Riu Palace Boavista - All Inclusive

This is our 4th visit. I think that says it all really. You wouldn’t believe this place is 7 years old and a year round destination. On the whole everything is clean and well maintained. However, a small point, the sunbeds are now beginning to sag a bit. A minor point I know, but I don’t really have anything bad to say about the place! The staff here are wonderful, all of them. Happy in their work and all say Ola with a smile. The food is good, warm and fresh. The drinks are good although Riu have stopped doing mudslides, boooooo! Just look at the ratings, read between the lines though and make a considered judgement. Some claim food poisoning, which I’ve never seen here at all. It’s more likely the change in temperature, the increase in alcohol leading to dehydration. I’m also convinced some people mix up this riu palace with the one on Sal. That one did suffer with poorly people. Us included. That’s why we never went back there but and came here 3 more times. And don’t get me started on the cockroach complaints. People fear them like they’re flesh eating zombies. Grow up please, cockroaches live here as well as many other countries. Just deal with it. We found the bed counter pane rolled up at the bottom of the door helps. Failing that, make sure you book a high room, for some reason they can’t climb stairs! One word of note, the UV index can be really high on some days. Like 11!! Really easy to burn before you know it. We used Tui as our tour operator. Not a bad price compared to other destinations. But, 6 hours in a 737 seriously puts me off coming back. The seats are just simply not wide enough if you’re broad shouldered. The 767 was much better. I just wish Tui would consider another seat fit or a different aircraft for this route.

Abbiamo scelto questo resort leggendo le recensioni e infatti non abbiamo sbagliato. Tutto il personale e dico tutto: reception, pulizie, bar, ragazzi dell’animazione, cucina, sempre con il sorriso e felici. Esiste l’app RIU utilissima da cui si può fare qualsiasi richiesta come prenotare i 3 ristoranti che ci sono oppure richieste speciali. La camera è spaziosa e anche il bagno con doccia enorme. Fuori dalla hall c’è una spa con idromassaggio e sauna di cui abbiamo usufruito per alleviare un po’ di sofferenza del sole con un massaggio all’aloe rinfrescante. Il resort ha ben 3 piscine tra cui 2 con bar in acqua e la terza da 50 mt di cui siamo stati felicissimi in quanto noi nuotiamo quindi ci siamo potuti allenare anche in ferie. Per quanto riguarda la cucina davvero sopra alle aspettative perché non credevamo di mangiare così bene. Anche una persona difficile troverebbe sicuramente quello che vuole. La spiaggia è pazzesca e anche se c’è vento e non si può fare sempre il bagno ci sono dei posti in cui si può fare più riparati. I ragazzi dell’animazione veramente bravi a ballare insomma complimenti a tutti perché abbiamo passato una settimana fantastica! Sicuramente terremo in considerazione la catena RIU per una prossima vacanza. SUPER!!!

This was our 5th visit to this beautiful hotel. We chose to spend our honeymoon here as we truly love the staff and service we always receive. Nothing is too much. All staff are always friendly and rember us from previous holidays. It's spotless and lots of different varieties of food. We will definitely be back 😍