Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa
Not Bad For the Price
- May 4, 2009
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
I booked a last minute vacation package and chose this hotel. It's not too far from the airport, but it will cost you about * for transportation. The front desk staff is accommodating but the concierge gave me wrong information about booking activities. The swimming pools are average and the stretch of beach is nice with a decent view of the Arch. I have to say the noise level was moderate; I was on the 3rd floor and could hear the echoes of people talking in the lobby at any time. I recommend eating food at the market and deli across the hotel as opposed to eating in the restaurant.
Outstanding Service
- April 27, 2009
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
We have stayed at RIU before and will stay there again. The hotels are beautiful, staff extremely friendly, and food/drinks great.
Review of Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas
- April 25, 2009
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
We loved our stay at this resort! The food was wonderful, the staff was extremely friendly and the property was immaculate.
Literally best trip ever!
- March 16, 2009
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
I read a TON of reviews for many of the resorts in and near Cabo San Lucas! It was difficult to decide. Most people who left reviews were pretty helpful. We took this trip to celebrate my husbands 40th birthday. I took him to Cabo mainly to deep sea fish. We decided to go with a hotel that was all inclusive. I cannot begin to rave enough how pleased we were! The entire hotel staff, with no exception ? no matter where they worked, were all so very kind, and helpful. I felt like they were there for each and every guest, not just a few guests! Many prior guests reviews online mentioned that you had to get up early (like around 7 in the morning) to get reservations for the hotels four exclusive restaurants. We were pleasantly surprised that was not the case for three of the four restaurants. Only one of them (Krystal) did you have to get up early for. I didn?t mind, it was worth getting up early once during our vacation to try different food. We went to 3 of the four restaurants, all were delicious!! The beach vendors ?Very nice. If you told them just looking they were patient and left you to look. If you stood to look at their wares after a while they did ask and wanted to sell. It was fun to barter a little. Because my husband knows some Spanish, it made it fun and they enjoyed his joking around. A representative within our hotel lobby booked our fishing trip. We went deep sea fishing on the Cabo Bandit. My husband caught a striped marlin and dorado (also known as a Mahi Mahi). Truly incredible experience, the father, son on the boat did a great job!
Not a Good Buy but Great Location
- March 11, 2009
- Rated 2 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
I definitely would NOT stay at this property ever again. Although we only needed accommocations for one day, at the beginning of our 3 week stay in our condo in Cabo, and the advertised Good Buy was very reasonable for this location, we would not rate this even a 3 star property. One of the main reasons--there was dripping water directly over the toilet. So if you needed to use the facility you got a shower at the same time. When notified nothing was done. Also, the room location was not an ocean view. it overlooked the parking lot and vacant land. We were very surprised about this property as it's sister property next door, Villa LaEstancia is a suburb property, 5 star, and we thought it would be similiarly operated.