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Riu Palace Meloneras
Spain, Europe
Meloneras
Located in Gran Canaria, Spain, the Hotel Riu Palace Meloneras is a combination of top quality styles, service and comfort.
This luxurious Palace is perfect for relaxing holidays and soaking up the island's good weather. It includes the best facilities to ensure you forget the stress and worries of everyday life. You'll find fresh water swimming pools, gym, hot tub, solarium-terrace and the wellness centre with a range of different treatments and massages.
The cuisine of Gran Canaria is an authentic ocean of flavours and aromas that has influences from all over the world, and includes a variety of fruits, vegetables, meat and seafood. An exotic range of recipes and delicious dishes from Mediterranean cuisine, all of which are prepared using top quality produce and made to order. The excellent service you'll receive from the hotel's staff and high quality will ensure you enjoy every minute of your stay. In the buffet restaurant and themed restaurants you can also sample international dishes, recipes and flavours that you'll never forget.
If you're travelling as a family, couple or with friends you will find many options for having fun. The Palace offers various activities and sports to enjoy during your stay. You can swim in the pool, whilst in the vicinity you can also do water sports, play mini golf, squash, rent bicycles and practice your swing at the nearby golf courses.
If you decide to discover the surroundings, you can take a walk along the Paseo Costa Canaria coastal path that passes through tropical fauna or explore places such as Playa de las Burras beach, the dunes of Maspalomas, Playa de Amadores beach, Roque Nublo, the harbour of Mogán, the historical town of Agüimes, the Episcopal Palace and the island's various leisure and water parks where your children will have a ball. You will also find shopping centres, museums, theatres, auditoriums, open-air stages with concerts and numerous bars offering excellent nightlife.
Facilities
- Entertainment programme for adults
- Outdoor heated pool
- Outdoor freshwater pool
- Entertainment programme for children
- Children’s swimming area
- Sun loungers
- Poolside snack bar
- Sun terrace
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Please note some facilities may incur an additional fee
The Local Area
Tripadvisor Reviews
4.5 Excellent3,494 reviews
Excellent
75%
Very Good
19%
Average
5%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
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Fantastic Stay at Hotel Riu Meloneras
We had a wonderful stay at Hotel Riu Meloneras. The breakfast and dinner buffets were extensive, with a great variety of food to choose from every day. The swimming pools were beautiful and offered plenty of space to relax.
Our room was spacious, clean. The hotel had a pleasant atmosphere, and the staff were friendly and helpful throughout our stay.
Overall, we had a very enjoyable holiday
Review by 125sandero Hilversum, The Netherlands
Fabulous 2 weeks in this fabulous hotel
Spent 2 weeks in this fabulous hotel, everything is so well thought out from the hotel interior to the grounds and pool area that feel so spacious and clean. The staff are amazing and so helpful. Fantastic choice of high quality food considering the main restaurant is buffet style with so much being cooked fresh at multiple stations. Good labelling to help with gluten free options too. The hotel vibe is chilled, lovely atmosphere in the bars from early evening with a pianist and then artists in the main stage with indoor and outdoor seating. If you like a more lively night the Riu Party night is a must, you can book at reception snd is held in the Riu Gran Canaria next door on a Friday night. 3+ hours of music and dancing, make sure you wear comfy shoes to dance the night away. The free bar is also included. They alternate between Neon or White theme but it isn't compulsory although most people had organised their outfits in advance. We did both nights and absolutely loved them. The resort is brilliant with a mix of beach bats and more up market bars with entertainment. Wonderful sunsets every night as you stroll along the promenade. We will absolutely boom this hotel again it was one if my favourite holidays.
Tourist factory
The reviews on TA are overstated. For context: we are used to staying at Intercontinental, Marriott, Hyatt, Shangri-La, Four Seasons and sailing Celebrity Cruises, so we know what a true 5-star experience looks like. This is not it. After the raving reviews, we expected a raving experience.
Pros:
Staff: Most staff members clearly enjoy their work and are friendly and eager to help - compliments to the individuals, Staff scores a 10 out of 10.
Pools: The pools are nice, some with an amazing view. Every two sun loungers share an umbrella.
Cons: This places feels like a factory, not a hotel: The priority is squeezing in as many guests as possible in the property, not the individual guest. We did not enjoy the huge crowds, sun lounger wars etc. More details below:
Privacy: Staff knock and immediately open the door - they are inside your room before you can even answer. A knock should be a question, not an announcement. In a 5-star hotel, staff wait for a response. Here, you cannot count on being undisturbed in your own room.
Beach: There is none. The nearest option is a public beach, a 10-15 minute walk away. Do not book this hotel expecting a beach holiday.
Food: Cooking for this many guests is logistically impressive, and the variety is reasonable - but mass catering at this hotel comes at the cost of taste. The seasoning is consistently bland (breakfast and dinner). Lunch was outright bad - fortunately there are many alternatives near the hotel.
Hygiene: Hand sanitizing before entering the buffets should be mandatory, as it is on cruise ships. The utensils are often dirty, which is simply a health hazard. They don't seem to care.
Gym: Small and incomplete - the heaviest dumbbell is 10 kg.
Rooms: Reasonably maintained at first glance, but look closer and you see a tired, aging hotel: mold in the shower, mattresses overdue for replacement.
Pool area details: Missing tiles, lots of people block their seats early in the morning, all sun loungers are plastic.
Verdict: Do not expect anything that will amaze you. This is a well-oiled machine for processing tourists - not a 5-star hotel.
Review by FlyingPlatinum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Outstanding!
Repeat guests at this fabulous hotel - sixth visit and always pay extra to have seaview room at front of hotel grounds / the views are stunning and the area benefits from a beautiful adult only pool - terrific service from Pier around the pool and manolo in the magnolia restaurant! The food is consistently outstanding and no problems at all getting tables at any time we went for meals. Reception staff extremely helpful - cannot fault this hotel - we’ll return 😁😁😁
Review by Britannia18 Cheshire, United Kingdom
Food and drink is excellent. Branded spirits and excellent cocktails. Staff very good. Room nice with quality bed linen. Good co
Nice hotel with excellent food
Review by PBHampshire Portsmouth, United Kingdom
