Blaumar Hotel, Salou
Blaumar is a four-star superior family hotel on Salou's seafront promenade, on Spain's Costa Dorada, and the only hotel in the resort that sits directly on the front, facing Llevant Beach. It's an independent, eco-certified hotel of suite-style rooms and apartments, run by Grupo Blaumar, a small Catalan group rather than a big chain, five minutes from PortAventura.
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Is it worth it?
Who Blaumar suits, what the board does and doesn't include, and the facts to skim before the detail.
Blaumar's pull is its position. It's the one hotel in Salou that stands directly on the seafront promenade, so the beach is a few steps across a wide pedestrian path with no road to cross, and most of the rooms are roomy, suite-style family units with a terrace. It isn't all-inclusive, which is the thing to be clear on before you book: you choose bed and breakfast, half board or full board, drinks aren't in the board price, and a handful of extras such as cots, parking and an in-room safe are charged on top. In return you're not sealed inside a resort bubble, so you can walk out to the promenade, the shops and PortAventura five minutes away.
Guest opinion splits by platform, and it's worth understanding why. Booking.com scores it 8.8 out of 10 across more than 2,600 verified stays, while TripAdvisor sits at 3.6 out of 5 from 269 reviews, ranking it 41st of 93 Salou hotels. The smaller TripAdvisor set skews to complainers and is the less reliable signal, so the fair read is a well-liked hotel with a cluster of gripes, chiefly summer WiFi, cleaning that catches some guests out, the extra charges and a pool that's small for the size of the place. None of that undoes the location, but it's worth knowing before you book.
Best for
You want to step straight onto the promenade and a flat, buggy-friendly beach, a roomy suite with space for a cot, and a hotel that isn't a sealed all-inclusive so you can eat and explore around Salou.
Maybe not for
You want an all-inclusive with a splash park and waterslides on site, or everything bundled into one price with no extras to settle.
Best ages
Babies upwards. The Baby Corner and the family suites suit the youngest; the Mini Club starts at 4.
What stands out
The only hotel directly on Salou's seafront promenade, two saltwater pools and a genuine eco programme.
What to check
Ask at booking for a sea or pool-facing room if street noise would trouble you, and confirm the free transfer's conditions if you plan to use it.
Where is it?
On Passeig Jaume I in Salou, on Spain's Costa Dorada, facing Llevant Beach, about 15 to 20 minutes from Reus airport and five minutes from PortAventura.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
Where Blaumar sits in Salou, how the building is laid out and how easy it is to get around with a pushchair.
Salou is a busy family resort on the Costa Dorada, the stretch of Catalan coast south of Barcelona, and it was the first place in Catalonia to be given the region's official Family Holiday Resort designation, back in 2003. Blaumar stands on Passeig Jaume I, the wide seafront promenade that runs for more than half a mile (1 km) alongside Llevant Beach, and it's the only hotel in the resort with that direct frontage: every competitor sits at least a block back from the water. The hotel is roughly midway between Salou's old town and its main commercial and entertainment strip, each about a ten-minute walk, so it feels central without being in the thick of the nightlife.
This isn't a sprawling resort with grounds and multiple pools. It's a single building of around 250 suite-style rooms and apartments on floors 1 to 6, with a penthouse Club floor on top and a separate apartment annex, the Acacias, close by. That makes it compact: the pools, the restaurants, the Baby Corner and the lobby are all a short indoor walk apart, and the terrain around the hotel is flat. There are access ramps for wheelchairs, wheeled luggage and pushchairs, specially adapted rooms for disabled guests, and a lift to the standard and Premium floors, so getting around with a pram is straightforward. The one exception is the penthouse Club rooms, which have no lift or step-free access and are covered in the rooms section below. For the wider region, its beaches and the other Salou hotels, see our Costa Dorada guide.
Certified since 2000What the eco programme means for your stay
Blaumar has run an environmental programme since 2000 and holds three certificates, EMAS, ISO 14001 and the Spanish Q quality mark, and states it's the only hotel in Salou to hold all three. For a family, the badges matter less than what they change day to day. The pools are cleaned by saline electrolysis rather than chlorine, so the water carries about the same salt as the sea and there's no chlorine smell, which several guests single out. Bathrooms use refillable gel and shampoo dispensers instead of miniatures, which the hotel says eliminates more than 15,000 single-use plastic bottles a year, the hotel makes its own soap from used kitchen oil, and breakfast serves loose rather than individually wrapped products. Behind the scenes there's an automated composting machine installed in March 2024, which the hotel says is the first of its kind on the Spanish mainland, and a published target to bring water use down to 140 litres per guest a day from the current 199. Children can join environmental workshops as part of the Mini Club, and there's a free seven-minute virtual-reality eco-tour of the hotel in the Eco-corner, in four languages.
