i have been to this hotel four times in my life and its amazing, great location right next to the beach. food very good which changes most nights from italian to mexican lots to choose from. the swimming pools are brill and i always loved a good game of pool. overall this hotel is great do not miss out go and visit.

This is the second time I have stayed at this hotel, primarily because of its location, just 30 miles from Barcelona. Taurus Park is a very good hotel and amazingly clean. The hotel is situated in nice gardens and the hotel building and public rooms look much better than the 3 star rating, more like 4*.

The staff are superb, very little rules or do's or dont's. ALthough the hotel is a "super family", we travellled in a party of 4 adults and it was fine. 2 superb pools, one a free form with a thatched pool bar in the middle, whilst the other is a huge traditional style pool(both 100% clean) with lifeguards on duty all day and just stacks of loungers (so no need to put the towells out at 5am in the morning). Indoor pool with Jacuzzi as well.
The hotel is aimed at families who want a quiet and safe environment for the kids and it scores 10 out of 10 for this, with its walled gardens, it really feels secure.

Evening entertainment is again aimed at families and it does that well also, however for adults travelling alone, its not so good. There is however a cocktail bar that stays open until 3.30am, with a happy hour between 1am and 2am (Thomas the barman is great). The only entertainment outside the hotel are a handfull of bars about 5 mins walk away, or a 7 euro taxi ride into Callela for a little more life.

The food is self service, with breakfast served between 7.30am and 10.15am, whilst evening meal times are between 6pm and 9pm. Getting a table for breakfast was always fine, but if you go down to dinner a around 6pm, you may have to queue, however 8pm onwards, its just walk straight in. The food itself is self service and was really good, with a huge variety of things on offer for all 3 courses (and of course, you can eat as much as you want). I can reccomend the pancakes for breakfast.

The rooms are ok, if a little "travel Lodgy", whilst the bathrooms are marble, nice and even have a bidet.The balconies are fine and quite large and have their own furniture. They are also quite safe, with large glass partitions stopping the kids jumping off.

You should try this hotel, because you could do a lot lot worse (I know). To sum up, I would recommend this hotel to my family and friends......what more can I say.

The hotel was really clean and the staff was really helpful. we went with our 5 month old son and we was abit worried about on how we would cope with his bottles being clean and staying fresh with the hot weather, but when we got there the staff was really helpful and helped us with our needs.

the food well there is one word to say about that BRILLANT,the entertainment was good always had somethink differnt on every night,

the location was ok but we went out alot to differnt resorts on the train the train station is only about 10min walk from the hotel so that was good,

we will vist this hotel again when our son gets abit older so he enjoy the enterainment around him.

This was our first time at taurus park hotel and one we will most certainly go back to in the near future.The food was excellent as there was so much variety.The cleanliness of the hotel was of very high standards as were the rooms the cleaners worked so hard for our comfort.The location was good with two towns either side with good shopping facillities.The hotel staff were very friendly and proffessional always on hand to help with advice,all the thompson staff were absoulotly fantastic especially the kids club reps who worked flat out to please our child and other children these deffiantly helped make our holiday special.The entertainment was fantastic they involved everybody in the hotel either getting the on stage to have a good laugh or involving you in the activities,the shows they put on were great we would like to thank every hotel staff,entertainers and the thompson reps and kids club reps for a truely fantastic holiday hope to see them all again soon

The Taurus Park is a superfamily hotel in the quiet resort of Pineda on the Costa Brava. It is a fantastic hotel, very clean and all the staff are so friendly and polite.

The entertainment is second to none and we will be returning in september this year, this will be our 5th time having already booked again for next year. I still am amazed where the entertainments team get their energy from especially Kelli and Charly.

My daughter who is ten is particuarly fond of Anna and keeps in touch with her by text and letter.

The rooms are spotless and the food is great ... so much choice even the fussiest eater would find something they liked I'm sure.

