Riu Concordia

Had an excellent week even the weather was good. The hotel has excellent service and food quality as you would expect from Riu. The rooms and indoor public areas are well maintained and comfortable. The pool area is a little tired especially the really old umbrellas and uncomfortable subbed, we’ve been to other Riu properties where these have been upgraded.

Booked the holiday through Jet2 and stayed at the RIU Concordia, Playa de Palma for one week. The hotel is excellent, with great food, well appointed clean rooms and polite helpful staff. But.....what Jet2 fail to state is the hotel is close to 2 German beer kellers which are operating from lunchtime to the early hours of the morning. The area is not Spanish at all, so if you're after the tapas experience look elsewhere. Think of the area as Cologne, Frankfurt or Berlin by the sea. The other issue we had to contend with was rowdy guests returning to their rooms in the early hours of the morning thinking it was acceptable to shout and sing as loud as possible. You have been warned. This did take the shine off the holiday as the beach and promenade are great, and the bus to Palma at 2 Euros is great value. Just a note of caution with the bus. When it's busy you're better walking back to the Cathedral where you first get dropped off to catch the bus back, as you could be waiting a long time in the city and the bus may already be full.

The AC in the rooms was turned off by the hotel every day (not working by 1:30 p.m.!). The room temperature 29 degrees Celcius! - we had the room on the 5th. floor. We were not informed about such hotel policy during booking, we are Riu class members.

Riu provided the same high level standards as usual.I can recommend these hotels everywhere in the world. Riu Concodia is quite near to the seaside and the center of Playa de Palma. Bus stop is in 30 seconds. Restaurants everywhere.

Just arrived back after a five-night stay and can thoroughly recommend the hotel. Room was clean and tidy and had a great bathroom. Location was good but be warned - turn left at the main road and you end up in the 'party end' of the resort which wasn't too bad to be honest. Lots of young Germans out and about but a police presence meant there are no problems. Turn right at the main road and you'll be in the quieter part of the resort. The bus to Palma stops just around the corner and terminates at the magnificent cathedral. If you haven't been to Palma before then make sure you go especially at evening. You want the no. 25 bus which charges €2 set fee wherever you go on it. The Aquarium is just down the road and the bus goes there as well. Check what time they are feeding the sharks before you go as you won't want to miss that! Breakfast at the hotel was great with lots of different types of food to choose from. Bar snacks and beer aren't expensive either. The pool is ideal if you can't swim because it's the same depth from end to end(1.2 metres, I think) it can get busy in the pool but if you go between 8 am and 10am you'll probably have it to yourself like I did. Staff were great and were always on hand to answer any queries. We had a thoroughly good time.