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Hotel Riu Palace Antillas
Accessible Property Features at This Hotel
The Hotel Riu Palace Antillas offers several property accessibility features including accessible pathways, elevators, zero/sloped entry pools, accessible restaurants, and accessible fitness center.
♿ Guests requiring accessible accommodations at Hotel Riu Palace Antillas must book directly with the resort by phone. To inquire about accessible room availability, room features, or other accessibility amenities, please call 297-290-4100.
Hotel Riu Palace Antillas is an adults-only, all-inclusive beachfront resort located along Palm Beach in Aruba. The resort offers direct access to the island’s white-sand beach and features a large swimming pool, multiple restaurants and bars, a spa, fitness center, and a variety of daily activities and entertainment. Guests can choose from several suite categories, many offering balconies or terraces with views of the Caribbean Sea. Its Palm Beach location also places guests within easy reach of nearby restaurants, shopping, and entertainment.
Accessible Room Features Available at This Hotel
Travelers looking for wheelchair accessible hotels in Noord will find that the Hotel Riu Palace Antillas offers accessible room features.
Accessible rooms at the Hotel Riu Palace Antillas include features such as 32-inch doorways, roll-in showers, bathroom grab bars, roll-under vanities, and 60-inch turning radius space.
Accessible Room Categories
We only list room categories that have accessible versions. Displayed photos are examples and may not reflect the features of an accessible room.
Junior Suite Accessible
♿ Guests requiring accessible accommodations at Hotel Riu Palace Antillas must book directly with the resort by phone. To inquire about accessible room availability, room features, or other accessibility amenities, please call 297-290-4100.
Accessibility Notes & Considerations
- The hotel has 4 wheelchair-accessible rooms, all in the SJSM room category and located on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th floors. Each accessible room is approximately 48 m² (517 sq. ft.) and has a king bed.
- Accessible room entrance doors are approximately 35.4" (90 cm) wide, bathroom doors are approximately 32.3" (82 cm) wide, and balcony/terrace doors are approximately 30.7" (78 cm) wide. The separate toilet area has a wider 36.2" (92 cm) doorway.
- Accessible bathrooms feature a step-free roll-in shower, shower seat, shower grab bars, toilet grab bars, wheelchair-accessible washbasin, and a 59" (1.5 m) wheelchair turning circle. At least 27.5" (0.7 m) of transfer space is available beside the toilet. Accessible rooms do not have bathtubs.
- The bathroom washbasin is approximately 32.7" (83 cm) high, while the toilet is approximately 16.1" (41 cm) high.
- All public areas of the hotel are accessible to wheelchair users via ramps or elevators. Wheelchairs and mobility scooters can also be rented.
- At least one swimming pool is wheelchair accessible via a ramp with a handrail. A pool lift is not available. An accessible restroom is located approximately 85 m from the pool.
- Additional wheelchair-accessible restrooms are available in the lobby and poolside restaurant areas.
- The surrounding area has paved sidewalks and streets, and there is a paved route to the beach promenade. However, the hotel reports no paved route across the beach to the ocean and no wheelchair access into the sea.
- Standard, non-adapted rooms should not be considered substitutes for the accessible rooms: their showers are not roll-in, they do not have shower seats or grab bars, and their bathroom doors are only approximately 27.6" (70 cm) wide.
- Accessibility information above is based on RIU's Info for Disabled Guests fact sheet, supplemented by information published on RIU Palace Antillas website.