Thanks for a great holiday and will see you in 10 weeks and 6 days {not that we are counting}

What can i say...we all had a great holiday and the kid's want to go back again next year. The resort itself is quiet but ideal for families. The entertainment staff were fab, so much energy (Kelli and Charlie) Both my daughters would'nt leave Charlie alone. Stacks to do during the day and night. Would visit again.

we returned from our holiday 2 weeks ago !!!!!!

the hotel is the best i have ever been to we have been here 4 times and we have already booked to go back next july !!!! it is very clean and the food is really nice with loads of different options for everybody!!!!!!

the location of the hotel is excellent it is situated about 5mins walk away from the main centre of pineda and about 15mins walk away from the busy resort of callela.
the staff at the hotel were really helpful and would do anything they could to help you!!!!!
and what can i say about the entertainment team .............. they are absolutley amazing especially charly and kelli they have so much energy and are always dancing and keeping the whole family entertained !!!!! another of the entertainers called mattijn is so friendly it is unbelievable he was always coming over to us and sitting down to talk to us !!!!! there is something to do for everybody from 10am right up untill 1am the following morning !!!
my 14yr old daughter absolutly loved charly to bits she cried when we had to go and gave him a huge cuddle !!! both charly and mattijn have promised to keep in touch with her !!!! well charly is gorgeous !!!!
about 5mins walk into pineda there is a family bar called the buccanear it is brilliant and is run by a man from liverpool !!!!
a must visit hotel for everybody once you get there you will not be dissapointed!!!! GET BOOKING !!!!!

Fantasic holiday. We stayed at the Taurus Park in May 2003 and could not wait to come back. Kids entertained from the time they wake up til the time they go to bed (if you can get them to bed!!).

Kelly and co. the entertainment team are great. Anna and Jose and all the staff in the restaurant even remembered us from the year before!.

Food excellent - so much choice (you must try the pancakes at breakfast - to die for!). Rooms alway clean and several holiday makers commented on how the cleaners were on the go all day. Nothing too much trouble. Helpful staff and we will miss them in 2005 as we are going elsewhere but will be back in 2006.

You must go there - you'll have a great time. Children cried when we had to leave.

We had a very good week at this hotel and I would certainly recommend it to families, in our group we were aged from 72 right down to 2 years old. I don't think the hotel catered very well for the under threes though. My grandson who is almost two was treated very well by all the staff but the facilities for under 3 years old is limited. The good points were there are plenty of highchairs and food wise it was good and the meals catered for everyone. The kids clubs looked good but you needed to be three and over. There was one small play room for the under fours which consisted of soft mats and pedal cars, this was fine if only a few small ones were playing but anymore than five and it was too crowded. The part which was the most worrying was that the rooms did not lock from the inside, so every night we had to push the case holder up against the door as we were worried little man might wonder out in the night when we were asleep. The entertainment was mainly the same everynight but the kids really enjoyed this and the entertainment gang were very good. Another problem was the amount of smoke everywhere. There was special non smoking areas but it did not make alot of difference as smoke always drifted over. The dining room was smoke free though. There is a snack bar within the hotel and the prices were very reasonable and service good but also a bit smoky. The main reception area was very smoky and ashtrays were not emptied very often. I know I have gone on alot about smoking but I feel as a family hotel it was a bit much, also we had two people with asthma in our group and this restricted places which they could comfortably sit and the entertainment area was a no go area apart from when queueing up at meal times when we had to form a queue in the area. There are plenty of swimming areas and these were kept clean and catered for all ages. Unfortunately the weather was pretty poor but there was plenty to do and with a railway nearby plenty of places to visit, we went to Barcelona twice and the adult fare was 5.5 euros return and well worth the visit. Whilst in Barcelona we took a tour bus which had a blue route and a red route, this stopped at all the attractions and cost 16 euros which included a book full of discounts for most attractions.

The hotel cleanliness cannot be faulted as was the staff and Thompson reps but the location leaves a lot to be desired.
When we went they were re tarmacing the road out the front and the tunnel to the beach was also impassable so you had to walk to the station to get to the beach which is about 15-20 mins walk away.

The work started at about 7am so no lie-ins there, and as for getting an early night (say about 11pm) no chance because when the other guests came back from the club they were singing and children screaming, chairs being dragged around the floors and lots of raised voices all this at 3am most nights.

If you werent down for dinner when the doors opened then you were more than likely to have to wait in a queue for up to half an hour, and once when we had been out for the day, when we got back at about 8.30pm most of the food had gone. when we went to penada town they were all closed till 5.30pm. The jacuzzi would have been nice but children were left to run wild while parents enjoyed themselves else where.

We were so dissapointed with the holiday that we returned home after 4 days at a cost of