Riu Palace Macao

We have stayed at a RUI in Cancun so decided to stay with the chain. Very glad we did, they have the best staff. All staff was super friendly. If you only speak English there is a bit of a barrier and it is hard to understand. Beaches - very pretty and a lot of it! There was some days with a lot of seaweed that came ashore, don't blame the resort...climate change. They did come along and try and clean it up. There were quite a few beach sales people walking around. Most didn't really bother us. Some came by with animals that almost forced the bird/monkey/lizard on you and then wanted money. Be sure to avoid it if you don't want to pay. Ocean - a little choppy on this side, some days better than others. Parasailers go by often creating more waves. We were still able to take the free Kayak out and do okay. The water gets clearer the further you go. Food - Less options for lunch, just one. The food didn't settle well with us but could be just us. Some stuff was really good, some terrible. Steakhouse was good. You can't drink the water so be sure to take water bottles with you. If you want to use the free equipment sign up early when you get there. You need to take a sailing lesson to use the smaller sails boats. The couple we were with had a few room issues, noise and door lock broken. We didn't have this but did have a big bug of some sort in our room. However our rooms were not in the main hotel area but a different section where the door went right to the outdoors. We didn't have a view. Be sure to get a room with a view. Pools - There are three, one allows drinking...and smoking (yuck!!!). They are nice though and very spacious, plenty of chairs by pools and beach. Lots of beds by the pools. We never had an issue finding a place. They had activites with the really fun staff throughout the day. Shows - We attended two. They were mostly dancing and not great, but okay. They were short so didn't take up too much of our night. There is also a pool party just out of the resort but still inside the RUI complex, it was really cool and they have different themes. They have a nightclub but it didn't open until 11pm-4am, we never made it to that. Drinks - All typical for a resort. some bartenders put more in the drinks than others. Try the Mama Juana:) All in all we loved it! Very relaxing, low key resort, just what we wanted for our anniversary.

I absolutely loved staying at the Riu Palace Macao! It was a blast, I met some great people, and the staff was amazing! Big shout out to Sanchez (he was awesome)!!! This was my third all inclusive at a Riu and I WILL be returning! I highly recommend staying here!