ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * - a five-star complex located on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, has earned extremely good reviews from Russian tourists. Almost all guests who have visited the hotel recommend it to other guests. This beach complex, in their opinion, is good for a romantic getaway, and for staying with children, and for excursions. Let us consider in more detail what are the bonuses of this hotel for Russian travelers and why does it attract them so much. The hotel belongs to the famous Rio Hotels and Resorts line.
Playa del carmen
Once it was the most common Mexican fishing village 70 kilometers from Cancun. Now she was chosen by lovers of the sun and the sea. And all thanks to the white, similar to flour, not only in color, but also in the structure of the sand. No wonder the ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * (Mexico, Playa del Carmen) is visited by tourists eager for a beach holiday, as well as fans of beautiful nature, national parks and clear water. This resort is located in the middle of the famous coastal strip of the Riviera Maya. Its main street is the so-called Fifth Avenue, where all kinds of shops and souvenir shops are located, as well as restaurants, clubs and bars. And near the pier there is another favorite place for tourists - Plaza Mayor. There you can see the Indian ritual dance, which in ancient times appealed to the fertility gods. It is performed on a high pillar. But keep in mind that alcohol cannot be drunk on the street here.
Location
ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * hotel is located eight hundred meters from the beach. It is surrounded by a palm grove. The resort town of Playa del Carmen, to which she administratively belongs, is a little more than three kilometers from her. Therefore, getting to it is easy. Next to this hotel are four other hotels of the same chain, they stand right on the beach. Although the hotel is not too far from the airport, the transfer takes a little over an hour. In Playa del Carmen, if you walk along the sea, you can get in any half an hour.
Territory
ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * hotel actually stands in a beautiful palm grove. On its territory there is parking for guests who arrived with their own or rented cars. So that hotel guests do not feel the urgent need to go beyond, there are a number of shops right in the lobby. The architecture of the hotel is very colorful and expressive, reminiscent of Native American and Mexican villages with elements of Mayan and Aztec temples. The lobby is especially gorgeous. And the infrastructure itself was created like a real town. Moreover, there is a church, a square, and hacienda. Everything is very beautiful and comfortable. On the territory live small local animals - giant guinea pigs and raccoon noses, which are constantly begging. In short, the real jungle. Two residential buildings are located around the pool, and in the center is a restaurant.
Number of rooms
ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * hotel is quite large. It has 664 rooms. These are mainly rooms for two or three guests of a standard type, as well as junior suites. The rooms have almost everything you need for a good stay - satellite TV, a safe, a stocked minibar, comfortable wide beds, an ironing board with an iron, and many towels of different sizes. The bathroom has a hairdryer. The rooms are air-conditioned, but if such a method of cooling the air causes problems for someone, there is a traditional fan on the ceiling. They clean the rooms every day and make a variety of figures from towels. The rooms themselves are decorated very colorful, in the Mexican style, and in the minibar the bottles with alcohol are turned upside down, each of them has a special tap for dosing. They give local rum, white and golden tequila, as well as vodka, constantly replenish the contents. When checking in, they put on bracelets, so you can walk around the territory, eat and swim in the pools. But the room is provided only from three in the afternoon, this is the Mexican hotel system. Outlets at the hotel are Mexican. But in the bathroom there is also an ordinary plug, so you can do without an adapter.
Nutrition
Tourists are fed at the ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * hotel (Mexico) according to the all inclusive system. A buffet is served in the Jalisco restaurant, which has a large terrace and the opportunity to eat in the fresh air. As befits a five-star hotel, this hotel has several specialized thematic restaurants. This is the Asian Bambu, the Mexican Beach Club on the beach, as well as the Lupita steakhouse by the pool. All of them are included in the all inclusive system, and in addition, you have the right to eat at any restaurant in neighboring hotels. The hotel also has bars - in the lobby (“Makey”, where you can also have a snack on the terrace), “El Chiosco” and around the clock. The Jalisco restaurant is very beautiful, the food is amazing, without any complaints. Tourists especially appreciated fried ice cream. Any meat and various species, a lot of fish and seafood - shrimp, mussels, octopus, squid. Very good vegetarian table. You can eat around the clock. Snacks and desserts are in the form of a buffet, and the hot dishes are brought by the waiters of your choice. Exotic fruits - papaya, mango, passion fruit - three times a day, and in the morning they serve freshly squeezed juices. In the evenings, waiters make paintings of watermelons, ice figures, a chocolate fountain is pouring. A lot of good cocktails and alcohol. There have never been cases of poisoning.
