Hotel Riu Palace Maspalomas - Adults Only

Hotel was very disappointing in many aspects: food, diet options, activities, gym machine old condition, etc. Mainly focused on 60 plus age audience. We even had an issue with a German guest screaming at us, just because we were normally talking in Spanish at our balcony at around 8 am. We had informed the hotel front desk and hotel manager about the issue but they did very little about it.
Hotel is adults only but should be described as 60 age plus guests only as well. We are Latin in our mid 40's and it was completely boring for us at the hotel. We felt like staying in a retirement very quiet complex and we spent most of our time outside of the hotel, even for the meals. We will not recommend it at all for younger couples. No exposure to Spanish culture or real canary cuisine at all.
Location is nice due to the Dunes but these are not exclusive to the hotel and you can visit them in any case.
On the good side, the cleaning of the hotel is very good together with the kindness of the waitress and cleaning personnel.

Nice hotel for older folks but extremely quiet. Wouldn't recommend if you're younger than 60. The hotel is obviously catered to that age bracket as the palette for dinner is for the older generation. Myself and my partner (early 30's) found little interest in the food day to day, and found ourselves enjoying eating out much more although we then had to pay. Drinks are not provided with dinner, but are with breakfast. Drinks at the bars or paid by the pool are very average for the price (3.15 euro for a small coke zero). Almost no choice of cocktails and the provided are uninspired and standard. We are London based and used to a much higher quality of food and drink, so were disappointed.
This was probably the quietest hotel I've ever stayed at (we travel 3-4 times a year). There is no music playing by the pool, entertainment is aimed at age 60+ and there is never piano players or anything in the buffet. All of those things are different at other Riu's, which we have attended a few times in other countries.
The rooms are the best feature. Very clean, shower is amazing and staff throughout the hotel are very friendly.
We also tried the spa, and it was around £100 euro for an 80 minute "massage", which was so light, it didn't feel like I'd had one 5 mins after I left. The massages also are designed for old bones, as it was a gentle rub at best...

The dunes are lovely, but is not at all exclusive to the hotel, as there is a public footpath that passes through the middle of the hotel to get to the dunes, so you can stay anywhere nearby the dunes and still see them easily. There is one small overlook which was nice of an evening until about 8.30/9, and even the music stopped then (bed time I guess?!)

The hotel is suited well to the older generation, so I wouldn't ask for many of these elements to change as they obviously know their audience but know if you're younger than 60, you will quickly bore here and need more, especially with half board.