Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive

4.0 star property

Photo gallery for Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive

Water park
Aerial view
On the beach, white sand
Reception hall
Food court

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
Falmouth, Falmouth, JMCTY05
  • Jamaica Swamp Safari Village
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Martha Brae River
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Luminous Lagoon
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Montego Bay (MBJ-Sir Donald Sangster Intl.)
    ‪31 min drive‬

Room options

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (Superior | U)

  • 58 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds

Junior Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (U)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms (C)

  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Junior Suite, Partial Ocean View (U)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Ocean View (U)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (U)

  • 58 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Oceanfront (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Partial Ocean View (E)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (Swim-UP, +18 Years Old) (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

Junior Suite, Oceanfront (U)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (Sea side - E)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Ocean View (Swim-Up | 18+ | B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (Superior | C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds

Junior Suite, Ocean View (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Partial Ocean View (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (Swim-Up | 18+ | B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, Ocean View (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (Superior | B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds

Suite, Ocean View (U)

  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (Swim-Up | 18+ | B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (Swim-Up | 18+ | U)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, Oceanfront (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Ocean View (Swim-Up | 18+ | U)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Partial Ocean View (U)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Connecting Rooms, Ocean View (C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Connecting Rooms, Partial Ocean View (C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (Swim-Up, +18 Years Old, (L)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Oceanfront (L)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Partial Ocean View (L)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Suite, Oceanfront (C)

  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Ocean View (L)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Partial Ocean View (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (Superior | B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds

Junior Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Partial Ocean View (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Oceanfront (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (B2C-US)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Connecting Rooms, Ocean View (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Ocean View (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds

Junior Suite, Connecting Rooms, Partial Ocean View (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (B2C-CA)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Partial Ocean View (L)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Partial Ocean View (C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds

Junior Suite, Oceanfront (C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite, Ocean View (C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (C)

  • 58 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds

Junior Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (L)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (Swim-Up | 18+ | C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite (C)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Falmouth

When you stay at Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive in Falmouth, you'll be on the beach and within a 5-minute drive of Martha Brae River. .This all-inclusive hotel is 12.2 mi (19.6 km) from Rose Hall Great House and 11.9 mi (19.1 km) from Montego Bay Convention Centre.

What's nearby

  • Jamaica Swamp Safari Village - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Martha Brae River - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Luminous Lagoon - 5 min drive - 5.6 km
  • Blue Waters Beach Club - 10 min drive - 7.1 km
  • Burwood Beach - 11 min drive - 8.6 km

Getting around

  • Sir Donald Sangster Intl. Airport (MBJ) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Captain's Market - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Steakhouse - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Kfc - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Royalton Sands Beach Bar - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Martini Bar - ‬10 min drive

About this property

Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive

Family-friendly beachfront location with 4 outdoor pools
Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive offers 753 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. 50-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers and hair dryers. This Falmouth hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 50+ Mbps. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.

4 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a complimentary water park.
Renova has 1 treatment room. Services include massages. The spa is equipped with a steam room. The spa is open daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 753 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and complimentary bottled water.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 4 outdoor swimming pools and a complimentary water park. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a hair salon.
This hotel is all inclusive. Rates include meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.

Grab a bite to eat at White Bay, one of the hotel's many dining establishments, which include 5 restaurants and a coffee shop/cafe. Wind down with a drink at one of the 5 bars/lounges or 2 swim-up bars. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 10:30 AM.

Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 10:30 AM.
White Bay - This family restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Krystal - This restaurant serves dinner only. Open daily.
Napoli - This theme restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only. Open daily.
Kyoto - This theme restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves dinner only. Open daily.
Steakhouse - This steakhouse serves dinner only. Open daily.

All-inclusive details

This hotel is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 10:30 AM
  • 2 swim-up bars
  • 5 bars/lounges
  • 5 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Krystal
  • Kyoto
  • Napoli
  • Steakhouse
  • White Bay

Things to do

  • 4 outdoor pools
  • Children's pool
  • Free water park
  • Full-service spa
  • Waterslide

Family friendly

  • 4 outdoor pools
  • Children's pool
  • Free water park access
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Waterslide

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Hair salon
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • On the beach
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas

Full-service spa

  • Massage
  • Spa open daily
  • Steam room
  • Treatment room

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 1 building
  • 13 floors
  • Built in 2024
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 50-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Riu Palace Aquarelle
Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle
Riu Aquarelle All Inclusive
Riu Palace Aquarelle All Inclusive
Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle All Inclusive
Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive Hotel
Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive Falmouth
Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive Hotel Falmouth

Hotel Riu Palace Aquarelle - All Inclusive Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 752 out of 1281 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 296 out of 1281 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 134 out of 1281 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 39 out of 1281 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 60 out of 1281 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Latasha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Rodhan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Vry good
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Greatly satisfied

