The catch at Hotel Riu Palace Jandia

On most dates, in winter and in summer alike, the shortest stay on sale is five nights. From Tuesday 8 June 2027 a two-night and a four-night stay are both refused, and the same five-night rule applies from mid-December 2026 and on every date read through 2027, from January to October. A few autumn dates are shorter: three nights in late November and early December 2026, and no minimum at all in early November 2026. Prices follow the season. For two on half board, a night in the entry room is about €270 in May and June, €308 to €333 from January to April, Easter included, €485 just before Christmas and €591 over New Year.

The building runs down the hillside from the street to the seafront promenade, so reception, the rooms, the pool deck and the way to the beach sit on different levels. There are lifts, two of them in different parts of the hotel, but most routes between them still involve stairs and long corridors, and the hotel's own way down to Playa del Matorral is a flight of steps. It is the complaint guests raise most often, and it matters most with a pushchair, a walking stick or knees that dislike stairs. One category, the Accessible room with partial ocean view, is adapted for reduced mobility.

The Double with lateral sea view, the cheapest room, is a generous 42 m² with a sofa, air conditioning, a ceiling fan and a balcony or terrace, but it comes with two 110 cm single beds, and it sees the sea at an angle. The accessible room has the same two singles. The 200 by 200 cm king-size bed belongs to the Double Room with sea view, the same 42 m² turned to face the sea. The floor and wing decide how much sea any room sees: lower rooms on the upper part of the slope can look over the pool and its palms first. The hotel publishes no floor plan.

The outdoor pool is 257 m² and heated in winter, with a separate children's pool, and it serves all 201 rooms. Its sun deck looks over the beach and was enlarged in the 2020 renovation, with room for about 100 more loungers, and the pool bar serves tapas. Even so, the size of the pool for a hotel of this size is the complaint guests repeat most after the stairs. There is no second pool and no indoor pool, and spa treatments are charged extra; the gym is free.

Morro Jable is at the southern tip of Fuerteventura, about 85 km by road from the airport, and the transfer takes about 78 minutes off-peak. The south is close: Costa Calma is 22 minutes by car, the Sotavento lagoon 24 and the Cofete viewpoint 33, the last stretch on an unpaved road. The north is not. The Corralejo dunes are 101 minutes away, El Cotillo 102 and the Lobos ferry at Corralejo harbour 107, so a day there is a long one. A bus stop is 2 minutes from the hotel, and Tiadhe lines 01 and 10 link Morro Jable with Puerto del Rosario; the 10 runs on weekdays only.