who knows where

hi we are off to soldeu on 4th march and are staying at euroski between soldeu & eltarter ,we have been looking to book our skis on line and were thinking of hiring from ski calbo ,but have seen some bad reviews so are looking for other hire shops,we can only find 2 others but dont know much about them ,esports pirot which we think is near our hotel & pic negre any information on these would be helpfull, also names of shops selling ski boots in soldeu area ,and whats the best & nearest pubs , to our hotel as it looks like we are in the middle of nowhere .