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RIU Hotels & Resorts

RIU and Riu Palace: 24-hour all-inclusive resorts

40 resorts in 6 countries in our Resort Finder, with the details checked in September 2026.

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RIU Hotels & Resorts is a hotel chain founded in Mallorca, Spain, that runs 24-hour all-inclusive resorts. It has two resort tiers, RIU and the more upscale Riu Palace. This site covers 40 of them in six countries: 23 in Mexico, seven in Jamaica, five in the Dominican Republic, two each in Aruba and Costa Rica, and one in the Bahamas. They split evenly, 20 RIU and 20 Riu Palace. Fifteen are adults-only and the other 25 welcome families, several with RIU's own Splash Water World water park on site or next door. If you want plenty of choice within one brand, for a family trip or an adults-only one, start here. Ask me and I'll check current availability, since a few hotels have renovation closures in 2026 and 2027.

Key points

RIU has two resort tiers, and Riu Palace is the more upscale one. Elite Club by RIU is a premium service level with its own exclusive areas, sold inside certain hotels.
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RIU's standard 24-hour all-inclusive covers all meals, snacks and drinks in the hotel's bars and restaurants, plus the in-room minibar and liquor dispenser, WiFi, sports, pools, gym and entertainment.
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RIU's adults-only hotels generally require guests to be 18 or older. RIU says to confirm this for each hotel, because local rules in some destinations set the minimum at 21.
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As of late September 2026, three hotels carried renovation notices on riu.com: Riu Palace Mexico (reopening September 2026), Riu Palace Jamaica (December 2026) and Riu Palace Costa Rica (April 2027).
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After a renovation finished at the end of 2025, Riu Jalisco in Riviera Nayarit was officially renamed Riu Flamingos on May 1, 2026.
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The resorts

RIU & Riu Palace by destination

Punta Cana & Dominican Republic

5 resorts · Read the Punta Cana guide

Cancun & Costa Mujeres

10 resorts · Read the Cancun guide

Riviera Maya & Cozumel

6 resorts · Read the Riviera Maya guide

Mexico's Pacific Coast

7 resorts · Read the Mexico Pacific guide

Jamaica

7 resorts · Read the Jamaica guide

Caribbean Islands

3 resorts · Read the Caribbean Islands guide

Central & South America

2 resorts · Read the Central & South America guide

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