Hotel Solé

The Solé opened in 1951, the same year the train reached La Pobla de Segur, and is now run by the family's third generation. It is still at Avinguda de l'Estació 44, a few steps from the platform and about ten minutes' walk from the centre, with the hotel renovated from top to bottom and, next door, the Aparthotel Solé, opened in 2000.

Getting off the train and dropping your bag

It is the most practical accommodation if you come up on the Tren dels Llacs and stay: the return ticket lets you go back to Lleida on a regular train within the following six days, so you leave your bag, sleep and come back down another day. By car, Lleida is an hour and twenty minutes away. The Sant Antoni reservoir is about 300 metres away, and the tourist office, in the old station, is next to the platform.

The hotel rooms

There are 40 soundproofed rooms, in a contemporary style, with flat-screen TV, air conditioning, minibar and a bathroom with hairdryer and toiletries. The suites add a hydromassage bath and a hydromassage shower with aromatherapy and chromotherapy. The facilities are adapted for people with reduced mobility.

The apartments next door

The Aparthotel has one- and two-bedroom apartments, with air conditioning, a bathroom with a hydromassage bath, a living room with a sofa bed, a dining table and a kitchen with fridge, microwave and coffee maker. It is the option for families or for anyone staying several days who wants to have breakfast in their own time. Both buildings share a garden, a terrace and the outdoor pool, free for guests in summer.

Eating without going out

The restaurant, with a recently renovated kitchen, serves à la carte, set menus and a tasting menu of Pallars cooking, with more creative dishes. The bar-café covers quick bites: sandwiches, combination plates, toast, croissants and pastries. It also does banquets, business lunches and celebrations such as weddings or communions. If you prefer to go out, El Raier opens in the evening on Friday and Saturday, and the Miraltren, on the same avenue, serves lunches until 15:30.

Car, motorbike and the rest

It has free private parking. It advertises itself to motorcyclists: a cleaning kit, a place to dry clothes, maps and routes, such as the one that heads to Tremp on the C-13 skirting the Sant Antoni reservoir. There is free wifi, a lounge with a television, luggage storage and a shop with local products. You book on its website, with online registration beforehand, by phone on 973 680 452 or at [email protected]. Prices only appear in the booking engine, and the website does not say whether dogs are admitted or what time you check in and out: ask.