Service and entertainment
The ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * hotel has five conference rooms of different capacities for seminars and business meetings. Reception and reception are open 24 hours a day. There you can get all the necessary information about what is nearby, as well as about possible excursions. Tourists have washing machines at their disposal. For early departures, travelers can use the left luggage room to put heavy items in it. To maintain the health and well-being of guests, the hotel features a spa center with an indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna. A fitness club and gym are open. You can play golf - for this there is an equipped field. But the main sports in this hotel are water. There are many of them - catamarans, windsurfing, canoeing and kayaking, diving. And very active youth are invited to a night club after dinner. Very nice children's animation. Adults are entertained both in the afternoon and in the evening, but only in Spanish and English. After dinner, the shows are very beautiful and vibrant - Las Vegas, Mayan National Evening, Moulin Rouge and much more. Free Internet - an hour and a half a day on each device. But if you do not have enough time, you can go to any other hotel of the same chain and get another 90 minutes.
ClubHotel Riu Tequila: Beach & Pools
The hotel is on the second line from the sea, across the road. He shares a beach with another hotel - Rio Yucatan. You can get there on a small electric car with six seats, or you can walk on a beautiful alley or on the territory of other hotels. The beach is huge, the color of the water is amazing - blue and turquoise. The sand is coral, snow-white, almost always cool. There are a lot of sunbeds on the beach, nobody takes them in advance. There are no umbrellas; vacationers lie in the shade of palm trees. But you can’t come to the coast around the clock. The beach is closed from eleven in the evening until seven in the morning. Often there are waves. The entrance is very gentle. Beach towels are changed once a day, for free. You can dine at the restaurants of the neighboring hotel. The hotel has two swimming pools, one of which is designed for children. The second, for adults, is divided into three parts. One for free swimming, the second for animation, where they do water polo and aqua aerobics, and the third with a jacuzzi. It is there that one of the bars is surrounded by water, you can swim there, and you will be poured a cocktail, alcohol or a soft drink, as you wish.
Excursions
Organized sightseeing trips from ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 * in Mexico are very expensive, around $ 130 per person. And the difference between excursions from tour operators or local street bureaus is not too big. But if you decide to explore the surroundings, it is best to start with boat trips to the local lagoons and bays. This tour lasts seven to eight hours and includes lunch. And you can choose an evening cruise to Cancun and to the island of Mujeres, where you will find a night disco. Not far from Playa are the mysterious Mayan cities - Chichen Itza and Tulum - with their temples, bas-reliefs and step pyramids. A trip to Shkaret National Park, where you can swim with dolphins, travel along the underground river and explore the amazing caves where butterflies live, will leave you an unforgettable experience.
ClubHotel Riu Tequila 5 *: reviews
Tourists claim that of all five Riu hotels that are located almost in the same place, it is Tequila that definitely wins in terms of price-quality ratio, although it is not on the first line. No wonder many sincerely called him a "Caribbean fairy tale." Tourists are not annoyed by the fact that you have to go to the sea for 7-10 minutes. The road is beautiful, almost all in the shade, along the way there are various cute little animals, amazing trees, bright butterflies and flowers. The staff - from bartenders to janitors - is very positive, friendly, does everything with a smile, tries for hotel guests. Everything here is done so that tourists feel like they are on a real vacation. The choice of food is so huge that even in two weeks you will not have time to try everything. However, you need to be careful with the local sun - often even protective cream + 50 often does not help. And the beach is one of the best in this area - it is not for nothing that newlyweds constantly come here to do photo shoots. Yes, the Riu Tequila 5 * hotel (Mexico, Playa del Carmen) does not have a very rich nightlife, it's not Cancun, but nature and the sea are simply divine.