Just returned from short break at RIU PALACE - usual warm welcome and good standard of facilities. Room was a slight disappointment - hotel is horsehoe shaped - rooms on one wing therefore have limited/no sea view -overlook dusty service road. Avoid rooms in the range of 50 and up - view gets worse as numbers go up.
Also slightly surprised by the clientele - two defining charcaterisitics - elderly and German. We are no spring chickens (both in our 50s) but we were definitely well down the age scale. Also the vast majortiy of guests were German - not a problem in itself - although the fact that more than half the TV channesl were German language with only 2 English language news stations should have been a clue.
Quality of food not as good as other RIUs we have stayed at but not bad - part of the problem seemed to be the layout as there wasn't a natural flow - led to a lot of congestion at certian places.
All in all though an enjoyable break.

We stayed in the Riu Palace for one week on a half board basis.
We were given a very spacious room with a sea view and was excellently maintained every day, added with a few personal touches. The food in the restaurant was very good catering for every taste. The also have a speciality restaurant of which you can dine in at no extra charge and the food was superb. The hotel is in an excellent location with shops, other restaurants and bars within easy walking distance. From the moment we arrived every member of staff were very helpful and extremely
courteous. They helped make our week with them a very enjoyable one and would go back there again

Stayed at Riu Palace for New Year. This was our fifth stay at the hotel and the standard was as good as every. Staff as as always were very attentive and couldnt do enough for you. Hotel very clean and welcoming. Food very good and varied choice.
New Year celebrations were excellent.
Lovely promendade at front of hotel with lovely stylish bars to stop and have a drink.
Met two friends Steve and Linda who hired a motorbike and went up into the mountains which they recommended highly as a day out and a way to see the island.
Overall an excellent holiday.

Anne and Graham

stayed for just 1 night on 24th december before we moved to our apartment in las americas.
Hotel beautiful inside and out, room was spacious and very clean and well presented. Had ground floor room with terrace. no complaints with room standard.
Where half board, never made breakfast. Evening meal was buffet style which was average at best, however they offered us an a la carte meal on top of the buffet (not sure if this is offered every night or x amount per stay) but my partner chose beef fillet which was cooked to perfection we couldnt complain.
Location was great, nice if you like walking and having a look about.
To be fair we paid £17 for 1 night half board (an error on thomsons web page should have been about £230 for 1 night!!) so i cant complain at all - if i'd paid £230 for the night i wouldnt have been happy about the buffet style food quality.
if you can get a good deal i'd defo recommend this hotel