A very nice sunny resort in Spain. (Costa Dorada)

Member Name: Ling_Woo

Product:	Costa Dorada
Date:	19/10/08 (63 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of experiences open to you and it's impossible to be bored.

Disadvantages: It's very hot - get a sunscreen with a very high factor.

Me and my best friend paid a two week visit to the Costa Dorada resort in August/September 2007, for a reasonable price although I can't remember the exact figure (you'll have to scout around to find whatever deals you can).

We got our own apartment in the Cap Salou area of the resort, which was a handy place to be as it had a beach which was 10 minutes walk down the road, some good nightlife which was a short bus journey away (and even if it was too late at night for a bus, the taxi fares were very, very generous). Also Barcelona was approximately an hour away by train, or a little longer by bus if you felt like paying a visit to this prestigious city.

Whilst on this holiday I got to experience a range of things. There were lots of activities available at the beaches such as banana boats or jet-skis (which I had always wanted to do), most set of apartments had a bar on the ground floor and it's own swimming pool outside. In terms of night life, there was a tremendous club nearby called Pacha, which was very stylish and had a good interior and you could even hang around outside and still hear the music clearly and have a good time, and we also got to be part of a wild foam party very early on in the morning. (If you do this, my advice would be not to wear black shoes: The foam dyed my socks and feet). There were also a good range of pubs and bars around this area too, or even gay bars if you're looking for any.

All in all I found this holiday to be a brilliant experience and one that I will never forget, it's especially a good place to go if it's your first independent holiday without any parents keeping tabs on you.

A word of advice would be to apply a lot of sunscreen with a very high factor, I took a relatively high factor sunscreen and it still didn't prevent me burning and peeling pretty much all over.

I recommend this quite highly all in all, a good time is guaranteed to be had.

Summary: Go for this if you're undecided where to go on holiday, you will enjoy it.