The one part of the programme worth knowing about in advance is the room cleaning, because it has caught guests out. By default housekeeping does a daily clean without water, floors, bathroom, bins and beds, and a full clean with water every third night. If you'd prefer a full wet clean every day, you can ask reception for it at no extra charge, and it's worth doing so on arrival rather than being surprised.
Every restaurant and bar
The two restaurants, the two bars, how the board works and which is the safer bet for a fussy eater.
Because Blaumar isn't all-inclusive, food works differently from a resort where everything's thrown in. Your board covers meals at the buffet, drinks are extra everywhere, and there are two hotel restaurants plus a pool bar and a separate beach bar across the promenade.
Xaloc is the buffet restaurant and the main board venue, serving breakfast from 07:30 to 10:30, lunch from 13:00 to 15:00 and dinner from 19:00 to 22:00, with some seasonal variation. It's Mediterranean and international, with a gluten-free section, allergen labelling, some vegetarian dishes and a children's selection of things like pasta, potatoes and croquettes, and it runs themed dinners several evenings a week, though there's no takeaway or picnic option if you want to eat away from the restaurant. Two practical points for families: dinner has a dress code, so no swimwear, beachwear, sportswear or men's vests in the evening, and the kitchen can occasionally prepare a purée from buffet produce on request, though the reliable weaning aids are the microwaves in the Baby Corner, the buffet restaurant itself and the Acacias apartments rather than a set baby menu. Opinion on Xaloc splits sharply: plenty of guests praise the breakfast and dinner, while others find the choice thin, and the pattern is that the busiest high-season sittings feel more rushed, with queues, than a quieter shoulder-season stay.
Arena Tapas is the à la carte restaurant, Mediterranean tapas and short dishes with a garden terrace looking over the promenade and sea, open through the day from around midday to 23:00 in high season, doubling as a café, bar and cocktail spot. It's part of the same Catalan group and is consistently the better-reviewed of the two, with guests returning across a stay. On half or full board, lunch is sometimes served here as a set menu rather than at the buffet, depending on how busy the hotel is.
The Pool Bar serves snacks and an informal lunch on the pool terrace in season, so you can eat without changing out of swimwear; check the current hours at reception, as it doesn't run year-round. Its staff come in for specific praise as friendly and its prices as easy on the wallet. Across the promenade, on the sand, the Bluüma Beach Bar is a separate branded beach restaurant, bar and lounge with its own identity, Mediterranean food built around rice dishes and sharing plates, premium cocktails, plus sunbeds and canopies out on Llevant Beach. It's seasonal, running roughly 30 May to 11 October, and if you book one of the sea-facing or Club rooms you may get a beach-bar perk there, explained in the rooms section.
How the board and booking work
Xaloc, the buffet, is where board meals are served. On half or full board, lunch may appear as a set menu at Arena Tapas instead of the buffet when the hotel is full, so the venue can change day to day. Arena, the pool bar and the Bluüma beach bar are open to pay-as-you-go on top of any board. For a particular evening slot at Arena, ask at reception once you arrive.
Rooms and suites
Every room type with its official size, the two saltwater pools and the beach across the promenade.
Every room here is a suite-style unit the hotel calls a Suite Mediterranea, most with an 11.5 m² terrace, and all with satellite TV, air conditioning and free WiFi. Every room has been renovated, many of them in 2020, and the hotel states the renovated rooms use 50% less energy and 30% less water than before. They fall into four tiers. The tables below give the official sizes; the guidance after them is which suit a family with a baby or toddler and why. Two things run across the whole range: a cot is available in any room for an extra charge, and, apart from the Premium Club Sea Front and the Acacias apartments, the bathrooms have a shower rather than a bath, though reception lends portable baby baths for small children.
