Club Riu Jalisco All Inclusive

Occupying a deeply set site leading to Banderas Bay, the Riu Jalisco Resort features a formal, geometric Spanish/Moorish style, including a central garden containing a long, twin-fountain pond flanked by rows of Royal Palms. Below is a plaza bordered on one side by a stage with covered seating and on the other side by a disco. The resort draws both couples and families from North America and Europe.

A heated, free-form family pool features a rock-bordered jetted section and a rock-garden island with water slides. A heated free-form adult pool features a swim-up bar, a shallow section for lounge chairs, and a jetted section. Palm trees shade the resort's 150-meter (164-yd) section of a mile-long beach. The resort supplies boogie boards, kayaks, windsurfers, pedal boats, Hobie Cat sailboats, and snorkeling gear.

The shopping/dining village of Bucerias north of the resort can be reached by walking approximately 2.5 kilometers (1.5 mi) along the beach rather than driving 7 km (4.5 mi) on the highway.

Dinner ("Don Emiliano" restaurant):
* Buffets and on the spot cooking stations
* Special evenings: Theme buffets (twice a week)

Optional dining (reservations required in advance):
* Brazilian Rodizio
* Mexican cuisine
* Asian cuisine
* Grill and steakhouse (reservations not required)
Snacks 24 hours a day

Beverages:
* Unlimited local and imported beverages 24 hours a day
* Regularly restocked mini-bar and liquor dispenser
In-room safe

Sports and activities:
* 2 floodlit hard surface tennis courts, 1 multipurpose sports pitch
* Gym, sauna
* Table tennis, workout, shuffleboard, French bowls, airgun shooting, volleyball
* Windsurfing, sailing, kayaking, snorkelling equipment
* 1 introductory scuba diving lesson in the pool

Entertainment:
* Daytime entertainment programme for children ages 4 to 12 (daily)
* Daytime entertainment programme for adults (daily)
* Riu evening programme, shows or live music (daily)
Complimentary entrance to "Pacha" night club and drinks (open six nights a week)

• Swimming pool outdoor
  
• Spa tub
  
• Sauna
  
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
  
• Nightclub
  
• Self parking
  
• Business center
  
• Meeting rooms (small groups)
  
• Audio-visual equipment
  
• Internet access in public areas surcharge
  
• Doorman/doorwoman
  
• Multilingual staff
  
• Number of rooms: 700
  
• Hair salon
  
• Shopping on site
  
• Tour assistance
  
• Beauty services
  
• Elevator/lift
  
• Supervised child care/activities

• Swim-up bar
  
• Full-service health spa
  
• Fitness equipment
  
• Bar/lounge
  
• Parking (free)
  
• Banquet facilities
  
• Conference room(s)
  
• Internet access in public areas high speed
  
• Business services
  
• Porter/bellhop
  
• Security guard
  
• 24-hour front desk
  
• Number of floors: 6
  
• Gift shops or newsstand
  
• Medical assistance available
  
• Currency exchange
  
• Dry cleaning service
  
• Air-conditioned public areas
  
• Wedding services

The Riu Jalisco Resort offers 700 guestrooms and suites in a six-story, elaborately decorated Spanish/Moorish building featuring a lobby with a bright-pink fountain courtyard and yellow-and-gray arches and a roof ornamented with blue-and-white-tile pyramids. Balconies and ground-floor terraces furnished with chairs and cocktail tables provide garden views. Decor and furnishings include pastel walls, tile floors, marble bathrooms with twin-sink granite vanities, and chairs and tables. Wood-paddle ceiling fans offer an alternative to rooms and suites' air conditioning. Four-bottle liquor dispensers supply rum, tequila, vodka, and gin. Minibars are stocked with beer, soft drinks, and water.

• Cable/satellite TV
  
• Balcony
  
• Air conditioning
  
• Blackout drapes
  
• Telephone
  
• Bottled water in room (complimentary)
  
• Housekeeping (daily)
  
• Hair dryer
  
• Child care (in room, surcharge)
  
• Television
  
• Clock radio
  
• Cribs (infant beds) available

• Premium TV channel(s)
  
• Ceiling fan
  
• Climate control
  
• Voice mail
  
• Minibar
  
• Wake-up calls
  
• Complimentary toiletries
  
• Massage available in room
  
• In-room safe
  
• Iron/ironing board (on request)
  
• Rollaway beds
  
• Smoking rooms

Don Emiliano Air-conditioned, Mexican-decor, non-smoking dining room and terrace. Open for breakfast, dinner buffets. Theme dinners twice weekly. (Twin to Doña Adelita restaurant.)

Doña Adelita Air-conditioned, Mexican-decor, non-smoking dining room and terrace. Open for breakfast, dinner buffets. Theme dinners twice weekly. (Twin to Don Emiliano restaurant.)

Nayarit Lunch and dinner restaurant featuring decorative tiles, colorful drapes, white linens. Air-conditioned dining room and terrace seating. Italian lunch buffets. Brazilian rodizio-style dinners, with meats and chicken sliced at table. Dinner reservations required. Dinner dress code: Long pants, sleeved shirts for men.

La Botana Casual, open-air, beachfront grill with fountain courtyards. Continental breakfast. Lunch buffet featuring grilled foods, burgers, salads, sandwiches, pasta, pizza, and quesadillas. Steakhouse-style dinner buffet featuring grilled meats, fish, and chicken.

El Pancho and El Villa Twin open-air bars with wood ceilings, red-tile roofs located in resort's central plaza. Open evenings during and after shows in theater adjacent to plaza.

La Cantina Mexican-style open-air lobby bar/lounge with wood-beam ceiling. Open mid-morning to late night. Live music three nights weekly.

Bahia Banderas Swim-up bar.

• Nightly entertainment featuring music/dance shows
• Dancing in air-conditioned disco (three evenings weekly for children, late nights daily for adults)
• Stretching classes
• Spanish lessons
• Dance lessons
• Bingo
• Crazy games
• Pool aerobics
• Beach volleyball
• Beach soccer

The Riu Jalisco Resort includes two heated pools surrounded by expansive sundecks furnished with padded lounge chairs and thatched-roof palapas. A free-form family pool measuring approximately 55 by 55 meters (60 by 60 yds) features a rock-bordered 20-person jetted section and a rock-garden island with three 3.75-meter (12-ft) water slides. A free-form adult pool (ages 18 and older) measuring approximately 59.5 by 59.5 meters (65 by 65 yds) features a swim-up bar, a shallow section for lounge chairs, and a 40-person jetted section.

The resort's 150-meter (164-yd) section of the mile-long beach extending along Banderas Bay's north shore is dotted with palm trees. The resort supplies boogie boards, kayaks, windsurfers, pedal boats, Hobie Cat sailboats, and snorkeling gear. For surcharges, independent operators offer horseback riding, personal watercraft, banana-boat rides, and parasailing on the beach and scuba-diving instruction in the pool.