Guest User
October 1, 2022
Stayed for the F1. Given the hotel was so close to the track (15 min drive) and that they almost always have an F1 team staying there (Williams on this occasion) we could not believe the nightmare that everyone attending F1 experienced when trying to get back from the circuit. No taxis would go to the hotel despite it being so close, because it wasn’t ‘Barcelona’. The journey isn’t walkable, due to the hills and roads, and also would not feel safe walking it in the dark. After walking from the circuit to the train station and still not finding anyone who would take us, we ended up standing in front of a taxi until they let us in, and then had to pay him $150 euros to take us on the $25 euro trip. This happened all three days of the F1. We were talking to the hotel on the phone and they seemed to be trying to help but they couldn’t. Whilst I am not placing all blame on the hotel - they really should have advised us that we would experience this problem as it must happen every year. Aside from that it was also extremely disappointing that the pool was ‘closed until summer’ despite it being the end of May and the temperature being over 30 degrees. Again, surely something that should be communicated. There is nothing to do at the hotel - which is fine as you want to go there and chill out - but you can’t even lie round the pool. The tapas bar was also closed. So there was nowhere to sit and have a drink outside. On the positive, the room was great and the staff extremely helpful. The staff we spoke to all asked us to try and email the managers so that improvements were made for the F1 weekend next year and beyond.