URH Ciutat de Mataró
An eight-minute taxi ride to the water park
About this hotel
URH Ciutat de Mataró is confirmed a roughly eight-minute taxi ride from Illa Fantasia itself, one of the shortest, most reliable commutes to the park gates of any hotel across this whole catchment. The indoor pool and sauna work regardless of the weather outside the park's own open-air summer season, and a kitchen in some rooms lets a family cook rather than eat out every meal of a longer stay. Pet-friendly rooms and free-ish parking access round out a hotel clearly built for repeat park visits rather than a single overnight stop. The strongest fact here: that confirmed short taxi ride, a genuine practical edge over most of the wider Maresme and Vallès catchment.
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Pet-friendly
- 8 min taxi to Illa Fantasia
Our take
This suits a family doing back-to-back park days and wanting to minimise the daily commute above almost everything else, including sea views or spa treatments. The indoor pool is a useful weather-proof fallback too. Families wanting a slower, more resort-style stay with an outdoor pool and full spa should look toward the coastal or eco-resort properties on this list instead.
- ✓Book this if minimising the daily taxi commute to Illa Fantasia matters more than anything else in your search.
- ✓Use the indoor pool on a cooler or rainy day when the park itself is less appealing.
- ✓Ask about kitchen-equipped rooms early if planning a longer, self-catering stay.
Why we love it
- Confirmed eight-minute taxi to the park
- Indoor pool and sauna
- Pet-friendly rooms
- Kitchen in some rooms
Why guests love itWe did four park days in a row from here and the eight-minute taxi ride made it genuinely easy to go back for a midday break when the kids needed a nap. The indoor pool covered the one overcast afternoon we had, and having a kitchen in our room meant we weren't eating out every single meal of the trip. It's the kind of practical detail that only stands out once you're actually living it with tired kids in tow, not something you'd notice from a listing photo alone.