The standard Suite Mediterranea rooms sit on floors 1 to 3. Sizes run from 26 to 33.5 m² depending on the room, except the Frontal Sea View at 30 m², and all sleep two to four with a sofa bed for two in the living space.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suite with terrace | 26–33.5 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Internal, no sea view |
| Pool View | 26–33.5 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Pool and solarium |
| Side Sea View | 26–33.5 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Side sea view, west-facing |
| Frontal Sea View | 30 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Direct sea and promenade, south-facing |
The same rooms on the upper floors, 4 to 6, are sold as Premium versions with the better views, and there are two panoramic categories that only exist up here.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pool View (Premium) | 26–33.5 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Pool and solarium, floors 4 to 6 |
| Side Sea View (Premium) | 26–33.5 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Side sea view, west-facing, floors 4 to 6 |
| Frontal Sea View (Premium) | 30 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Direct sea and promenade, south-facing, floors 4 to 6 |
| Panoramic Sea View | 33.5 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Panoramic coast, west-facing, floors 5 to 6 |
| Panoramic Sea and Pool View | 33.5 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Sea and pool, south-facing, floors 4 to 6 |
The Family Suites are the family-first choice. At 35 m² they add a sliding door between the bedroom and the living room, so you can settle a baby for a nap and keep the living space usable, and the sofa bed there sleeps two more. Each view comes in a standard version on the lower floors and a Premium version higher up; the Side Sea View is Premium only.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Suite, Street View | 35 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Calle Mayor, residential; floors 1 to 3, or 4 to 6 as a Premium |
| Family Suite, Pool View | 35 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Pool and solarium; a Premium version has the best pool views on upper floors |
| Family Suite, Side Sea View | 35 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Side sea view, west-facing, upper floors (Premium) |
| Family Suite, Frontal Sea View | 35 m² | 2–4 (max 3 adults) | Sea and promenade, south-facing; floors 1 to 3, or 4 to 6 as a Premium |
The Top-Floor Club rooms are penthouses with exclusive terrace furniture, a kitchenette with a fridge and microwave, and a bundle of extra Club services such as a private hammock or beach-towel service on the beach. They come with one firm warning for families: there's no lift or step-free access to them, which rules them out if you're moving a baby and a pushchair around every day. Only the Premium Club Sea Front has a bath as well as a shower.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top-Floor Club | 36 m² | 2–4 | Penthouse with kitchenette, king bed (1.80m) |
| Top-Floor Club (Premium) | 38 m² | 2–4 | Penthouse with kitchenette and VIP toiletries |
| Top-Floor Club Sea View | 35 m² | 2–4 | Sea view, renovated 2020, single open space with a dressing room, no wheelchair access |
| Top-Floor Club Sea Front (Premium) | 38 m² | 2–3 | Frontal sea view, renovated 2020, bathroom with a bath and a shower |
| Top-Floor Club Panoramic Sea Front (Premium) | 38 m² | 4 | Panoramic sea, separate bedroom and living room |
Separate from the main building, the Acacias apartment is the largest option at 40.60 m² and the best pick for weaning or bottle-prep, because it has a full kitchenette with kitchenware, a fridge and a microwave, a separate bedroom and a bath. It sleeps two to five, up to four adults, and looks over the pool or the side sea. The trade-off is that it's in the annex rather than the main hotel, so you lose the step-out-to-the-lobby convenience.
A few things guests raise are worth planning around. Rooms facing the street pick up road and late-night pedestrian noise, so if that would bother you, ask for a sea or pool-facing room when you book, since rooms are allocated in advance and you can't move the choice on arrival. Views on the beds are polarised, from one 2025 guest calling them the best they'd slept in to another finding them hard. A handful of guests in cooler months have reported the air conditioning not being switched on, one waiting several days in April, so if you travel in the shoulder season it's worth asking. The eco-cleaning routine, covered above, generates most of the cleaning complaints when guests don't know to request a daily wet clean, and a handful of reviewers have found dust or hair left on floors and in bathrooms; one guest reported the bed linen wasn't changed across a four-night stay. A kettle is included free only in the frontal sea view, panoramic, Club and Acacias rooms; in the others it's chargeable, though one guest asked for one and got it without trouble.
One perk to weigh when choosing a room: the premium frontal sea view suites, the panoramic sea suites and all the Club rooms include two hammocks and an umbrella at the Bluüma beach bar for the season, roughly 30 May to 11 October. That's a separate thing from the wider Club services bundle, which the Club rooms alone get on top.
Pools and water features
There are exactly two outdoor pools, both on the same saltwater system, and it's worth being clear that there's no indoor pool, no splash pad and no waterslide or waterpark on site. The main pool is the eco-friendly centrepiece: a natural stone floor, a waterfall, an infinity edge, colour LED lighting and built-in benches with air jets, all cleaned by saline electrolysis so there's no chlorine. It opens from 10:00 to 18:00 or 20:00 depending on the season, and one night a week in high season it stays open to midnight for a swim. The children's pool runs on the same saltwater system, keeps the same opening hours as the main pool, and has a large stone castle in it for children to climb and play on, which is a solid play structure rather than a splash pad with jets. Loungers on the terrace-solarium are included, and swapping a pool towel costs €1 (last checked June 2026), which the hotel donates to an environmental charity.
