Before our holiday, I read several reviews of Alannia Els Prats and was genuinely a little worried. Although the overall rating was good, some very recent reviews described the campsite as noisy, dirty and even “dreadful.” Having now stayed for a week as a family of four, I wanted to offer a more balanced perspective. For context, we travel regularly and often stay in nice hotels, so we do have reasonably high expectations. Our children are 12 and nine and need plenty to keep them entertained. We flew into Reus Airport, which was incredibly easy to navigate. It is small, quiet and we encountered no queues. We travelled during the second week of July, before most British schools had broken up, so it may be busier later in the summer. We hired a car, which I would strongly recommend if you are staying for more than a couple of days. The campsite was very easy to find and approximately a 20-minute drive from the airport. Our flight was delayed, so we arrived later than planned, but reception was still open. The person checking us in was extremely helpful, gave us all the information we needed and clearly explained the campsite map and how to find our accommodation. We stayed in a Maui B cabin, which looked exactly as it had in the photographs. It had a parking space directly outside, an outdoor dining area, an artificial-grass garden and two sun loungers. The loungers were quite dirty and the outside table needed wiping down, which ideally would have been done before our arrival. However, these were outdoor items in a dusty environment, so it did not particularly bother us. Most importantly, the inside of the cabin was clean. I had expected to need to wipe everything over when we arrived, but I didn’t. The bed linen was clean, the air conditioning worked well and the blackout curtains were effective. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised. The kitchen facilities are slightly limited. There is a hob and microwave but no oven, so you would struggle to prepare elaborate meals. This was not an issue for us. We ate breakfast at the cabin each morning and occasionally made lunch, with eggs, yoghurt, croissants, baguettes and sandwiches all being easy to prepare. The campsite shop is excellent and very well stocked. On our first day, we drove to a larger supermarket, but we really did not need to. The campsite shop had everything we required and the prices did not seem significantly higher than elsewhere. The pool area was perfectly pleasant. There is a good children’s pool, and families with younger children could probably spend a lot of time there. Our children are slightly older, and we spent two afternoons around the pool during our week, which was enough for us. We would not have wanted to spend every day there. Be prepared for the pool rules, because the lifeguards enforce them extremely strictly. You cannot take food or drinks from the pool bar to your sun lounger, wear sunglasses in the water, climb out over the side of the pool or leave tow
