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Holiday Overall 90%
Accommodation 95%
Location 82%
Food Quality 79%
Customers rating excellent/good May 08-Mar 09
✔ Located on a white sandy
beach
✔ Wide selection of
watersports
✔ Cape Verdian, Asian and
African themed dining
✔ Luxurious spa wellness
centre
✔ Themed hotel-run kids’
club and playground
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ClubHotel Riu Karamboa tttt
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“Rising up from the beach like a sand sculpture, this hotel offers the ultimate away-from-it-all holiday.”
This hotel looks like a desert oasis. As such, it’s completely at
one with its surroundings. It sits right on the sandy beach of
Praia de Salines, fringed by dunes and the Atlantic. Whichever
way you look, all you see are sands stretching to the far horizon.
The architecture is pitched somewhere between Moorish,
African and Portuguese. But the intricate turrets, archways and
parapets actually belie the hotel’s size. It’s huge - seriously
huge - and set in enormous sandy grounds to match. For all its
grandeur though, it’s the pool that gets top billing. This vast
lagoon is sunk into sweeping terraces topped with sunbeds,
thatched parasols and palms. Not to mention part-submerged
sunloungers and a swim-up bar. Pulled up alongside is La
Dunas restaurant where African cuisine is the order of the day.
The à la carte portfolio also takes in Cape Verdian and Asian
eateries, too. Should you want to up the tempo a bit, you’ve got
the usual layercake of activities - tennis, beach volleyball, an
independent scuba school - they’re all here. The spa is worth a
mention, too. It’s a desert-camp affair offering massages and
body wraps. As for the bedrooms, they come from the African
design school, with lacquered cabinets, wicker armchairs and
colonial-style ceiling fans.
Location • On the beach • 1.5km from the airport • 7km to
the village of Sal Rei
Pool area • Swimming pool, partially heated in winter, with
whirlpool bath • Loungers, umbrellas & towels by pool • Terrace
• Pool bar • Swim-up bar • Loungers & parasols on beach
Meals • Main non-smoking restaurant with terrace • Optional
dining: • Cape Verdian cuisine, Asian cuisine and African cuisine
• Open-air poolside restaurant/African restaurant • On the spot
cooking stations • Themed buffet twice a week
24 Hour
Activities • Activities programme • Gym - over 18s
• Aerobics • Aqua gym • Airgun shooting • Beach volleyball
• Floodlit tennis • Windsurfing • Kayaking • Snorkelling
equipment • Pedalos • 1 introductory scuba diving lesson in
the pool • Table tennis • Shuffleboard
Entertainment • Daily entertainment programme for adults
• Daily live music, shows or RIU evening programme • Daily
entertainment programme for children, 4-12 years • Free
entrance to nightclub and drinks, open 6 nights a week
Relaxation • Massage • Beauty treatments
For families • Children’s swimming pool, heated in winter
• Daytime entertainment programme for children aged 4-7 and
8-12 yrs at RiuLand kids’ club • Playground
Other facilities • 24-hr reception • Whirlpool bath & sauna,
over 18s only • Lobby bar • Lounge bar • Plaza bar • Swim-up
poolside bar • Dance bar • Garden • The following facilities do
not form part of your All Inclusive package: • “Renova Spa”
wellness centre • Beauty treatments • Massages • Hairdresser
• Gift shop • Boutique • Money exchange • Internet room
• Wireless LAN zone • Scuba diving courses, PADI certified
• Windsurfing equipment for experienced surfers at Surf Zone,
professional surf school • Racquets and tennis balls for tennis
Room facilities • Air-conditioning • Ceiling fan • Mini-fridge
• Satellite TV • Safety deposit box • Hairdryer • Telephone
• Balcony or terrace • Family room available with bathroom,
twin beds and a sofa bed with a maximum occupancy of 2
adults and 2 children up to 12 years or 3 adults
• Junior suites available with adjoining living room with a
sofa and a bathroom • Interconnecting rooms available
Rooms: 750 Official rating: ★★★★★
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