Riviera Vista Hotel

Viesturs Kundzins

➕Location of the hotel is very good. Close to everything (shop, beach, restaurant). Room with a sea view is great. In general room has everything you would need and is specious. Staff was polite and pleasant. At low season (December) it was easy to park the car right next to hotel or maybe 100-200 meters from it. ➖Many things feel really dated and is really asking for renovation. I mean it is not broken, but you feel many surfaces or items have been used past its prime.

Sharon Baker

A really fabulous hotel, built high in the resort. Spotlessly clean throughout, and very peaceful. The rooms are great, with bedroom, bathroom, lounge/kitchenette and balcony. The reason for 4* is the beds are not the comfiest, and the bottom sheet isn't fitted, so it can unravel easily during the night. You have a filter coffee maker, kettle and microwave, but no cloth or liquid for washing up (you can leave for housekeeping, but they don't work on a Thursday and Sunday). The pool is absolutely stunning, with fabulous views over Tauro and Cura beaches. The pool bar opens from 12pm daily, and the music played whilst open is quiet and gentle. Unfortunately, every day at 11am, you will hear the aqua aerobics class at the hotel across the bay for an hour (the sound carries and bounces off the rocks behind the hotel). Other than that it's the most tranquil place I've been in years. We opted for half board. The restaurant is lovely, with sea and sunset views. Excellent table service for drinks. Meals are buffet style. Breakfast had everything you could ask for. Bacon, eggs, cheeses and ham, fruits, bread etc Evening meals are variations on a theme. So you can find paella one night, meat in sauce another. Fresh fish fillets every night (different types of fish). Lots of salad. Either chips, or fried potatoes. Several dessert choices. Not sure how they'd cope with vegan, but very accommodating with gluten free. The restaurant houses the only bar in the hotel. The hotel is situated up a hill, but has a lift that goes down to the beach, and you can walk along from there to the only restaurants and shop in the resort if you have mobility problems. There's also a taxi rank at the bottom of the hill, opposite the shop/restaurants if needed. The Spar shop is in the basement of the building housing the restaurants. It's well stocked with lovely fresh salad, olives, ham and cheeses for lunch on the balcony! There is only 1 restaurant open in the daytime (not sure if it's because it's low season). It's run by a lovely Italian family, serving a wide range of meals, desserts and drinks. In the evenings you have a choice of Spanish, Moroccan, Steakhouse, take away, Irish bar and cocktail bar, which sometimes had a singer. This is not a party resort, it's very relaxed, and generally you can sit back and listen to the waves without interruption. You will need to take a bus or taxi to leave the resort. Please don't risk walking across the rocks to Tauro, as there was a very nasty accident whilst we were there, involving an air ambulance. Tauro beach is beautiful, and has a lovely little cafe. You can walk from this beach around the coast to the next resort and on to Puerto Rico if you fancy it. Buses are fantastic! Regular services around the island.

Thijs Borho

I have stayed there once. The Cleaning Staff was nice, the Room after they cleaned was really great. At the Beach the Waves can get pretty high but that is rare. The Breakfast was good because you could get bacon, salad, smoothy or other juices. At the Dinner we had to pay for the Drinks but that is totally normal in Halfpension. Overall it is a nice Hotel and if you want you can even go in the Spar wich is 5 minutes with foot, there are even some Restaurants wich are nice.

Aaron Michael

Positive: -Nice, clean pool area -more than enough sun beds -very polite personnel -very close to a couple of bars and restaurants Negative: -tapwater was smelling intensely moldy/stinky, like you'd image a public bathroom to smell -the breakfast was (with very little exceptions) always the same. We stayed for a week, so it was endurable, but imagine staying for longer... It was always English breakfast and standards like bread and jam etc. The exceptions were the sausages (switched between two kinds every day) and fried vegetables (switched between fried mushrooms and paprika). -the elevator to the beach was broken the whole week, which was a downer cause it was one of the reasons we chose that hotel.

CHRIS J

**Had to drop a star since last visit. Room had no sink to clean dishes, had to wash in the bathroom sink. Asked for a slightly later checkout wasn't entertained at all despite the hotel seeming only half full, was willing to pay extra charge however as I said was dismissed, slightly disappointing. Hidden gem. Great location, views, pool and staff. Lift straight to the beach. Rooms cleaned daily. Bus stop on the door step. Nice little gym that's well maintained.