.We travelled as a family group of myself and my husband (63 and 62) and our daughter, son in law and 1 year old grandson. As said by nearly everyone else, this is a lovely hotel with very friendly staff. It is kept scrupulously clean in all areas. The only thing we didn't like was the fact that the outside terrace which extends all along the back of the hotel didn't have a non smoking section so you could never get away from the smoke, particularly in the evenings. The only option was to go and sit inside which we didn't always want to do. Our room on the second floor was, unfortunately, right over the bar area so the smoke drifted up onto the balcony from below and meant we couldn't leave the window open overnight as the smoke came into the room ( we prefer real air as opposed to air conditioning). However, this was only a small factor and no way detracted from the overall holiday experience. Yes, the sunbeds got covered with towels early in the day and were quite often left unoccupied all day. We just moved the towels off and used the sunbeds and out of a 14 day holiday, only had one run-in with the occupants. There are three pools (plus a kiddies pool)and they range in depth so there is one to suit all levels of swimmers. If you want to go to a beach, just go out of the hotel at the back and onto a promenade which stretches from Maspalomas to Melonares. The Riu is situated about half way between the two so a 10 minute stroll in either direction will take you to nice beaches with bars, restaurants and shops. The food in the hotel was good and very varied and how anybody could complain about variety I do not know.
We travelled with Thomsons and I must give mention to Jan the in-hotel holiday rep. She is the best rep we have ever come across. She knows her island inside out and she always seemed to be genuinly interested in the wellbeing of all her clients and remembered names which always makes you feel a bit special. She is someone special, Thomsons, please take note.
There isn't much else I could add that hasn't been said before, so go for it, you won't be disappointed.








