- Costa del Sol Holidays
- Torremolinos
- Riu Nautilus
The Hotel Riu Nautilus enjoys Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain. This quiet hotel is perfect for couples and groups of friends. The hotel is close to Torremolinos beach and just 700m from Puerto Marina (the marina). In addition to offering splendid views of the coast, this hotel includes a fresh water swimming pool, a solarium terrace, a bar with a terrace and the promenade of Torremolinos right behind the hotel. Thanks to RIU Hotels' quality and excellent service, the buffet restaurant offers a wide variety of dishesand flavours giving you the opportunity to sample the best recipes of Andalusia. At the Hotel Riu Nautilus you'll find shows and live music, whilst in the surrounding area you can enjoy sports such as horse riding, cycling, tennis, golf at many nearby courses and water sports for all ages. The area of Torremolinos offers wonderful night-life, including many shops, bars, clubs and restaurants.
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an outdoor pool, an indoor pool and a steam room.
This was our first time at this hotel. We've stayed at the Riu Palace Melonares before and have to say the Nautilus is a little inferior. Very cramped pool area and staff are pushed to their limits. It just doesn't have the 'special' factor in terms of service but the staff are trying their best. Food is decent as are the rooms. Would only use again if on a decent deal.
The Riu Palace Nautilus is a beautiful hotel, but unfortunately our overall experience did not quite live up to what we expected from the RIU Palace name.
A special mention goes to the cleaning staff, who work extremely hard throughout the day despite the high number of guests. The food is fresh and generally of good quality, but many dishes were surprisingly bland and lacking in seasoning.
The pool area was disappointing: sunbeds are packed very close together and the whole area often felt overcrowded rather than relaxing.
Our main issue was the inconsistency in service. Most staff members were pleasant and professional, but a few interactions left a very different impression. We were not offered a welcome drink or luggage service on arrival, while we repeatedly saw other guests receiving both.
We also fully respect the dinner dress code. However, when my husband’s sleeveless shirt was considered inappropriate, a staff member physically grabbed his shirt and simply said, “Not like this.” Changing his shirt was never the issue — the way the situation was handled was.
Communication outside reception was also difficult at times due to surprisingly limited English.
There is a lot to like about this hotel, but warmer and more consistent service would make a significant difference.
Overall, not a bad stay — but for us, it felt more “okay” than “Palace”. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another lovely stay at the Nautilus, 2nd time this year, food great, staff are lovely and work so hard. The cleaning staff are always about too. Looking forward to going back next year. Only small niggle is the courtesy shower rooms, it would be better if you could book a slot, rather than having to just queue out in the heat, also I had to go hunting for towels as there were none there which I was told there would be, its nothing major you just feel under pressure when people are waiting. But like I say all staff are great and helpful and the location is perfect for sightseeing and walking.
Having previously stayed 3 times we where waiting in anticipation on the recent renovations and yes just stunning! As soon as you walk in you can see the difference everything top notch Couple of niggles though Cooking stations get absolutely rammed, obviously at certain times of the day, food definitely gone up a notch Sunbeds are unfortunately way to crammed and still not comfortable
Just returned from an 11 night stay at the riu palace nautilus, this was our 2nd visit the first being before the refurb. The hotel was amazing before but it's even better now, we have stayed at several hotels in the Costa del sol and this is by far our favourite. I firstly want to give a very special mention to the housekeeping/cleaning and ground staff, the whole hotel is absolutely spotless, all the public areas, the rooms and the pool area, if you went around with white gloves on you wouldn't find any dust or dirt ANYWHERE. The staff are all amazing, we were met with a smile and a friendly greeting every time we saw them, they are all a credit to hotel,the restaurant staff were extremely attentive, I would like to give a special mention to Miguel who looked after us in the restaurant every day that he was there. We will definitely be back. Keep up the excellent work that you are doing.