Guests rate the pools clean and well kept and like the salt water. The main limitation is size: the main pool is on the small side for a hotel of this many rooms, ball games are allowed, which not everyone enjoys, and the sun-lounger area has limited shade, so at peak times it can feel crowded. It's a comfortable pool for a family, not a water-play destination, and that's part of why the nearby waterparks feature so much in what people do here.
The beach
Llevant Beach is directly across the promenade from the hotel, reached by crossing a wide pedestrian path with no road in between, so it's a few steps away, flat and easy with a pushchair. It's one of Salou's main beaches, running for more than half a mile (1 km), and it rates 4.4 out of 5 on TripAdvisor from more than 1,500 reviews. The hotel and Salou's tourist board both describe the local beaches as shallow and safe, and it's worth checking the water yourself with a small child on arrival. Lifeguards supervise Salou's beaches, and from 1 July to 30 September floating fun platforms are anchored in the bathing areas off Llevant and Ponent.
Beach sunbeds are rented separately from the hotel, including at the Bluüma beach bar, so they aren't part of your room. Along the promenade itself there are playgrounds, a promenade kids' club zone in July and August, and marked areas for beach volleyball, basketball and football, plus the Salou Water Sports Resort on the front for sailing, windsurfing and paddle surfing.
Babies and toddlers
The Baby Corner and Mini Club, the kit you can borrow, everything to do on site and the days out beyond the hotel.
Childcare and the baby kit
The Baby Corner is Blaumar's genuine differentiator for the youngest children. It sits in the lobby, is free for all guests, and is fitted with a microwave, a bottle warmer, a nursing chair and other accessories, so warming a bottle or heating a purée doesn't mean a trip back to the room. The Mini Club takes children from 4 to 12 and runs activities like swimming competitions, castle adventures, a mini-disco, arts and crafts, environmental workshops and dance-and-games sessions with the hotel's duck mascot, plus an afternoon snack. Two things to be clear on: it isn't a drop-off crèche, so a parent has to stay on site while a child is there, and the hotel doesn't publish its hours or any cost, so email [email protected] or ask at reception to pin those down.
There's no crèche for children under 4, so if you're travelling with a baby or a toddler, plan to have them with you. What the hotel does lend helps: cots in any room for a charge, portable baby baths and high chairs, pushchair rental from Guest Services, and children's options on the buffet. For weaning, the reliable tools are the microwaves in the Baby Corner, the buffet restaurant and the Acacias apartments.
On siteThings to do
Beyond the pools, beach and Mini Club, the hotel runs evening entertainment for the adults, from live music to folklore performances and magic shows, and puts on pool events, an inflatables party on some days and the weekly midnight swim in high season. There's a games room described as having plenty to keep younger children busy, with table tennis among the confirmed kit. Blaumar is a certified cycling hotel with a dedicated cyclist package and bike rental for adults and children, which suits the flat promenade. Children can also join the environmental workshops, making soap from recycled oil, a recycling hunt, planting and healthy-cooking sessions, and anyone can take the free seven-minute virtual-reality eco-tour of the hotel.
There's a Spa and Fitness Zone with a water circuit of jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath and cold showers, a cardio gym and a paid treatments menu covering aromatherapy massages, bamboo-cane drainage, a chocolate-and-cinnamon treatment and anti-aging rituals. Its hours aren't published, so check at reception, and one guest found it too small to be worth the entry for a short session, so it suits the odd treatment rather than long spa afternoons. If PortAventura is on your list, reception sells park tickets, which saves queuing at the gate five minutes away.
The area and days out
The strength of not being all-inclusive is that Salou is on your doorstep. A supermarket and coffee shop are three to five minutes' walk, handy for nappies, formula and snacks at normal prices, and the promenade with its playgrounds and water sports runs right past the hotel.
