site ensuring that any late night noise is stamped on quickly therefore the apartments are quiet at night. Location wise it is a ten minute walk to both the beach and portaventura (although the beach is far pleasanter and quieter towards the marina side of the town. There is a well equipped supermarket five minutes walk away.

The apartments themselves have two bedrooms and bathrooms (one with a bath) which is really handy with a family. Hot water is plentiful and the air conditioning and roll down metal blinds ensure the room stays cool in the day. The kitchens were fairly well equipped although we had three rooms and only two had a kettle and one had an iron. The washing machine was very handy.

NOW for the downside, The Apartments have high aspirations and are in many ways excellent but the quality of soft furnishings was very poor. The beds were like camp beds and very uncomfortable. The sofas were very poor and also uncomfortable. They're are two sofa type beds in the lounge which are also uncomfortable. There is also a television but this had all spanish channels (as you would expect). We paid two thoushand pounds for two weeks and for this money I would expect a comfortable place to sit and sleep.

If you go and you are aware that the furnishings are poor you won't be disappointed. Its not luxury but is mainly good and from what I can gather quite high end accommodation for Salou.

I would definitely recommend a visit to Tarragona which is lovely and extremely interesting with its roman remains. Salou itself is slightly shabby in the english area of the town but once you head over towards the marina and further over to Cambrils it is beautiful.

The Aqquaria appartments in salou spain were a joy to stay in . The place itself was well kept with indoor and an outdoor swimming pools, a gym and a tennis court. From the moment we arrived there was no waiting and we were given our lovely spacious appartment. My favourite aspect about the hotel was that it was near everything: 5mins from the city centre and the best beach (walk), 10 mins from Port Aventura (walk)and only a few minutes from great restaurants such as "the Harp" and "linda's bar" (walk). Overall i must admit that the Aqquaria appartments were fantastic!!

Having also stayed in a 4* apartment in Barcelona on this trip, there was little between them. Roomy, clean, well-maintained apartment. The landscaping was more mature than in the photos. Two small criticisms were curtains that failed to meet in the sitting room (but the shutters worked fine) and very uncomfortable sofas (which could well be rectified by later in the year). Collecting the keys from a different location was surprisingly straight-forward (but don't think you can carry luggage between Salou Suites and here).

Quiet in April I would imagine this place to be very lively later in the summer. And, yes, there is well-used overnight parking for coaches at the rear of the complex - was aware of a coach revving one morning, but no other disturbance.

The indoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam rooms were a welcome bonus. We also used the evening entertainment at the hotel opposite which was very welcoming.

In Salou generally you couldn't fail to notice that Spain has been badly affected by the financial crisis (4 million unemployed if I understood correctly), so a marked increase in the number of hustlers with special offers for eating out which got irritating by the end of a week.

Recommend the nearby friendly Linda's English bar/restaurant, especially if you can't survive without your Britain's Got Talent/X Factor fix on a Saturday night.

Superbly equipped modern apartments, very spacious, very comofrtable, really felt like we were staying in someone's home it was so well equipped. They even give you some cleaning products for the kitchen which is rare in self catering apartments! There was even some washing powder for the washing machine, so we did a cheeky load the night before we left and washed the clothes we had worn, and seeing as it's a combined washer / dryer, our clothes were nice ad dry as well! Location wise, really great for Port Aventura, you can walk there in about 15 mins I reckon. The beach is about 8 minutes walk, the bars and restaurants the same. Sauna, indoor pool and jacuzzi were nice. We got a bargain in October, 30 euros per night for the whole apartment, which sleeps 4 people. I would DEFINITELY go again. I don't quite understand how it can have such negative reviews, it seems as if we stayed in a different place!