Riu Hotels & Resorts has announced the reopening of the Riu Palace Bavaro, in Punta Cana, after an ambitious refurbishment.
Following the demolition of the Riu Naiboa, on an adjoining plot, the Riu Palace Bavaro has spread over the former site to include new spaces for its own facilities, with highlights including a family area with all kinds of water and outdoor activities, another exclusive area for Elite Club customers and an all-new food court for everyone.
Of the hotel’s 994 rooms, 255 are designed for families and groups of friends visiting the destination. They have three ample beds to be able to share the same space together and are located in the new family area.
Designed with them in mind, the youngest members of the family can enjoy a mini splash park, pirate ship, games park, cinema, multi-sports area and places to get food such as a patisserie, a taqueria, and a grill-style Pepe’s Food station.
Punta Cana's Riu Palace Bavaro has reopened after a "watershed" refurbishment. (Photo Credit: Riu Hotels)
The Kids’ Club located in this space is also offering a diversified range of entertainment for the three different ages, including the options mentioned above as well as a recreational room and a cupcake-decorating station at RIU Art.
The Riu Palace Bavaro’s new tally of 32 places to eat offer something really new compared to RIU’s almost 100 hotels around the world — a food court with all kinds of sweet and savoury food choices.
Here, all hotel guests can enjoy an endless variety of food and beverages: a pizzeria, Wok-Poke station, fried-chicken area, a taqueria, another Pepe’s Food, an ice-cream parlour, a sweet station with crepes, waffles and donuts, and a bar.
In terms of other culinary options, the Riu Palace Bavaro continues to offer its customers an extensive range of restaurants: the main go-to restaurant for breakfasts, lunch and dinner; gourmet food at Krystal; an Asian restaurant; a restaurant offering Italian dishes; another for Mexican specialities; a steakhouse with different cuts of meat; and the all-new American Country diner offering All-American Favourites.
Implementation of the Elite Club service also entails the Elite restaurant, exclusively for these customers who wish to take their RIU experience one step further.
All hotel guests have access to the Splash Water World water park at the RIU complex in Punta Cana, which is rounded off by the hotel’s nine swimming pools. And all customers over 18 can enjoy the four themed RIU Party evenings held every week at the complex.
A room at the refurbished Riu Palace Bavaro in Punta Cana. (Photo Credit: Riu Hotels)
There is now a total of 108 rooms allocated to Elite Club customers, who will stay in privileged locations with the best possible views, 60 of them with a private pool.
Elite Club guests will also enjoy an exclusive swimming pool, a priority check-in area and a lounge bar. All of the usual Elite Club benefits are also implemented at the Riu Palace Bavaro, such as premium spirits dispensers in the room, a minibar with snacks and bottle of wine, potential early check-in and guaranteed late check-out until 1 p.m., a welcome gift and aromatherapy in the room, and priority bookings in the hotel’s themed restaurants.
Aside from all the new entertainment and culinary options, the refurbishment of the Riu Palace Bavaro establishes the new style and design that RIU has chosen for all of its refurbishments and new-build hotels: discreet décor in subtle and elegant tones combined with greater and better use of natural light.
RIU has invested heavily in its Dominican Republic product over the past few years. The opening of the Riu Republica in 2016 and its subsequent extension at the end of 2017 was followed by the refurbishment of the Riu Bambu in 2017, the overhaul of the Riu Palace Punta Cana in 2018 and the recent refurbishment of the Riu Palace Macao at the end of 2023. RIU now offers a total of 4,528 rooms across its five properties in PUJ.
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