When you book your holiday your normally looking forward to it (yes),well when we arrived at this awful hotel,we were very much disappointed as my young daughter had no swimming pool as it was like a puddle to say the least,no chance of making any friends as there were no other families in the apart from ourselves,we were asked for... more

We arrived to the Podium around 11:00 on friday morning. The receptionist was ignorant and had little english. She gave us the keys to ur rooms. There was 6 of us stayin in the one apartments which was destory, never again they are too small to hold that many people. The rooms were clean and bathroom but there was no... more

Arrived 5o metres from apartment as no access for buses to Hotel at 11PM,met by an unfriendly man who demanded 100 euros as adeposit for our 2 week stay,handed our key with no directions or instructions about our apartments,Large public areas,unused and no air con anywhere,Room very basic and tired,one tiny aircon unit in main room of apartment,none in the... more

Arrived at the Podium Apartments at 2.30pm on a Wed afternoon, after reading some bad reviews we had some concerns. We were pleasantly surprised by a very friendly welcome from both ladies at reception; we could check in immediately to our apartment, we did have to pay a damage deposit of 100 euro. Our apartment was very clean we had... more

To start with we wern't meant to stay here we where meant to stay in international 2 but on arrival at the airport we where told they where over booked. We arrived at the podium appartments the rooms where filthy the balcony was minging the bar was horrifying the windows looked like they hadn't been cleaned in about 10years or... more

Myself and my husband booked our holiday with great escapes, stressing we required a relaxing weeks break in clean, secure accomodation with sea view. what we got was the total opposite! "Disgrace" wouldnt describe it. The apartments are situated in the centre of numerous very busy, very noisy nite-clubs one of which is directly across the road making sleep totally... more

Myself & my husband & 4 children ages 6yrs, 8yrs, 11yrs, 16yrs traveled to Salou on the 25th of August this year. We stayed in the Podium Apartments for 2 weeks. We booked our holiday with budget travel. We traveled with an open-mind having read the forums posted here. On arrival the apartments weren't ready & we had to wait... more

I knew when I was booking the Podium that they were a budget accommodation and was not expecting to much luxury travelled to Reus with my husband ,daughter aged 16 and granddaughter 6.We really enjoyed the flight on board a very large Monarc plane and the taxi to the apartments cost29 euro,which was o.k.On arrival at the apartments we were... more

Our family of 5 including 3 children aged 2 to 15 yrs stayed self catering at the podium apts in the 1st week of sept 2006.I would like to say it was a pleasant experience but unfortunately can not.It is the worst dive i have ever had the misfortune of staying in.Air-con didn't work,cupboard doors off their hinges,phone didn't work,water... more