Deportivo Alavés completed its third training session in 24 hours at Torremirona in Navata, in the Alto Ampurdán of Girona, as its preseason camp settled into a demanding rhythm after the squad arrived from Vitoria on Wednesday.
The pace matters because this is not a small stopover. The camp includes 29 footballers and about 50 people in total, and Alavés is using the hotel base for a stage that combines physical work with ball exercises while the group keeps moving through the final stretch of summer preparation.
Three weeks into preseason, the players have already worked first in Ibaia and then among the golf courses in Girona, and now they are back at a venue that has become a familiar base. Torremirona has 54 rooms, and Alavés occupied 75% of them during this stay, a scale that explains why the club’s presence feels more like a traveling camp than a normal hotel booking.
Álex Rojas, who is almost with the squad around the clock during the stage, said it makes them especially happy that a team like Alavés repeats its stay. He said the venue has made reforms to improve sports and gym equipment as well as the condition of the grass, and that it is still working on adding a second training field. For now, he said, the site gives teams the quiet they need to train, eat well and rest without being bothered.
That calm comes with a cost on the pitch. After three weeks of intense work, the legs are getting heavier even inside what Rojas described as a comfortable oasis, and that is exactly why these days in Girona are being measured in sessions rather than hours. The club had already stayed there during the previous campaign, when it celebrated its last permanence, and Rojas said the repeat visit shows the place worked well for them.
Torremirona has built that reputation over time. It obtained its own field a decade ago, and teams that have trained there include Blackpool, Espanyol, Olympique de Marsella and Al-Ittihad femenino. Their names are on the wall that shelters the training field, a small sign that the venue is no longer just a hotel but a regular summer base for visiting squads.
For Alavés, the question now is not where to work, but how long it will stay before the camp moves on. The club has not fixed that in public, which leaves the next training date and departure open while the preseason grind continues.
