The newly renovated Riu Gran Canaria Hotel reopens its doors

The RIU Hotels and Resorts chain have announced the reopening of the Riu Gran Canaria after a complete renovation, which is why it now exhibits a new design and has new facilities, including more bars and restaurants. However, the company highlights one of the novelties in particular: the Riu Party, which will begin at the end of the year.

The 4-star hotel has 639 rooms which have all been completely renovated, maintaining the elegance of the wood in their furniture, combining the decoration with chromatic ranges of green and beige. In addition, the façade has been modified to be able to enlarge the rooms, giving them more space.

The main focus of the reform has been on the common areas of the hotel. Regarding the interior design style, it has been decided to play with materials in neutral tones, where vegetation plays an important role. A remodelling has been carried out in the lobby, where in addition to gaining space in the reception area, huge skylights have been opened on the ceiling, to gain light, and generate a sensation of being inside a botanical garden.

The gastronomic offer has also been renewed, adding two new restaurants: the gourmet kitchen by Kulinarium and the Italian Amore Mio. For its part, the main restaurant Las Dunas presents a profound change of look, with new terraces in the garden. The Atlántico pool restaurant and the Asian restaurant Kaori are still there, and the grill restaurant, Pepe's Food, has been relocated.

In the bar area, the hotel incorporates, next to the Moka café-bar, a new Sports Bar and the Tivoli Lounge Bar have been built, integrated into the garden, which has a stage for the ‘Riu Get Together Party’, which will take place every Friday from the end of November. Clients will also have the Liquid pool bar, the Sunset chill-out bar, and the Cocktail terrace bar.

Also, a new swimming pool has been added, in which entertainment and sports activities will be carried out, so the hotel now has a total of seven pools.

Located in the south of Gran Canaria, facing the Las Meloneras promenade and a few kilometres from Playa del Inglés, this is the seventh hotel of the chain on the island, as they also have the Riu Palace Maspalomas (Adults Only), the Riu Palace Meloneras, Riu Palace Oasis, Riu Palace Palmeras, and those of the RIU Classic line: the Riu Papayas and the Riu Vistamar.