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Honeymooner's Special
All honeymooners will receive a fruit basket and a surprise gift in their rooms upon arrival.
At time of booking, guests must enter "Honeymoon" in the Special Requests box to receive this promotion. When indicating "Traveler and room preferences" during booking, click on the link that says: "I have a special request." and enter "Honeymoon" in the Special Requests box to receive this promotion.
Marriage certificate is required upon check-in. Offer valid for all booking and travel dates. Other restrictions may apply
All-Inclusive Details
This resort is all-inclusive. This means that onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply, for example, to premium food items or drinks; or to dining at specific restaurants). Guests do not have to pay extra for onsite activities such as volleyball. Taxes and gratuities are included. Please note items that are not included; these require a surcharge.
Taxes and gratuities
Gratuities and taxes are included.
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Kids' club
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Accessibility Options
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
Property Amenities
The Cabo San Lucas Hotel has a health club with five twin-bed treatment rooms includes women's and men's saunas. Services include massage, reflexology, body wraps and scrubs, facials, henna tattooing, hair braiding, waxing, and hair and nail care (surcharges). An Internet/game room offers four computers and free wireless Internet access, table games, and coin-operated video games. An ocean-view fitness center contains cardio and weight machines.
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Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost. A free parking is available on site, and a nearby street parking is also complimentary (limited availability).
The Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas and its 642 deluxe guestrooms are set on the beach at the southern end of the Baja California peninsula, in front of the famous Cabo San Lucas stone arches. Downtown Cabo San Lucas is 4.5 km (2.5 miles) away.
Unique amenities include mini-bar and liquor dispenser, while some suites boast hydro-massage bathtubs and a jacuzzi on the terrace. This All-Inclusive resort offers luxurious facilities and a full range of sports and leisure alternatives, not to mention gourmet food, elegant furnishings, and personal, exclusive service. All-inclusive amenities include the use of kayaks, body boards, swimming pools, beach access, one introductory scuba class in the pool, towel service, tennis, beach volleyball, beach soccer, ping pong, and basketball.
This Cabo San Lucas Resort features five restaurants serving Asian, Italian, and American cuisine. Both buffet and à la carte options are available. Snacks and drinks are available 24 hours a day. Guests benefit with free entrance to Pacha night club and drinks (open six nights a week).
In addition to 2 outdoor pools, the Cabo San Luc hotel has a pool designed especially for children. The swim-up pool bar serves drinks to swimmers and sun-worshippers. Registered guests benefit with “The Exchange Privileges Program”, allowing them to enjoy 5 swimming pools, the beach area, all 5 restaurants and 7 bars located at the next door property Riu Santa Fe.
Saunas, massages and beauty services are available on site. The hotel also offers a kids' club with supervised activities for children. Business amenities include computer rental, three meeting rooms, audio-visual equipment, and banquet facilities are also available. Guests can take advantage of 90 minutes complimentary wireless Internet in the lobby. Additional Internet access is available throughout the hotel at a surcharge.
Rooms
The Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas All Inclusive resort offers 642 guest suites in a five-story, pale-yellow building with a Spanish castle design. Pillowtop mattress, signature bedding, cotton sheets, and down blanket are included in all suites. Guestrooms feature 27-inch satellite TVs, direct-dial phone, and laptop compatible in-room safe. Minibars contain soft drinks, water, and beer. Liquor dispensers provide tequila, rum, vodka, and brandy. Furnished balconies or ground-floor terraces provide views of the Sea of Cortez. Sitting areas include sofa beds or loveseats. Wood-paddle ceiling fans provide cooling in addition to suites' air conditioning. Decor features tile floors, dark-wood furniture, orange-tone fabrics, and white walls, ceilings, and crown molding. Tile bathrooms include twin-sink granite vanities, shower/tub combination, and Italian designer bath amenities.
Room Amenities
Dining
All meals and beverages, plus all gratuities, at the following restaurants, snack spots, and bars are included in the room rate for this resort (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Details section for more information).
El Médano - Air-conditioned dining room with high, decoratively painted ceilings, draped windows, arches, wrought-iron chandeliers, dark-wood trim, white table linens. Also, open-air terrace seating with garden view. Breakfast and dinner buffets daily. Themed dinner buffets twice weekly.
