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Hotel Riu Palace Baja California
An adults-only resort on El Medano beach that publishes the longest transfer in our Mexico coverage: 40 km from Los Cabos International, around an hour. Four pools, seven bars, and every room category a junior suite or above.
At a glance
| Audience | adults_only verified 2026-09-13 |
|---|---|
| Minimum age | Not published by the operator |
| Rooms | Not published by the operator |
| Location | Camino Viejo a San Jose km 3.5, 23453, Los Cabos, Mexico verified 2026-09-13 |
| Transfer from Cancun airport | 60 minutes verified 2026-09-13 |
| Check-in | 15:00 verified 2026-09-13 |
| Check-out | 12:00 verified 2026-09-13 |
| Pools | 4 pools verified 2026-09-13 |
| Adults-only pool | Not published by the operator |
| Restaurants | Not published by the operator |
| Kids club | Not published by the operator |
| Complex access | Not published by the operator |
The transfer is the first thing to price in
Forty kilometres from Los Cabos International, and the operator’s own guidance is to allow about an hour.
That is the longest published transfer of any Mexican resort we document, and roughly triple the Cancun hotel-zone properties. Across a return trip it is two hours in a vehicle. On a week that is a rounding error; on four nights it is a meaningful share of the holiday.
It is also, to the operator’s credit, published at all — with both the distance and the expected time, which most properties in this chain do not manage.
Four pools, seven bars, suites throughout
The counts here are unusually complete for this brand. Four pools. Seven bars. Every published room category is a junior suite or above, running up to two Elite Club ocean-front grades.
Elite Club by RIU is the named premium tier. As at the Aruba property, it is the main published distinction inside the hotel.
What we will not print
A number appears on this page in the position a room count would occupy. It is not a credible room total for a property of this description, and we have recorded no room count at all rather than repeat it.
We mention this because it is the kind of figure that gets scraped and republished across a dozen travel sites within a week, and because an obviously wrong number is more damaging than a missing one.
Adults-only, age unstated
As with every adults-only property in this chain: the label is published, the minimum age is not.
Also unpublished
The restaurant count. Named venues appear in the page furniture but the operator does not commit to how many there are.
What the rate includes
Not published by the operator.
What it does not include
Not published by the operator.
Mandatory costs
The operator does not publish a mandatory fee schedule on its official pages. That is not the same as there being no fee. It means we read the official source and found no figure, so we are not going to state one. Confirm any property charges at the point of booking.
Costs that apply wherever you stay in Quintana Roo
Strengths, and what supports them
- Publishes both the airport distance and the expected drive time, which most of this chain does not
Because: location.airport_distance, location.airport_transfer_minutes - Counts its pools and its bars
Because: pools.pool_count, dining.bar_count - Every published room category is a junior suite or suite
Because: rooms.categories
Limitations, and what supports them
- The longest published transfer of any resort in our Mexico coverage
Because: location.airport_distance - Does not count its restaurants
Because: unknowns.dining.restaurant_count - No room count. A figure appears on the page in that position but is not a credible room total, so we have recorded none
Because: unknowns.rooms.room_count
Who it suits
- couples
- honeymoon
- lively
- luxury
Who it is not for
- Travellers on a short stay
Because: location.airport_transfer_minutes – an hour each way is most of an afternoon across the trip - Families
Because: identity.audience_class = adults_only - Anyone who needs the minimum age in writing
Because: unknowns.identity.minimum_age - Anyone who wants a firm mandatory-fee total in advance
Because: fee_position=not_published_by_operator
What the operator does not publish
We checked the official source for each of these and it was not stated. We have not filled them in from anywhere else:
- minimum age
- room count
- restaurant count
- mandatory fees
- exclusions notable
- beach type
- step free access notes
Prices
We do not publish prices for this resort yet. We only publish a price when we can state the amount, what it covers, the basis it is quoted on, and when we observed it.
We have no affiliate relationship for Hotel Riu Palace Baja California yet, so this is not a tracked link and we earn nothing from it. When that changes, this page will say so and the disclosure will appear above it.
Sources
- RIU Hotels & Resorts — read 2026-09-13
Last verified 2026-09-13. We re-check resort facts at least every six months.
Last verified 2026-09-13.