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Promotions
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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“Will go again”
This Resort is the best we went so far. Big area, pool and room. Service are good. I was prepared to get up every morning at 7 to reserve the restruants. But we were able to reserve the other two restruant at the first night, and only have to reserve Krastal in the morning at 7 am. This is a big improvement.
“AMAZING HONEYMOON”
My husband and I stayed at the Riu Palace the last week in September 2010 for our Honeymoon and had a wonderful time!! We were greeted with margaritas at check-in and had no problem getting the oceanfront suit we made our reservation for through expedia. The open air lobby was georgous!! Our room was spotless and a nice size, the view of the archs and ocean from our balcony was beautiful. We had a nice little mini bar that was stocked daily with water, soda and beer. I have no complaints of the cleanliness of our room or this hotel during our stay, there was staff cleaning everywhere you looked. We spent most of our time on the resort in the pool, drinking, relaxing & playing games with other newlyweds and the staff during the day. We did go off the resort one day and into town for a jet skiing excursion. It was awesome! The food in the restaurants at dinner was MUCH better than the daily buffett food. You have to make reservations for the restaurants for dinner early in the morning the day of, which was a little inconvenient but we managed to roll out of bed and make reservations most days. The buffett food was OK, but after a weeks stay it got a little old, there are TONS of food options at the buffett so unless you are a picky eater I think you will be able to find something there you like. The only complaint I had we the room service food.. we tried ordering room service twice and it was HORRIBLE.. Cabo Wabo in town was a lot of fun, and mi casa restaurant was good too
“Warm Days, Cool Nights”
Excellent Resort, friendly staff, great food. Be prepared for the cool nights-bring long sleeve tops and sweatshirts. Beach is somewhat steep and more difficult for long walks. Beautiful view from pool and bar areas. Ocean-view room....not really that as it was way back and trees blocked the view.
“Best resort in cabo”
It is clearly the nicest resort in cabo
“LOVE the RIU!!”
I loved the riu palace. super clean and the staff was awesome!...not to mention the food!....beautiful resort!
“Great time at RIU Palace”
Very nice ocean front suite. Food was very good and all the booze you want. Wine was below our expectations but the Champagne was decent.
“Wonderful stay”
Great staff and service, gorgeous hotel, next time we go to Cabo we'll definitely stay here! The pools were very nice and the food was good. We made reservations at the steakhouse one night, and my expectations were totally exceeded, it was really great! Overall it was an excellent trip, and I can't stress enough how great and accomidating the staff was! If you're going to Cabo stay here, you'll never want to leave!
“We love this resort!”
This is the second time we have stayed at the RIU Palace Cabo San Lucas. We absolutely love everything about this resort! Nothing negative to say at all except if you like to swim in the ocean a lot, you can't really do it safely in front of the resort. Not a big thing for my family. We just take a cab to the beach when we want to swim. The kids enjoyed playing on the beach under all the palm trees! Major Plus: The people who sell the tshirts and jewelry do not bother you on the beach here.
“The most amazing time”
The RIU Palace lived up to all the hype that is the typical tropical sandy beach vacation. We were in amazement at the sheer size of the place, and in even more amazement at the quality of service and amenities offered. As soon as we checked in, they brought us margarita's and warmly welcomed us. There were so many bars and things to eat it took us days to really absorb the atmosphere and let go of our worries and uncertainty. We spent a week there, and were very sad to leave and come back to the 'real world'. We simply cannot wait to go again!!
“Needed to stay longer”
We felt 6 days was not enough. We started to feel relaxed about the 4th day. Two weeks would be a perfect stay. The view from our room was so beautiful. The weather was perfect. The food was excellent. The fitness room could have been better.
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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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