San José - Freestanding, beachfront, orange-adobe, open-air theme restaurant with raw-log ceiling beams, white table linens. Italian buffet lunch, Mexican à la carte dinner. Late-night snacks such as burgers and nachos. Dinner reservations required. Dinner dress code: Long pants, no T-shirts or sandals for men. Garden, ocean, and pool views.
Sample dinner menu for San José
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Misaki - Japanese, fine-dining, air-conditioned restaurant with high ceiling, polished-wood floor facing enclosed, bamboo-lined, open-air courtyard around running-water pond. Open for à la carte dinners only. Reservations required. Dress code: Long pants, no T-shirts or sandals for men. Garden view.
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Mar de Cortés - Open-air spot serving buffet lunch and snack foods in late afternoon. À la carte steakhouse at night. Dinner reservations required. Dinner dress code: Long pants, no T-shirts or sandals for men. Garden, ocean, and pool views.
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Krystal - A la carte fine-dining restaurant specializing in fusion cuisine that blends local ingredients, regional flavors, and international techniques. Menu developed by Michelin-star Spanish chefs. Reservations required. Garden view.
Sample menu for Krystal
La Ventana - Lobby bar/lounge with terrace providing panoramic view of Sea of Cortez and Land's End rock formations. Red-brick domed ceiling. Sports on plasma TVs. Coin-operated pool tables. Pianist nightly. Open 21 hours for drinks. Open midnight to 5 AM (hours subject to change) for snack foods such as burgers and nachos.
Los Cabos - Open-air theater bar. Open early evening to late night.
La Plaza - Open-air theater bar. Open early evening to late night.
Baja Norte - Pool bar with swim-up side under cupola. Open mid-morning to late evening.
Baja Sur - Pool bar with swim-up side under cupola. Open mid-morning to late evening.
Pacha - Air-conditioned disco with bar open late night to after midnight.
Recreation
The majority of recreational activities and facilities described below are included in the room rate for this resort (scroll up to the All-Inclusive details section for more information).
Two identical complexes contain heated, 49-meter-long (160-ft) freeform swimming pools with infinity edges, semicircular jetted sections, and in-water lounges. One pool is for activities; the other is a "quiet" pool. Each complex also includes a heated, 12-meter-wide (40-ft) swim-up-bar pool with infinity edges, semi-circular jetted sections, tables, and stools.
While ideal for strolling and sunbathing, the beach in front of the Riu Palace is not safe for swimming due to powerful undertows. Safe swimming and water sports rentals for personal watercraft, parasailing, and banana-boating are available on Médano Beach 3 km (1.75 mi) south of the resort by road and 400 meters (437 yds) by beach. The resort provides kayaks and body boards, but discourages all but strong swimmers from using them.
Distances to Los Cabos's principal golf courses are: The Raven Golf Club 1.75 km (1 mi); Cabo del Sol golf courses 6.5 km (4 mi); Cabo Real Golf Course 16.5 km (10.25 mi); Palmilla Golf Course 22.5 km (14 mi).
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
Spa
The onsite full-service Renova Spa, with its beachfront location, offers guests a wide selection of treatments. Aromatherapy, thalassotherapy, massages, scrubs, wraps, manicures and pedicures are among the spa services.
Renova Spa features a café, a mud bath, sauna, a spa tub, and four treatment rooms. Outdoor and couple treatment rooms are also available. Advanced reservations are required for treatments and massages.
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“A true palace on the Beach”
Other than the way they handle dinner reservations, I would definetly go back whenever I'm in Cabo. The all-inclusive is great. You don't need to worry about anything. Everything is provided.
“Worth EVERY PENNY!!!!”
Everything was wonderful!!! The hotel, the staff, the food, the room, etc. This was a truly wonderful vacation, and we can't wait to do it again!!!!! So RELAXING!!!!!
“Great Trip”
Great Hotel. Food was very good, great facilities, and the all inclusive free drinks we almost too much!!!! Plan on returning and staying at the RIU again.