PortAventura World is the big draw, 3 miles (5 km) and about five minutes by car, with three parks: PortAventura Park, whose Sesamo Aventura zone is aimed at young children, the Caribe Aquatic Park waterpark and Ferrari Land, more than 50 rides in total. Closer in, Aquopolis La Pineda is a waterpark 1.2 miles (2 km) away with children's areas and a dolphinarium putting on dolphin and sea-lion shows, and there's a second waterpark, Aqualeon, 31 miles (50 km) off at Albinyana. For dry-land activity there's Bosc Aventura, an 8,000 m² adventure park with ziplines, archery and paintball on age-graded circuits, and Karting Salou with go-kart circuits for adults and children from 4 and up, plus a Bungee Rocket ride and a games zone. Bowling Diverland, 1.2 miles (2 km) away, has 20 lanes.
Further out, Cambrils is a quieter, food-focused harbour town 5.5 miles (9 km) south, and Tarragona, 7.5 miles (12 km) north by bus or train, has Roman ruins and UNESCO-listed sites. Barcelona is a day-trip away, 62 miles (100 km), about 90 minutes by road or around 1 hour 20 by train from Tarragona. There are three golf courses within reach, Infinitum at La Pineda nearest, plus Golf Costa Daurada at Tarragona and Gaudi Reus. In Salou itself the Torre Vella, a 16th-century watchtower, now houses a contemporary enamel museum, and there's Modernista architecture along the front including Casa Bonet, by a disciple of Gaudí.
Loves and gripes
What guests consistently rate and what frustrates them, how it stacks up against other Salou hotels, the journey in and the weather by month.
What families love, and the gripes
TripAdvisor's category scores back up the pattern above: location leads at 4.7 out of 5, sleep quality 4.1, and rooms, value and service all sit around 3.9, with cleanliness the lowest at 3.8. Location is the clear stand-out; the rest cluster in solid-but-unremarkable territory, which matches the mixed gripes below.
What families love
- The promenade and beach position, rated 4.7 out of 5 for location and the most praised thing about the hotel.
- The spacious family suites, and the bedroom you can close off for a nap.
- Arena Tapas, the à la carte restaurant, a consistent highlight.
- The pool-bar and core reception staff, singled out as friendly.
- The saltwater pool, and no chlorine smell.
- The free Baby Corner for families with a baby.
- A pleasant ambience throughout the hotel, from the lobby onwards.
Common gripes
- Slower WiFi at the height of summer.
- Cleaning that catches out guests unaware of the every-third-night wet clean.
- The extras on top of the room, from cots to parking to the safe.
- A pool that's small for the hotel, with ball games allowed and little shade.
- Service that varies by who's on the desk, including a late-night language barrier.
- Road noise in street-facing rooms.
How it compares
Blaumar's competition in Salou is mostly self-contained family resorts, and the choice comes down to what you want the hotel to be. The H10 Mediterranean Village is the local benchmark for on-site water play, with a bigger splash park, a pirate ship and separate soft play, and it's the stronger pick if you want a sealed resort with more for children to do in the water; Blaumar's edge is the direct promenade position, the eco credentials and the apartment-style rooms. The Golden Avenida Family Suites is ranked #2 in Salou on TripAdvisor and is suite-only with an indoor heated pool, but it sits 800 m back from the beach, whereas Blaumar is on it and has the Bluüma beach bar. Hotel Best Cap Salou has a private cove and its own free waterpark, though it scores lower on Booking.com at 7.9, and Ohtels La Hacienda at nearby La Pineda is all-inclusive with free Aquopolis entry but sits 600 m from the beach rather than on it. In short, choose Blaumar for the beachfront and the freedom to eat and explore around Salou; look elsewhere if you want everything bundled in or a splash park at the hotel.
From the airportGetting there and when to go
Two airports serve Salou. Reus is the close one, 6 miles (10 km) and about 15 to 20 minutes by road, with seasonal UK charter flights on TUI and Jet2 and an easy self-drive or taxi in; from the airport you take the C-31B towards Salou. Barcelona El Prat is the bigger hub, 62 miles (100 km) and about 90 minutes away, with more flights and direct Plana Bus coaches to Salou. By car, the AP-7 motorway at exit 35 or the A-7 bring you in, there are trains to Cambrils, Vila-seca, Reus, Tarragona and PortAventura, and buses run from Salou's central station.
If you're driving yourself, the hotel has its own private car park next door, 100 outdoor spaces, charged at €16 a day in low season and €20 a day in high season (last checked June 2026). It's worth reserving a space when you book your room online rather than turning up and hoping, and doing so includes free electric-car charging at no extra cost.
