Long weekend break (5-night) was what we were about.

Arrived quite late, but nice to get a drink (complimentary) whilst the reception formalities were ironed out. We were on half-board, dinner had finished but they had left us out quite a buffet spread so no complaints there!

Room on the sixth floor was nice enough, clean, well appointed, no particular view except of a dried up drainage channel, but then again we didn't the pay extra to get a sea-view. Shower over bath a bit of a tight squeeze.

Quick shower and made friends with the Barman, had a few then got our heads down.

Fortunate that we did, because we were awoken at 6am by a large amount of noise from one or more of the surrounding rooms, shouting and generally scraping chairs, drawers etc. the noise appeared to be from German couples in adjoining rooms going by the odd bits of language we picked up, we hoped they were getting ready for early checkout, which appeared to be the case as there was no re-occurence over the rest of our stay.

No complaints as to the food and range available, it would be nice to get a table outside for breakfast, but this would have involved queueing for quite a long time everyday.

For dinner we preferred the poolside covered restaurant (much more personal and attentive service at your table) at no additional cost.

Poolside and sandy beach area within the hotel grounds very clean, well laid out and no problems getting loungers wherever we chose. Attentive and friendly drinks and bar service.

Locally, English and German bars about 5 mins walk, 10 mins walk to further bars, restaurants, ice-cream parlours etc.

Newspapers available in the Hotel shop (provided you reserve) together with other sundries you might need, supermarket about 5 mins walk for everything.

Sunset is great to watch, unfortunately the sundowner bar area which you would have thought was the purpose closed well before sundown (perhaps because it was still the "winter" season? )

All the staff are brilliant, and we got the impression several guests were regular visitors which always bodes well. Average guest age perhaps a little older than us (we are 50) but fine by us.

Nightly entertainment a bit naff, but then again when not many go and watch it and buy drinks to support the cost you can't really expect the hotel to spend fortunes booking top acts (the resident band was OK, we'ed seen them before in Gran Canaria).

Being on the sixth floor was handy for the reception, shop, restaurant, entertainment etc. but getting a lift to or from the lower floors during busy periods was a niggle.

Would stay again but as we've said before in other reviews theres a lot of the world to see!

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