Santa Maria del Mar

Youth hostels, Hostel owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya

The Santa Maria del Mar hostel inherited the summer camp that a banking entity created for it’s employees’ children in 1961 in Coma-ruga. There is not much left from those beginnings, except the privileged location: a forest close to the beach right on the Costa Daurada.

In 1961, in the heart of Coma-ruga in Vendrell, the bank la Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Zaragoza, Aragon y Rioja built for the children of the employees as a summer camp that today serves as the albergue Santa Maria del Mar.

The aesthetics of the building are typical of the 70s, with simple and plain lines, without much embellishment, but the renovations that have occurred since then have adapted the space for modern users, and it currently has 290 beds available. Visitors can enjoy the close proximity of the hostel to the beach, among other attractions. One thing that hasn’t changed is the excellent geographic location of the hostel: it’s located on the Costa Daurada, in the middle of a small forest that takes up close to 60,000 square metres, at the foot of the Passeig Marítim.

Managing company: Turisme Juvenil de Catalunya
Setting: Beach
How to get there: The Hispano Igualadina bus company (tel. 934 882 621) has a stop in Coma-ruga, 1.8 kilometres from the hostel, on the Barcelona-Tarragona line. The RENFE railway company covers the Barcelona-Tarragona line, and the Sant Vicenç de Calders i Coma-ruga station is a kilometre and a half from the hostel. By car, take the N-340 or the C-31 highway. Motorway: the Vendrell-Coma-ruga exit crosses the AP-2, AP-7 and C-32 motorways
Open at Christmas: N
Open at Easter : N

Year of last renovation: 2003
Condition: Good
Capacity: 290
Reception hours: De 9.00 a 22.00 horas (invierno), de 08.00 a 23.00 horas (verano)
Dining-room hours: Desayuno: 8.30 horas. Comida: 13.30 horas. Cena: 20.30 horas
Sundays: Contact the hostel.