Check-in is from 14:00, and the front desk is staffed round the clock, so a late arrival from a delayed flight isn't a problem. The hotel has no on-site medical service, but pharmacies are dotted around Salou town, and it's worth carrying a GHIC or EHIC alongside travel insurance. Blaumar runs a free transfer in summer, but it comes with strict conditions, so treat it as something to arrange at booking rather than assume. When to visit is more straightforward: July, August and September give the warmest sea for the beach, June is excellent and much quieter, late April and May are warm without the peak crowds, and October is still warm but the wettest month of the year. The weather table below covers all twelve months.
The free transfer, and its conditions
The free transfer runs June to September and only for guests who book direct for at least seven nights, and it isn't offered on the Suite with terrace rooms. You have to request it in advance and get it confirmed, phone the driver once you've landed or reached the station, since the vehicles can't wait, and confirm the return trip at least 48 hours ahead. It covers Reus airport, the AVE Tarragona Camp high-speed station and the train and bus stations at Tarragona, PortAventura, Reus and Salou. If you don't meet those terms, the hotel offers a paid transfer booked through its website.
Weather, month by month
Salou has a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot, dry summers, and around 500 mm of rain a year that falls mostly in spring and autumn, with more than 2,500 hours of sunshine. The hotel is open year-round, but the beach bar, the pool bar and the Mini Club are seasonal, running roughly from late spring to early autumn, so confirm anything season-dependent before you book. The figures below are typical monthly averages for the Tarragona coast, which Salou shares.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15° | 5° | 26 mm | 3 | 14° |
| February | 16° | 5.5° | 27 mm | 3 | 13° |
| March | 18° | 8° | 52 mm | 5 | 14° |
| April | 20° | 10.5° | 53 mm | 6 | 15° |
| May | 23.5° | 13.5° | 27 mm | 3 | 18° |
| June | 27° | 18° | 29 mm | 3 | 22° |
| July | 30° | 21.5° | 14 mm | 2 | 26° |
| August | 30° | 21.5° | 29 mm | 3 | 27° |
| September | 27.5° | 18.5° | 56 mm | 4 | 25° |
| October | 24° | 14.5° | 81 mm | 4 | 22° |
| November | 19° | 9.5° | 61 mm | 5 | 18° |
| December | 16° | 6.5° | 24 mm | 3 | 16° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
What are the Mini Club's hours and does it cost anything?
The hotel doesn't publish either, so email [email protected] or ask at reception when you book. Whichever it is, you need to stay on site while your child is there, since it isn't a drop-off crèche.
Is there any childcare for a baby or a two-year-old?
No. The Mini Club starts at 4 and there's no crèche for under-4s, so plan to have a younger child with you.
Can we count on the free airport transfer?
Not reliably. It's free only if you book direct for at least seven nights in summer and you aren't in a Suite with terrace room, and even then you have to request it, confirm it and phone the driver yourself once you land, since the car won't wait. Sort it when you book, not on the day. If you don't qualify, the hotel runs a paid transfer, or a taxi from Reus is about 15 to 20 minutes. The full terms and the stations it serves are in the getting-there section.
Is the sea safe for a toddler to paddle?
The hotel and Salou's tourist board both describe the local beaches as shallow and safe. It's still worth checking the water yourself when you arrive before letting a small child in.
Do we get sunbeds down on the beach?
Up at the hotel pool the loungers come with your stay, bar a €1 charge if you want to swap a pool towel. Down on the sand it works the other way: beach loungers are a paid hire, whether from the Bluüma beach bar or the beach operators, so they don't come with the room.
What tends to cost extra?
Drinks are never in the board price, and cots, parking, an in-room safe, pool-towel swaps and any pushchair, bike or wheelchair hire are charged on top. Spa treatments and laundry are both paid services too. A kettle comes free only in the frontal sea view, panoramic, Club and Acacias rooms, and costs extra in the others. Budgeting for these keeps the final bill from surprising you.
How does the room cleaning work?
Ask reception for a daily wet clean on arrival and you'll get one at no extra charge. It's worth doing because the eco default is lighter than many guests expect: a waterless tidy each day, with the full mop-and-water clean only every third night. Knowing that up front heads off the cleaning gripes the routine sometimes causes.
Is the WiFi good enough to work or stream?
It's free throughout the hotel and in every room, though guests do flag slower speeds at the height of summer, so don't count on it for heavy video calls in August.
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- Blaumar Hotel: the hotel's own site for rooms, board, the transfer terms and the children's programme.
- GOV.UK Spain travel advice: UK citizens don't need a visa for Spain, but check this page for the latest entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Costa Dorada with little ones: our guide to the wider region, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 13 July 2026.
