nice hotel beach stayed riu palace punta cana 07/26/08-08/09/08 group seven separate rooms, airport arrival noted previous posts, 10.00 person hand immigration fee, porters fairly aggressive, aren__Ç_é_ careful bags picked, airport transport riu 25 minutes.complex riu hotels gated property nicely maintained, thing speed bumps complex, riu palace property nice appearance pictured web site, check straight forward, superior suites courtyard views arrived early day appeared number unoccupied rooms requested room change higher level, reymundo desk accommodated, rooms 2000 3000 series numbers floors better views.rooms nicely appointed clean, musty smell evident rooms not, took advice earlier post brought glade freshener helped bit, keeping air conditioning 100 time sliding glass doors closed helps reduce humidity smell, tipped maid 100 dr pesos day 3.00us did great job creative towel art taking note typical schedule room ready afternoon siesta.the grounds maintained personnel cleaning working, plenty room pool bit warm considering 85-90f daily temps, ocean refreshing, bring sandals pool deck heats, grab towels beach chairs 9:00am run, people showed beach noon lay towels sand, hotels worth visiting paved pathway parallel beach connecting riu bamboo macau, plenty shops caribbean street near macau, riu palace guests eat drink hotels stopped couple beach bars drinks.the food fine, not sure real problem previous posts, good meal plenty selection buffets, fresh fruit juice pastries omelet station breakfast, pizza sandwiches fresh salads hamburgers lunch, soups salads fish chicken pork vegetable dishes plenty desserts dinner, beef available not specialty islands, caribbean european twists food items meals interesting standard fare, plenty places hang drinks, sports bar lobby bar open air courtyard bar pool bar, tip bartenders/waitresses doesn__Ç_é_ long remember drink want, fix want, saul pool bar kennedy beach did great job.we wanted shop bit desk lined taxi plaza__Ç_é_, don__Ç_é_ recall plaza steve__Ç_é_ corner bar located, taxi 12.00 asked cabby come hours, did, plenty shops interesting items don__Ç_é_ hotel grounds, vendors pushy group learn just say no thank stuck shop, don__Ç_é_ shy negotiating, shops came starting price 40-50 jewelry carvings paintings, stop steve__Ç_é_ bar cold cool watch people.we wanted capital city asked reymundo desk going santa domingo supposed oldest city new world, lined van driver 7 persons gave flexibility wanted similar bus tour, cost 300.00 day, tours way tour guides lunch added 200.00, 3-hour drive way prepared start early, left 6:00am returned 7:00pm, interested history it__Ç_é_ worth trip old city original fort walls eyes cavern columbus light house, miscellaneous vendor__Ç_é_ set hotel courtyard evening, don__Ç_é_ shy negotiating, cigar vendor started 125.00 box 25 dr cigars didn__Ç_é_ long 50.00, doubted real deal passed, on-site casino located macau short walk golf cart transport 15 minutes lobby, casino isn__Ç_é_ write home, need internet access sports bar 6-7 terminals buy access code 25 minutes 5.00, sure click stop icon screen reuse access code remaining unused minutes, overall hotel beach nice people warm friendly, won__Ç_é_ exactly like home that__Ç_é_ reasons travel, enjoy,  
nice hotel beach stayed riu palace punta cana 07/26/08-08/09/08 group seven separate rooms, airport arrival noted previous posts, 10.00 person hand immigration fee, porters fairly aggressive, aren__Ç_é_ careful bags picked, airport transport riu 25 minutes.complex riu hotels gated property nicely maintained, thing speed bumps complex, riu palace property nice appearance pictured web site, check straight forward, superior suites courtyard views arrived early day appeared number unoccupied rooms requested room change higher level, reymundo desk accommodated, rooms 2000 3000 series numbers floors better views.rooms nicely appointed clean, musty smell evident rooms not, took advice earlier post brought glade freshener helped bit, keeping air conditioning 100 time sliding glass doors closed helps reduce humidity smell, tipped maid 100 dr pesos day 3.00us did great job creative towel art taking note typical schedule room ready afternoon siesta.the grounds maintained personnel cleaning working, plenty room pool bit warm considering 85-90f daily temps, ocean refreshing, bring sandals pool deck heats, grab towels beach chairs 9:00am run, people showed beach noon lay towels sand, hotels worth visiting paved pathway parallel beach connecting riu bamboo macau, plenty shops caribbean street near macau, riu palace guests eat drink hotels stopped couple beach bars drinks.the food fine, not sure real problem previous posts, good meal plenty selection buffets, fresh fruit juice pastries omelet station breakfast, pizza sandwiches fresh salads hamburgers lunch, soups salads fish chicken pork vegetable dishes plenty desserts dinner, beef available not specialty islands, caribbean european twists food items meals interesting standard fare, plenty places hang drinks, sports bar lobby bar open air courtyard bar pool bar, tip bartenders/waitresses doesn__Ç_é_ long remember drink want, fix want, saul pool bar kennedy beach did great job.we wanted shop bit desk lined taxi plaza__Ç_é_, don__Ç_é_ recall plaza steve__Ç_é_ corner bar located, taxi 12.00 asked cabby come hours, did, plenty shops interesting items don__Ç_é_ hotel grounds, vendors pushy group learn just say no thank stuck shop, don__Ç_é_ shy negotiating, shops came starting price 40-50 jewelry carvings paintings, stop steve__Ç_é_ bar cold cool watch people.we wanted capital city asked reymundo desk going santa domingo supposed oldest city new world, lined van driver 7 persons gave flexibility wanted similar bus tour, cost 300.00 day, tours way tour guides lunch added 200.00, 3-hour drive way prepared start early, left 6:00am returned 7:00pm, interested history it__Ç_é_ worth trip old city original fort walls eyes cavern columbus light house, miscellaneous vendor__Ç_é_ set hotel courtyard evening, don__Ç_é_ shy negotiating, cigar vendor started 125.00 box 25 dr cigars didn__Ç_é_ long 50.00, doubted real deal passed, on-site casino located macau short walk golf cart transport 15 minutes lobby, casino isn__Ç_é_ write home, need internet access sports bar 6-7 terminals buy access code 25 minutes 5.00, sure click stop icon screen reuse access code remaining unused minutes, overall hotel beach nice people warm friendly, won__Ç_é_ exactly like home that__Ç_é_ reasons travel, enjoy,  