Свежие впечатления Fresh impressions

We rested at the beginning of August. When you check into the Mercury Hotel, you need to be prepared for the fact that you will be exposed to one of the local entertainments of the girls from the reception: either you will be given a room inside the building, as it was written here, "inside the horseshoe", I would say, rather inside the letter "U", or put in a room for the disabled. I really don’t know why, but everyone we encountered there was initially settled there. Probably to see the reaction)! Go and demand that they change it. We were told several times "come tomorrow", but then still offered another option. As for food, we took only breakfast and dinner, you will not stay hungry. Lots of dishes, breakfasts, as elsewhere, eggs, sausage, cheese, fruit, 1 kind of yogurt, coffee from the machine. I advise you to add milk to it from the package that is displayed, of course, pre-heat the milk in a cup in the microwave, they are in the hall. Be sure to take a kettle with you, then you can drink tea or coffee for free in your room whenever you want (for breakfast you can take bags, sugar). There are glasses in the room, so you don't have to bring them with you. . For those who have little food, you can take a walk to the Lidl supermarket, for this you need to leave the hotel towards the parking lot, turn left, reach the end of the street, then turn right, and go along this road along fields with growing tomatoes and the private sector. In 10 minutes you will go to the gas station, next to it is a supermarket. There is a small fridge in the room where you can store food. Poor cleaning of the rooms. we hung a green sign several times, but apparently they do not understand its meaning. Do not forget to put those towels that you want to be changed on the floor (! ), otherwise the girl will simply fold your dirty ones again and hang everything together. Soap and shampoo were put only once, then we ourselves came up and took it from the cleaners. Wi-Fi works well only if you sit on a sofa near the elevator, at the reception even worse. It was transmitted well in the event hall on the 0th floor. There's a show going on every night. We liked the tricks, one evening a student of Copperfield performed) The beach by the sea resembles our domestic beaches, and they speak around mostly in Russian))) The sea is good, clean, but not shallow. If with children, then you need to keep an eye on it, as the difference in heights is immediately felt. Now a separate word about the great storyteller, hotel guide, Elena. What she says about excursions, etc. , does not coincide with reality at all. At the introductory meeting, she spoke so sweetly about the trips, as well as the Bay Pepe restaurant, in which "all dishes are inexpensive, 4 euros", and in which there is a discount on her coupon, and it's close to go, "only 20 minutes. " Comrades, we stomped for almost an hour, and when we came and looked at the menu, the prices were about 11 euros - the cheapest dish. We were reluctantly poured a free glass of champagne, and they didn’t give us dessert (by coupon) at all, arguing that we ordered only drinks. The hotel guide immediately loses interest in tourists after buying excursions from her, which are far from cheap. For example, a panoramic tour of Barcelona - 37 euros, the Dali Museum - 61 euros. The same Elena intimidates tourists that they need to come on excursions 10 minutes earlier, otherwise no one will wait and they will leave. Our first tour was at 8.30, and the breakfast restaurant opens only at 8 am, you can imagine how quickly I had to have breakfast and run to the collection point - the "blue stripe on the pavement" (in reality, it has already faded and worn out, it's good that we found out where it was the night before). The bus with the guide only arrived at 8.50 and no one even apologized. We went to Montserrat and the night fountains (overview of Barcelona) with a guide from Coral - Dasha, we didn’t like it, it gives little information, in Barcelona in general, after the disembarkation of tourists, it disappeared into the fog, we didn’t even have time to ask for the route. And in the monastery, where millions of tourists come to bow to the black Madonna, she did not even bother about people immediately standing in line. It's good that we split up, one took the queue, the other walked and examined the monastery. I advise you to immediately take a queue at the entrance to the monastery! We stood for about 3 hours. If you are several people, at this time you can take turns going to the museum (it is nearby), to a tasting or to an audio room (this visit program is included in the price of the tour, you will be given a coupon) so as not to waste time. I liked the tour "Night Dali + Empuria Brava", a boat ride along the city canals and the Dali Museum at night are very impressive. The guide is good, the only remark - do not rush to buy souvenirs, paintings, perfumes, etc. in that souvenir shop down the street at the bottom of the museum, where it will lead you. For example, their perfume pen costs 15 euros, and in the museum itself it costs 9.50. You yourself understand where the percentage of the sale goes to you. Framed Dali paintings cost 14.95 (small), we bought postcards with the same images for 0.60 cents in a nearby souvenir shop, and upon returning home we put them in frames, it turned out the same, but much cheaper, keep in mind, if you want to give someone such a gift. We liked the town of Santa Susanna, there is where to walk in the evening, there are many markets, cafes, clubs, and it is convenient to get to Barcelona by train. Tickets must be purchased at the information booth when leaving the hotel. . Not to be confused with a stone booth at the station, there tickets are only through the machine, by credit card. Right there in the "Infomation" booth, aunts are sitting and selling tickets, like we have at the railway station, check the change (! ), They didn't give me 10 cents, in general, 20 cents for someone. A round trip ticket (say Ticket to Plaza Catalunya and back) is 9.10 euros. If there is, let's better count. After buying a ticket, you need to validate it in the machine, in the same booth, and save it to Barcelona, ​ ​ where, when you exit the platform, you put it back into the turnstile machine, like in the subway. On the way back, this ticket is also the entrance to the platforms. So don't waste it. Drive 1 hour 20 min. On the way back, ask for trains to Blanes or Macanet. In general, Barcelona is a very interesting and vibrant city, like all of Catalunya! Despite the small nuances, we liked the stay there, and I want to return to Santa Susanna again. )