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.
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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. )
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We rested in Mercury in September 2011. Bought a 4 star hotel, more expensive. There are few options in Pegasus. But there is no smell of four stars here. And after reading the reviews of 2008, they thought that everything had already changed. But they probably don’t need it, and so everything is fine. From the pros - close to the train station, beautiful hotel, nice pool, good not small rooms.
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We rested in Mercury in September 2011. Bought a 4 star hotel, more expensive. There are few options in Pegasus. But there is no smell of four stars here. And after reading the reviews of 2008, they thought that everything had already changed. But they probably don’t need it, and so everything is fine. From the pros - close to the train station, beautiful hotel, nice pool, good not small rooms. They immediately asked for a sea view, they gave it partially to the fields and the sea. Very nice. But the service!! ! The floor is not washed, soap and gel were given on the first day and they said that's enough! It's for two weeks. Bought everything in Carrefour. With towels, too, everything is difficult, but these are trifles. Canteen - that's the song! A huge Soviet canteen in the basement - the ceiling is low, very noisy, because the windows are closed and the local old people are very noisy and the CLINK OF PLATES, FROM WHICH THE SHEETS ARE SHAKED DIRECTLY INTO YOUR TRUCK INTO BLACK BAGS - DISGUSTING. The food immediately stopped in the throat. They began to come first for breakfast in order to have time to escape from there to the collectors of dirty dishes. I'm glad we didn't have dinner at this 4 star RESTAURANT. For that alone, I would not choose this hotel again. No one else had it. Another plus is that Svetlana, a girl from Tver, works at the reception. Clever - everything will show, tell, decide. With pleasure he helps his compatriots. But the hotel "GAD" from Pegasus - Irina Chuvakova is a snickering pig. We'll be glad if she gets kicked out. I had to turn to another girl, Julia. In general, in Thailand for the same money you can relax much better.
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my review is 15 pages. Includes a review of the MERKURY hotel, a description of the resorts, prices, how to get to one place or another (including to France), train schedules and etc. If you need it, write to me at 030774@gmail. com - I will send it to you, otherwise if I immediately copy here, the text will look ugly - everything will be lost fonts, paragraphs, underlines, etc.
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my review is 15 pages. Includes a review of the MERKURY hotel, a description of the resorts, prices, how
to get to one place or another (including to France), train schedules and
etc. If you need it, write to me at 030774@gmail. com - I will send it to you, otherwise
if I immediately copy here, the text will look ugly - everything will be lost
fonts, paragraphs, underlines, etc.
to get to one place or another (including to France), train schedules and
etc. If you need it, write to me at 030774@gmail. com - I will send it to you, otherwise
if I immediately copy here, the text will look ugly - everything will be lost
fonts, paragraphs, underlines, etc.
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hotel «MERKURY» 3*, Spain, Costa Brava, Santa Susanna resort, June 2008. First, about the structure of the resort: the sea, then the beach, then the fence, then the railway (access to the sea through underground passages), then the road, then prominade street, along which everyone walks, then hotels.
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hotel «MERKURY» 3*, Spain, Costa Brava, Santa Susanna resort, June 2008. First, about the structure of the resort: the sea, then the beach, then the fence, then the railway (access to the sea through underground passages), then the road, then prominade street, along which everyone walks, then hotels. From the hotel to the sea, go 7 minutes (through the underpass, to the right of the hotel). The beach is small pebbles. 1) Transport. The very, very first advantage of this hotel is that it is located directly opposite the Santa Susanna train station. This was extremely relevant to travel both to Barcelona and other resorts. The cost of the trip to Barcelona is 3.20 euros per person one way. On the road 1 hour. There is a nuance: for some reason, their trains are often late, so it used to take 1.5 hours to get there, especially when they returned from Barcelona. The trains are very comfortable, with air conditioning and soft seats. !!! ! You can’t hear the electric trains at all, they have some kind of special rails. So the proximity of the railway will not cause you any inconvenience. . Our room was just overlooking the sea and the train, we slept like angels J)) If you go from Santa Susanna by train and get off in Barcelona: If you get off at CLOT AGAGO, then from it to Sagrada Familia 20 minutes on foot. If you get off at ARCO DE TRIUMFO, then from it to the Zoo on foot for 10-15 minutes. If you get off at SANTS, then from it to Plaza Espanya 10 minutes on foot along Tarragona Street. Keep in mind that not all trains from Barcelona reach Santa Susanna !!! ! You only need to take the trains that go to BLANES or MACANET. On each train there is a