Best El Tarter Hotels

Stayed in a pleasant modern 1 bedroom apt operated by Pierre et Vacances booked through Crystal Ski. Disappointed to find reception didn't open until 3pm and rooms unavailable until 5pm having been dropped off at bus stop down the road by Crystal transfer coach from Toulouse. However we got into apt soon after 3pm. Reception staff v helpful. Hard to find our ski store room in basement car park and way out. This was also unheated and v wet. Should have hired a locker near lift as hard work with 2 young children walking uphill to gondola or chair lift carrying skis and crossing busy road. We asked for twin beds and got them. Heating good with lots of adjustable radiators for drying gear. No plug for kitchen sink or bath and not available. Toaster caused a power cut but easy to right in fuse box and reception provided a brand new toaster. Well equipped kitchen with plenty of crockery and good utensils. Big fridge freezer. Microwave and electric oven and 3 induction rings. Dishwasher and washing machine. Small pack of cleaning stuff provided. Towels and bed linen changed mid week but not cleaned. Fairly quiet except for the odd door bang. Lift. TV with BBC news. Good WiFi. No view. Easy to open windows with roller shutters. Good well lit and ventilated bathroom with bidet, loo and bath(unusable with no plug!) with shower over and drying lines. Not much in village and spoilt by busy main road. Lot of ongoing smart apt devpt. Food shop cafe and a few basic restaurants (pizza/pasta/burger) up steep hill behind (good for takeaways). Neilson Hotel le Clos nearby and has happy hour (-10%) 5.30-6.30. Supermarket 10 min walk down road and good shop in petrol station over the road. We used Euroski hotel's swimming pool and sauna (jacuzzi and steam room not working) 10 mins safe walk up road towards Soldeu. Towels provided but need to buy/hire swim caps. €7/10/14 admission depending on age and what's open. You can also go to Llop Gris pool in village near chair lift. All worked well for us but it's nothing special and lacks real charm and character like most of Andorra.

When we first arrived El Tarter we were all initially disappointed as the resort looked a bit like a building site and our room rather basic. However, the hotel grew on us. - Ski lift location: 9/10 (great location but icy step to climb up/down before flight of 20 none icy steps) - Breakfast 10/10. - Dinner 8/10 (great that it is waiter service, not obvious water is chargeable at 3 euros per bottle. Would have liked a cheese option for dessert) - bar area 8/10 (only 1 staff so service is slow when busy and not all drinks in menu available. Need more seating for when it’s busy. - room 8/10 basic but served purpose. Robe & slippers nice. - Spa 7/10 (looks beautiful but was included in price when we booked. Since been revamped & is now chargeable with kids allowed in 12-18h so you need to go outside these hours if you want peace and quiet). Crystal Ski tried initially not to refund us but paid us only £100 which doesn’t cover the cost. Sauna & steam room not hot enough for us as max was 70 degrees. Too small a pool to have kids jumping in when you have paid to relax. - clientele: primarily Spanish, English, French. Unfortunately there were 2 Spanish couples with 4 screechy young kids that drove everyone insane in the bar area 1 night for over an hour. At dinner some tables (us included) left & came back later to eat in peace. Credit to the hotel, after many complaints they withdrew their dinner access & they only had breakfast access. We never saw them in the bar again! Conclusion: We would return to this hotel but would prefer if it was adult only as some kids were allowed to run around the restaurant playing hide & seek.

Apartment with a comfortable and spacious apartment. Equipped with everything necessary. The area very close to the railways and with parking.

My daughter and I have just had a wonderful ski week in Soldeu/ El Tarter based at the Hotel Canaro. The hotel was excellent, cosy, warm, spacious rooms, staff excellent and very efficient shuttle bus to the slopes in El Tarter. However the best thing for us was really excellent vegan food in the restaurant. Everyone enjoyed their food from what I could tell. We were delighted with four courses every evening in the Crystal Ski package deal. Would recommend highly.