You recognize Riu. The drink dispensers in your room, the worldwide eating places, the always-fun, all the time perky atmosphere. In recent times, the Spanish lodge chain has grown much more within the Caribbean, from Jamaica to the Riviera Maya.
However Riu’s Caribbean exercise hasn’t simply been new debuts (just like the latest opening of its Aquarelle resort in Montego Bay. The corporate has been quietly reworking quite a few its resorts within the area with sweeping renovations.
The most recent improve? The Dominican Republic’s Riu Palace Bavaro, which is reopening this month after a big refurbishment and growth venture, Caribbean Journal has realized.
And that was no small enterprise: the Riu Palace started the venture with about 620 rooms in its Enviornment Gorda resort, with facilities starting from 9 totally different swimming pools to considered one of Riu’s signatures: a Splash Water World.
The venture truly included Riu’s demolition of the adjoining Riu Naiboa lodge, that means additional house on the property.
So what’s new?
Riu is including its Elite Membership service for adults staying on the resort: that provides you additional facilities, devoted check-in, assured late try and an elevated mini bar, amongst different touches.
However most notably, the resort is including an additional 380 rooms, largely within the place of the previous Naiboa.
The aim, Riu says, is to make households a fair larger focus on the resort: extra swimming pools (together with a pool for the youngest vacationers), a brand new swim-up bar and one other for Elite Membership vacationers.
Meals can also be a giant precedence, with the launch of a brand new “meals court docket” that may provide a pizzeria, Asian meals, ice cream and tacos, amongst different cuisines, together with a buffet. That is the primary time Riu has undertaken this type of culinary idea at considered one of its all-inclusive resorts. (There’s even a brand new rooster spot referred to as RFC, or “Riu Fried Hen.”
So what’s going to the resort price?
A pattern itinerary for 2 adults in a junior suite confirmed a worth of about $222 per evening, for dates within the first week of September.
If you happen to’re planning a visit, try the resort at Riu.