board in front, on which the direction is displayed. Also, of course, there is a scoreboard on the platform with relevant information. The train in the direction of MATARO does NOT go to Santa Susanna (this station is 20 minutes after Barcelona, it is the terminal for the train with that name) !!! ! Electric trains run towards Barcelona every half hour. Take the train schedule from Barcelona at the reception of this hotel. Attached is the timetable from Barcelona to Santa Susanna, which was valid in June 2008 (first time - departure from Barca, second time - arrival in Sata Susanna): 17-18 - 18-2417-48 - 18-5318-17 - 19 -2818-47 - 19-5819-17 - 20-2819-47 - 20-5820-17 - 21-2820-47 - 21-5821-29 - 22-3722-03 - 23-0822-38 (this is the last one! !! ) – 23-43From Santa Susanna to Barcelona, ALL trains run, take any one! Buy a round-trip ticket at once for 6.40 euros. In Spanish, it sounds like this: IDA Y VUELTA (round trip). Two tickets - DOS. Before you get on the train, ALWAYS validate your ticket in the machine, which is on the platform !!! ! Keep your ticket, because you will use it both at the exit from the metro and on the way back to enter the metro. There are also buses from Santa Susanna to various resorts, as well as to Girona. You can get the timetable at the hotel reception. We didn't go, so I don't know the details. But, if you go to Girona by train, then it will not work directly - first you will need to get to BLANES, and from there by bus to Girona. Also, there is a paravozik bus, where you can explore the surroundings. . During the tourist season, pleasure boats run between the resort towns of the Costa del Maresme and the Costa Brava, departing several times a day from the beach piers. From each resort there is a pleasure boat on which you can ride and explore many of the resorts listed below, because the ticket gives you the right to get off at any stop, take a walk, see the sights, then board the boat again, which runs every hour or two and go to another resort, take a walk there.... etc. For example, we rode from Santa Susanna to the final one - Tossa de Mar (1.5 hours on the way, the ticket costs 25 EURO per person. The prices are different in different resorts, depending on which resort you are originally from are leaving). So, we got into Santa Susana, went out to Tossa de Mar, took a walk, got on a boat, drove to Blanes, walked, got on a boat, drove to the next stop, and so on all day. The ticket is valid in one direction: that is, you need to get to the final Tossa de Mar, take a walk there and on the way back get off at all stops where you like. When leaving the boat, say that you will take a walk and return to go to your stop so that they don’t tear off the second part of the ticket for you (or if they already tear it off, so that they give it again) !! ! In fact, when buying a ticket, they will tell you everything. Ticket offices are located right on the beach of the resorts. !!! ! In hotels at the reception you can take the schedule of trains, buses. In ours, at least, it was all available. Car rental: Olimpia Rent A Car S. A. Urb. Can Gelat Parcel la Cero, s/n 08398 Santa Susanna Tel: + 3.937 67.635. The cheapest Peugeot option is 45 euros per day (includes all fees, insurance, surcharge for crossing the Spanish border, as we went to France). We also left a deposit of 100 euros, which was returned to us upon return. !! ! The hotels also have offers for excursions and car rentals (ask at reception) - prices may be lower than those of your host. Also, near the reception, there are stands with a lot of daddies from various travel agencies offering tours around the country. 2) The hotel is located "away" from the "tusa". That is, for 15-20 minutes you need to walk along the promenade to the neighboring resort of Malgrat de Mar, into which it flows smoothly (20 minutes on foot). With the night life deaf. Not that, of course, at all, the cafes are open until about 2 o'clock in the morning. There are two clubs in the neighboring resort of Malgrad de Mar (Tropicana, for example). Souvenir shops, for some reason, close at 22-00. Nobody cares that people just had dinner and poured out into the street to walk and have fun, and spend money. 3) There are 2 supermarkets within a 10-15 minute walk from the hotel. You need to leave the hotel and go straight through the field with gardens, greenhouses, private houses (there is a path to the left). You will reach the highway where LIDL is located, and after walking another 10 minutes along the highway, there will be another supermarket - CAREFUR. 4) Food. Very monotonous. You can live, of course, but something was always missing for complete happiness. For breakfast, it was the same thing all the time, from eggs: for 2 weeks there was never a scrambled egg - only hard-boiled eggs or cold scrambled eggs. Lots of buns. Tasteless sausage. Terrible fatty sausages. For dinner, there is some choice, but the food is somehow without zest. There are lemons for dinner, but not for breakfast. And why, you ask? It would be nice to drink tea with lemon in the morning. . . Something is wrong with their chef.... What just finished off in their service. You eat. A cart drives between the rows and the waitress takes plates from the tables right in front of you and rakes the contents into a waste bucket. The first time I saw this, I was very unpleasantly surprised. In all hotels, dirty dishes are taken away, and not raked out with people eating in the trash cans.... Did you want beer or wine for dinner? Get up and go to the bar and