“Very Satisfied”
I have travelled quite a bit and am the type of person that relies on reviews of other travelers and I was very satisfied with the resort. I surprised my husband with this trip for his 50th birthday along with 9 friends and everyone loved it! Check- in was a very smooth process, the resort was clean, the staff was friendly and helpful. The food and drinks were very good, the large pools were clear and clean. The swim up bar pools were not clean, but were small in comparison and not as inviting as the larger pools. (It didn't seem to stop a lot of people from going in them!) The ocean view is breathtaking and the beach is very nice. Swimming is discouraged right in front of the hotel due to strong rip tides, but some tourists still swam and took their chances. There is a place to swim about a 20 minute walk down the beach. The location of the resort was great because it was a $3 cab ride into Cabo only 5 minutes away, and a 20 minute ride to Los Cabos. I recommend seeing both towns, they are both very safe. I would recommend Cabo San Lucas and the RIU Palace to everyone. I would definitely go back!
“Amazing stay at Riu Palace”
Me and my friend stayed at the Riu Palace for 7 nights on Nov. 14th and let me just say that it was absolutely wonderful. The hotel was beyond clean , the food great and staff very friendly and helpful. The beach was beautiful and even though everyone said not swim in it we did and had a blast...the waves are just a little stronger than anywhere else but once u get passed the beggining the ocean is calm and you can swim . But all the fun was to play in those crazy waves.... The pools are immaculate and beautifull, there are pool bars but the waiters walk around and take your order so you dont have to get up.... The next door hotel Riu Santa Fe is not as nice and the rooms dont have good views..so i wouldnt recommend that one if someone cant decide between these two....go for the Palace!!! The food selection at the hotel was great and I found no problem with making reservations for the ala carte restaurants. My favourite restaurant was Krystal but they were all pretty good, even the buffet where we ate most of the time... Anyway we are very pleased with the hotel and our trip, would definitely recommend the location and the hotel itself.
“Cabo Wow-Bo!”
Absolutely loved the Cabo "RIU" all inclusive experience. I would go back in a heart beat. The staff was incredible. From dining to pool to photographers and beyond. Just incredible. Only down side, the on site restaurants were booked by the time we got up to make reservations. No biggie as the food in the main dining areas were fantastic. And the king size bed was two beds pushed together to make a large king. Again, no biggie as all else made up for any slight downside. Just grab a beer from the in-room fridge or some tequila from the wall dispenser and head outside for some 80 degree weather and all is good!
“Best week of my life!”
This place was so beautiful. I felt like a king waking to the serene sounds of the fountain that marked the courtyard every morning. The name "Riu Palace" was more than fitting for such a palatial resort. The multiple pools (and pool bars!) were some of the most beautiful settings I have ever seen. The buffet was amazing and the staff were some of the nicest people I have met in my life. The entertainment team made sure that no one was left out or felt alien in a different country. The potential activities that one can do are endless. If you are looking to go all inclusive, Riu Palace is the place for you.
“Nice but noisy”
Very nice, elegant all inclusive. Friendly, happy staff and good food for the most part. Reservation rules for "Special Restaurants" quite inconvenient. Could stand more treadmills in the exercise spa-always full. Biggest complaint--we were told that we were checking into the quietest part of the hotel when EVERY night we were awakened by yelling, screaming, singing, door slamming overimbibers at two or three oclock in the mornings. Would have hated to be in the noisy section. Supposidly spring break was over. Was amazed how dry the surrounding country side was compared to the lush green grounds of Riu. Beautiful beach with very rough surf. Lots of water sports. Short walk to the Marina in Cabo was worth it--some neat old ships and wildlife.
“one of the best in Cabo”
don't bus from the airport!!! it was good for one thing and that is that we saw nearly every hotel in Cabo and our's seemed to be one of the nicest. everything was GREAT, except the system to get tickets for the gourmet restaurants. you get them the day before and you have to stand in line @ 6pm. so if you are out having fun, plan on the buffet (which is really good), but the idea of vacation for us was a little more romantic. all in all, a wonderful time.
“Best Vacation of My Life”
The Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas is by far the best vacation of my life. The hotel was very nicely designed and was very beautiful. The staff was very friendly and very helpful. The all-inclusive was definitely worth the money. All drinks and all restaurants were included in this all inclusive package. Unlike some other resorts were only certain types of alcohol are included. There were 5 restaurants to choose from. 4 of these restaurants you needed to make a reservation for the day before and the other was a buffet style restaurant. We ate at the buffet restaurant every meal except 1. They had such a large selection of foods and the food was so delicious we didn't even want to go to any of the other restaurants.
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The preferred airport for Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas All Inclusive is San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur (SJD-Los Cabos Intl.) - 34.1 km / 21.2 mi.
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