Hotel Riu Palace Costa Rica (All-Inclusive), is located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica on the edge of the beach of Matapalo.
This hotel, fully prepared to provide the best service to its customers, has four swimming pools (one with a wet bar), jacuzzi, gym, sauna and a wellness center "Renova Spa" with different treatments and massages. Everything you need for maximum comfort during your stay.
The quality of the cuisine offered at the different restaurants of the hotel is exceptional thanks to our chefs, who prepare a variety of dishes, from classic to the most exotic. You'll want to to try each of our menus and, thanks to the All Inclusive service, you will be able to enjoy the buffet restaurant or the four different theme restaurants of the hotel.
Being on a privileged environment, the hotel offers a variety of activities on the beautiful beaches such as diving or fishing in the Pacific waters, ecotourism in the volcanic areas, and during the day several programs of entertainment for all ages, whether in family or friends. The hotel has a gym, table tennis, volleyball, tennis court, windsurf, sailing, snorkeling equipment, kayaks and other water activities. If your favorite sport is golf, the Four Seasons Golf Club has fantastic views over the sea.
Guanacaste is less tropical, humid and lush than the rest of the country. Its plains and dry forests sometimes remind you of African savanna landscapes. Inland you can see the savanna, local cowboys on their horses while driving their flocks, which are authentic figures of popular culture of this destination. From the hotel, you can do several excursions, such as the visit of the National Park Rincon de la Vieja, the Safari Park or the capital of Guanacaste: Liberia.
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General policies & fine print
Check-in Policy - Deposits or credit/debit card hold authorizations are not requested at check-in. Minimum age of 18 is required for check-in, an ID/Passport will be requested upon arrival.
Convention Policy - Individuals attending a convention cannot book this property for their stay. If found attending a convention, guests may be subject to higher room rates upon arrival.
Hotel Spring Break Policies - Student Groups/Spring Breakers (either groups or individuals, regardless of age) are not allowed at any time during the year. Guests disturbing or generating complaints from other guests or hotel may be removed from the property, at their own expense. Parties in rooms are not permitted.
Transfer Policy - A price may display when children stay free, if your vacation includes transfer to your hotel.
General Information - Room taxes and service fees are included in vacation price.
Minimum night stay restrictions may apply.
Reservation changes may not be permitted unless authorized by the hotel.
- Early departure penalty: 1 night Applies: Sunday - Saturday 04Jul24 - 23Dec26
- Early departure penalty: 2 nights Applies: Sunday - Saturday 24Dec25 - 30Apr26
Customer ratings & reviews
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10300 reviews
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Dec 21, 2024Amazing - Will go again
Trip was amazing, was my 3rd visit to Riu, always liked going.. Only 1 suggestion is update the Riu app, the schedules never run on time
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Dec 21, 2024Birthday
Overall this resort is very good! The food to me was very good! The resort is considered great for the price! The beach is just ok. Although the view is beautiful but the sand is black therefore the water doesn’t look that clear either. But overall, I like this resort for the price we paid.
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Dec 20, 2024
Excellent Facility and Wonderful Attentive Staff
This is my 3rd visit to this resort and stayed in the new section just completed in Nov 24. Rooms were impeccable and the addition of the water park a great addition. I did attempt the long tube water slide and it’s quite a ride. 4 open slides and 4 tube slides. The BEST addition is a Gellato/Slushy/Cookie bar. It accounted for 4 of the 8 lbs I gained last week, but worth every calorie. The restaurants are superb, and we really appreciated the new policy of “first come first served” at the many ala carts restaurants. On our last visit some years ago you had to book ahead of time, and the majority of them were full… and who knows what you are going to be doing 4 days from now or want for supper. You line up for the restaurant you want (usually 30min ahead of opening) and you get either first sitting or they give you a beeper for 2nd seating. Excellent idea. My only disappointment was the Filadelphia bar which had live entertainment from 6:45-7:45 daily which was excellent, but way too short. Would have been nice if this was at least 2 hrs or there were multiple performers throughout the evening, as we always missed part of the hour at or waiting for a sitting for supper. Food is outstanding. Buffets have different selections daily to meet all tastes. Be cautious swimming in the ocean. On very wavy days in particular jelly fish are present but cant be seen. We both had very minor stings, but several guests who ventured out further in the swimming area had some nasty bites. They are not serious and treated with vinegar or alcohol, but still makes for an uncomfortable remainder of your visit. One of our most enjoyable activities was walking the very long expanse of beach every day. It is several km long and mostly sand for the first 2km. If you want to venture further, take water shoes with you to climb over the rocks. There is a very nice brown sand beach about 3km down not easily accessible and with only 2 or 3 people on it when we ventured there. Easiest to make this trek during low tide. The regular beach is black sand, but it is very nice sand. This is not Hawaii coarse granular sand and very comfortable to walk in. There were plenty of lounge chairs on the beach and around the pool area. With the 2 new pools in the new section it provided plenty of space. This really is an ALL inclusive resort. We never had to spend a dime after arriving apart from an adventure excursion we took. We plan on returning hopefully with our grand kid
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Dec 19, 2024WARNING
My husband and I have stayed at over well over 50+ all-inclusive resorts over the years. It does not matter how bad a situation is, we have always made the best of things and focus on the positive. This is our first negative review and it relates to our experience of money being taken from the LOCKED safe in our room. The total that was taken was $800 in Canadian and USD currencies and what is so genius is that not all of our money was taken so as not to send up any red flags. We knew how much money was in our safe because when we booked our excursion for the next day, we were offered a discount if we paid by cash so we counted the exact amount that we had in our safe. The robbery happened that day between the hours of approximately 1:00pm to 8:30pm while we were vacant from our room. It was the day of the “White Party”. It was not until the next morning after we used our passcode to open our safe that it was then discovered that the money was stolen from our safe. When we alerted the Front Desk, the Manager came to our room and used his “Master Keys”, being a set of five (5) keys, and attempted to open our safe. To his surprise, none of his Master Keys were able to unlock our safe. He could not explain as to why his “Master Keys” did not open our safe and insinuated that we were at fault for any missing money. After this happened, my husband went on YouTube and was able to find various ways that these so-called safes in the hotel rooms can be opened. This not only happened to us but to other guests who were staying during our week here so this was not an isolated incident. We filed a Police Report with both the local Police and the Tourist Police but nothing has been done to date and I am sure that this may be an ongoing problem for other guests. I wanted to post this experience as a Warning to others.
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Dec 16, 2024
Love this place! We'll see you again 😍
That was our second time in this hotel and we will definitely come back again! Incredibly beautiful place based in the middle of the rain forest. You can experience wildlife all around - you just need to observe! Great for restful holidays, local activities and exciting trips. We love the staff, all of them work really hard but still, with such lovely smiles, being friendly and so positive! We had only one unpleasant experience caused by guests, father and son, who captured huge iguana. Thanks to group of guests and incredible staff the situation was treated by management seriously, as it should be. Well done, Riu Guanacaste! And see you soon!