Cambrils Pins Platja (Playa)1 Review

Overall Rating

Good location.
Close to beach.
Nice pool.
Modern apartments.

Reception/Safe Deposit Box Room across the Road from our apartments.
Apartments not ready till early afternoon.

The Pins Platja/Pins Playa apartment complex is situated on the main road between Salou and Cambrils. There are two parts to the apartment complex, situated either side of the road. We stayed in Pins Playa 1, which is situated literally right on the beach and seemed to comprise the slightly smaller apartments. Our apartment had a bedroom with two single beds and a wardrobe, there was also a sofa bed that could cater for 2 more people. The apartments are self-catering and our apartment had a two ring electric hob, along with a fridge and microwave. The apartment was well stocked with plates, cups, glasses, cutlery and saucepans and had a terrace balcony(well not actually a balcony in our case as we were on the ground floor, but it had it's own chairs and table). We found the apartment to be modern and clean, but they had the electricity turned off on the fusebox behind the front door when we arrived which took a minute or two to figure out. If you need a toaster or cot, they can be hired at reception.
There were only three English speaking TV channels, the Travel Channel, BBC World and CNN, on the TV in the apartment.

Out front along the road were the Rugby Tavern and the Mucky Duck, both pubs/restaurants offering a good selection of reasonably priced British style meals along with various pizzas. They also show all the English football matches on Sky every day/night.

The noise from the pubs can be a little loud at night, but it doesn't go on too late and we found that other 'guests' banging doors in the middle of the night was more of a nuisance.

There is quite a nice medium sized supermarket across the road that's open 7 days and stays open till around 9pm and there's a bigger supermarket along Carrer de Barcelona in Salou if you really need it.

The reception for the Pins Playa complex is across the road in Pins Playa 2, which also has some bigger apartments. The receptionists were friendly helpful and spoke fluent English. But be aware that it is often early afternoon by the time the apartments are ready to move into, which is a problem when like us, your tour company arranges flights that see you arriving at the apartments at 10.30am in the morning. You have to leave a 120 Euro deposit when you check in which is returned when you check out, if there is no damage.

Fortunately, just off the reception they have a luggage room, though it isn't supervised. The apartments do not have a functioning room safe, so like us you'd be advised to take out a safe box in the room just off the reception area, they charge 16.50 Euro per week. The complex also has underground parking garages under both Pins Playa 1 and 2, entry is by a key operated automatic door, you can arrange a key at reception and they charge 6.50 Euro a day in peak season and 5.50 Euro a day off-peak. But you should note that some of the parking spaces are tricky to access and I wouldn't advise bringing a really big car, we had a Fiat Punto. Parking along the roadside outside the complex isn't much of any option though, as it can be hard to find. But you don't really need a car, there's a taxi rank about a minute up the road and the bus stop with frequent buses is equally close. You can also hire bikes nearby(as many do) and enjoy the cycle paths that run alongside the path by the beach, down to Salou and up to Cambrils. We did this and it was very enjoyable.

There was a coin operated internet terminal in reception, but we didn't have much luck with it, the first time it wouldn't switch on and the second time, it couldn't seem to connect with the internet. There are internet cafes in Salou and along the seafront in Cambrils if you need it.

There is a small pool on the beach side of Pins Playa 1, while the main swimming pool is across the road. The pool is clean. modern and there is a lifeguard on duty from midmorning till 7pm. The reception is open 24 hours and is situated just yards from the poolside. It should be noted though, that the main railway line passes right at the back of Pins Playa 2.