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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, providing ample room for its renowned innovative, gastronomic
and entertainment areas and allowing it to diversify accordingly. The hotel has
a family area with all kinds of water and outdoor activities, its own food and
beverage spots, another exclusive area for Elite Club customers
and an all-new food court for everyone. All of this is thrown into the
ever-extensive package of cuisine, entertainment and services so characteristic
of RIU hotels.
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 of the Riu
Palace Bavaro. Here, the youngest members of the family can thoroughly enjoy an
area designed with them in mind, with 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. 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. And what
could be no other way: 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 of course, all customers over 18 can enjoy
the four themed RIU
Party evenings held every week at the complex.
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. Without doubt, this
has been a significant innovation to what RIU offers in the destination which
will allow its customers to try out various types of products from
culturally-different cuisines.
In
terms of 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.
There
will be a total of 108 rooms allocated to Elite Club customers, who will
be staying in privileged locations with the best possible views, 60 of
them with a private pool. This customers customers also have a swimming pool
exclusively for them with their own bar, a priority check-in area and a lounge
bar. These bars and other beverage points are also the place where they can
enjoy premium drinks, as well as à la carte breakfasts. Similarly, 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, as well as the possibility of making
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. This is
something that can be appreciated across the Riu Palace Bavaro, in the rooms
and common areas, pre-existing and new restaurants and all of the eight bars it
now has. These include the Sports Bar (open 24 hours), Joe’s Bar (for the best
cocktails), the lobby bar, the theatre bar and three swim-up bars, as well as
the two already mentioned that are exclusively for Elite Club guests. In all of
them, as well as the upgrade in exclusive quality that can be enjoyed by those
in the Elite Club, all guests can enjoy the notable rise in the quality and
brands of their favourite beverages, something that is now possible in all
hotels with the Elite Club service.
This
extraordinary refurbishment, with all of its innovations, has allowed RIU
Hotels to enhance its options in the Dominican Republic, increasing the quality
of its products and services. 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 has, therefore, a completely new set of hotel options in Punta Cana with a
total of 4,528 rooms across its five properties.
For
further information please visit: www.riu.com
Image
Credit: © RIU Hotels & Resorts
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