buy yourself!! ! No one will take care of you! Do not forget to immediately pay back and take a check, otherwise they may “accidentally” make a mistake when leaving, moreover, in favor of the hotel.... You have an excursion and you do not have time for breakfast or dinner. . . Would you like a lunch package? Just not in this hotel. They removed this service this year. 5) Service/cleaning. Bedding is changed once a week. The bed was not cleaned at all from time to time. One day I left all the towels on the floor to be changed, and when I returned to the room in the evening, I found them there !! ! There was no paper with reception phones in the room, so I had to go down for a showdown. As a result, a black man with pigtails was sitting at the reception, who said that I threw the towels wrong, that I should have gone into the bath and not on the floor, and in general, she is now alone and cannot help me with anything! (This creature will still teach me instead of solving the client's problem? How can one not become a Russian after that? ) That evening we were finally left without towels! On other days, towels were taken away from us, and new ones were forgotten to be hung up. We also had to go to the reception ourselves, wait until they bring them, and drag them into the room ourselves. The room was never washed in 2 weeks. Just some kind of disgrace they have with the maids. When checking out, we had to VERY STRONGLY spoil the room, so that at least after our departure they washed everything and cleaned it normally.... Worst hotel in terms of service. cleaning in my life.... A Russian-speaking girl works at the reception, VERY kind and helpful. It is a pity that her shifts were not frequent. The only person from the hotel staff who left a very pleasant impression. You can learn from her about excursions, about renting a car, and how to get there. The person really works for clients. Just a huge thank you to her! Hotel contingent: 70% of grandparents are Catalans, you see, they have this hotel in the “top” J)) Many Russian Germans. Lots of locals with kids. Few Russians. 6) Attractions. The ancient Catalan town of Santa Susanna, located on the border of the provinces of Barcelona and Girona, is currently known as one of the most developed tourist centers of the Costa del Maresme. Huge sandy beaches, washed by a perfectly clear calm sea, stretch along the entire city limits and further for many kilometers. Among the historical monuments of the old city, the most interesting are the church of San Nicolau de Bari, dating back to the 16th century and located in the very center of the city, the Torre dan Riera tower - a spectacular building of the same period, as well as magnificent villas and palaces built in Art Nouveau style of the late XIX - early XX centuries. Every Thursday, traditional sales of goods of a wide variety of profiles (clothes, shoes, dishes, leather goods, etc. ) are held in the old city, equally attracting tourists and local residents. . The resort is, as it were, divided into two parts by a ribbon of the national highway leading to France. The historical part of the city is located above the highway, on picturesque hills covered with dense vegetation. Here you can see the majestic Castell de Can Rates, on the territory of which the cultural and artistic center is now located. There are many ancient castles within the city, and not far from the old city there is a beautiful natural park Parque Natural de la Font del Boter. In this protected area, among the variety of tropical trees and flowers, the famous local tropical springs of hot and mineral waters beat. 7) Rent a car. Car rental: Olimpia Rent A Car S. A. Urb. Can Gelat Parcel la Cero, s/n 08398 Santa Susanna Tel: + 3.937 67.635. The cheapest Peugeot option is 45 euros per day (includes all fees, insurance, surcharge for crossing the Spanish border, as we went to France). We also left a deposit of 100 euros, which was returned to us upon return. Kas. hotel selection. Reading the reviews, we realized that there is a similar “service” everywhere. Therefore, I recommend choosing a hotel according to the principle - the cheapest. For example, INDALO PARK looks very nice, it is located in Santa Susanna itself and costs less than MERKURY. We wanted to go to it, but we did not confirm the place. True, it takes 10-15 minutes to walk from there to the train. So it's up to you. . . I'll sum it up. hotel locations. Closest to the train station, but "away" from the party (15-20 min walk): MERKURY, CAPRICI VERD, MARITIM, AQUAHOTEL, CAPRICI (it stands on the 1st line, by the sea! ). All other hotels are within a 10-15-20 minute walk to the train station.
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The only plus of the hotel is its close location to the train station, everything else is seams
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The only plus of the hotel is its close location to the train station, everything else is seams
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We rested at the hotel in November 2006, even swam at that time. the hotel boldly pulls on all 4 *. I liked everything very much. the food was also good and varied though not as nutritious as Ukrainian cuisine!
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We rested at the hotel in November 2006, even swam at that time. the hotel boldly pulls on all 4 *. I liked everything very much. the food was also good and varied though not as nutritious as Ukrainian cuisine!
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