Port Fòrum — Attraction in Sant Adrià de Besòs

We arrived at the boat. We found that top deck was all broken so had been taped up with sheeting and masking tape. Parts of the boat was taped up as it was just falling apart. The inside of the boat smelt awful, like human waste. The smell in the main bedroom was unbearable.. the first night we had to sleep with towels wrapped round our faces as the try and mask out some of the smell. The sheets were not clean thankfully it was warm enough to sleep on top of the bed. The bathroom was absolutely filthy. My husband had to unblock the shower from hair and sloppy slime just so the shower waster would go down. The floor under the boards in the bathroom were just full of dirt and hair and I’m just not sure what else! It was awful. There was broken glass just behind the sink in the kitchen. They said there was WiFi but it didn’t work. The surroundings of the boat were also awful for a family. We went with our 8 year old and 14 year old.. it was our eldest a birthday whilst we were there as it was part of his birthday present. At night time the noise was awful. Huge bangs coming from the factory just by the port. Police flying up and down by the boat going up to trouble at the club near the beach. Homeless people in tents everywhere! Also where the boat is moored it’s right next to the road and a huge drain.. every time a car went over the drain it caused a huge bang. I contacted the owner before putting a review on to see if he would kindly give us a part refund for our upset.. we only stayed 2 nights and I can honestly say it was the worst 2 nights of my life. The reply I got was if I put a 10* review on here he would give me €100 refund! I told him that I couldn’t do this as I can’t let another family have the upset that we had during our stay. His reply was that if we couldn’t give him a 10* review then he wasn’t going to refund us anything. It’s called the charming boat house!!...

PORT FORUM DOES NOT HONOR CONTRACTS

June, 2012 - I paid $3,300 in advance for a year's berth at a Port Forum managed marina.

October, 2012 - I was informed via email that meters were now installed and they woud begin charge for water and electricity. I replied, that I had a prepaid contract which included water and electricity. No response from them.

February, 2013 - I received a demand for payment for water and electricity. Again, I responded that I had paid in advance for a year on a contract which included water and electricity. Again, No response from them. Two weeks later - Another demand for payment. This time I contacted Oscar Lopez of Port Forum about the problem. He responded that the "situation has changed" and I would now be required to pay for water and electricity.

March, 2013 - Joan Llorens informed me that if I continued to refuse to pay the bill for water and electricity, they would be shut off. Two weeks later, I returned to the boat to find the water and electricity disconnected and a refrigerator full of spoiled food.

April, 2013 - After a failed attempt to set up a meeting with Joan Conde and living without electricity, I left for a more hospitable marina two months before the end of my prepaid contract.

I will never return to any Port Forum managed marina and I would not recommend them to...

Terrible. Avoid. We arrived there in PanPan, engine failure. Stopped in a massive yacht owned berth where we stayed for 4 days before we moved to a dedicated berth. We had no electricity, water, shower access or anything for those 4 days and had to argue half hour to get 1 access card for 3 people for the following days. Still, they charge us the full length of stay which is against all marine usage and pretty unfair for the least. When we tried to discuss the issue with the director of the marina we've just been threatened to be call the police! On top of that the office staff was arrogant and unfriendly, the toilets dirty and the marina is nothing nice, in middle of nowhere, far from everything and just aside a huge water treatment factory which smells really bad. During the whole stay was playing extremely loud music from 3 different sound systems at the time til 4am. That's just the worst marina experience i had and the most unfriendly and unhelpfull marina staff I ever...