We were very happy with our vacation at the RIU. The room was very nice it’s an incredible view of the Caribbean. We had several concerns at first, but the issues were quickly resolved. All the help, from desk clerks, to servers to maintenance, etc., were extremely polite and friendly. We certainly would recommend your hotel to others.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Miao

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
“All inclusive” is a lie!!! 1. Be aware that you have to reserve the restaurant 24 hrs in advance and reservation window close at 5pm. If you arrive around afternoon, most likely all reservations are full, and you can only eat buffet the next day. 2. Food is horrible and limited. We were lucky to get 1 reservation @ the Asian restaurant, but it’s limited to 3 mini dishes/person, ended up going back to the buffet. 3. No activities were open at all during our visit. Water park was closed. Out door activities showed open on the app, but the red flag was up which means no water sport activities are allowed. 4. Beach was dirty and rocky. The ground is not even, we learned the hard way and decided to wear shoes into the water, even so my legs were scratched up and bled because the big rocks in the water. 5. Pools are freezing cold. We paid extra for swim-up room, but the water is freezing we were not able to use it at all. 6. Bad room installation, you won’t be able to sleep after 8 am because you can hear everything. 7. Most staffs seemed very unhappy working there. 8. Trust the reviews, I didn’t think it’s gonna happen to us but I was wrong. I can add at least 10 more things to the list from our 1 day visit and 2 nights stay. We paid $2,500 for this entire trip (including economy round trip flights) but couldn’t do anything, eat any good food, neither have a good night rest. We are grateful that we are safe, and checked off this box, but we will never come back again
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gili

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Food was horrible, service was bad, not ready operationally, no pool side food service at all.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Matthew

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
We stayed at the Aquarella for ten days in late January. Overall, the resort has beautiful grounds with everything you'd expect from a RIU location. The majority of the staff we encountered were friendly and very helpful - with a few minor exceptions. The biggest complaint we have is the elevators! There are not enough of them and they're tiny given the size of the resort. During busy times we sometines waited 10 minutes to get an elevator that had enough room to get down to the lobby. Just prepare and plan ahead when doing down that if you're on a middle or lower floor it may not be quick to get down to dinner. Food is just okay and we did get sick one day from the buffet. It's also fairly noisy if you like to get to bed early. Music and entertainment will be very, very loud until 1 a.m. so earplugs may be nice to bring with you if you like to get to bed early. The grounds could also use more trashcans around as you have to walk a good distance to try and find one. This resort is out of the way in a rural area -- just know that. You're not close to city amenities and most excursions are 90 minute ride away from the resort. Also, when planning your return to MBJ Airport just know the highway that you need to take can be congested due to accidents. I'd recommend leaving 4 hours before your flith time to ensure you make it on time. Overall, we probbaly wouldn't return to this RIU location but we throughly enjoyed our time in Jamaica.
Stayed 9 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Candace

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Improvements are needed as it relates to the food options.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a timmmeeee! I love this property.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Antonette

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didn't like the entertainment. It needs to be better. A night club ould be great for adults after hours. Beach party was awesome. Food is awesome. I also wanted a king bed in my ocean view room and I got two doubke beds instead on my 13th wedding anniversary. My key car for my room stopped working from 11am. I coikd not get in the pack my things.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Densil

Business traveller, Travelled with group
It was too noisy
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

maciana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You can always find things you don't like, but they were minor, overall it was a great stay, with plans on continuing to use RIU for our carabean getaways.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Tirrena

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Where do I start...I'll start by my hard head self should have listened to the negative reviews.Not only is the food horrible,but most not all but most of the staff attitudes are very unpleasant. I THOUGT THE RESORT WAS NICE .Then the red flags started waving ,the food the lack of amenities, the attitudes look stares.Lack of attention when you need basic things like water.Lets just say they made me never want all inclusive hotels again.Not only did my kid find a used tampon under the bed,she now has explosive diarrhea thanks to their food.i would highly not recommend this place .I have to be honest
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Larry

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Impeccable service !!! The most friendly staff! Would definitely go back. Beautiful clean rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Jorge

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice property with a very friendly staff
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Gerald

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was good and pleasant experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Justina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had an awesome time!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shalin

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very beautiful and comforting
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kiran

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My stay here was awesome.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Terry, BROOKLYN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place and lovely staff
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dorothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice property. Good food!
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Gregory B, Schaumburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was difficult to make reservations at the specialty restaurants. Timing window to make reservations was very limited and sometimes the system said “due to restrictions reservations could not be made”. Sometimes the response said no times available. The guest room staff did not do well. We did not have face cloths nor hand towels. In-room coffee supplies were not complete. There was no hand soap.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

gary Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cleanliness, the staff was friendly and helpful. Could use more shops, and more variety of food at the pool cafes especially adding some fruit or sweets of some kind. But overall it is a great place and we had a wonderful time!!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Andrew Tyrell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025