Royal Palm Hotel Galapagos

Overview

Situated on a private estate in the Miconia highland Forest on the island of Santa Cruz, the Royal Palm Hotel is spacious, exclusive and very restful. With its eight casitas and 13 villas – each built with privacy in mind – it suits couples, families and family groups and offers a very rewarding holiday embracing the local nature.

Holiday resort information

Room Types

The villas are all detached and scattered throughout the estate whilst the eight casitas are on the Royal Fountain Circle in two rows of four. Each has been carefully built and decorated so that it harmonises with its beautiful setting. The stylish mahogany furniture has been custom made and there are mahogany floors throughout the villas and casitas. All rooms have really comfortable beds, complimentary Wi-Fi, LCD flat screen TVs with 15 satellite channels, a mini bar, tea and coffee making facilities and air conditioning. The villas also have a Jacuzzi room and the Jacuzzi is perfect for two...
For families, extra beds and cots can be provided for use in the villas but not the casitas.

Casitas

Each Casitas has 38m² of floor area, with a spacious and comfortable bedroom with either one king size or two queen size beds. There is a bathroom with inside Jacuzzi, a comfortable lounge and dining area and a porch leading to the private garden. Two pairs of the casitas have interconnecting doors and are perfect for family groups.
Highland Villas

There are eight of these villas which are really attractive and comfortable with their rich mahogany flooring and furniture. The floor area is 85m² and there is a choice of either a king size bed for two guests or two queen beds for up to four guests. There is an attractive living/dining area with open fireplace for cooler months and a large bathroom with Jacuzzi. The view from these villas is very special as it looks out over the estate to the ocean beyond.
The Presidential Villa

This suite has a distinctive pitched roof and its own garden. Inside is an open plan living area of 60m² under the beamed roof with a beautiful king size four poster bed and dressing area that leads down to the living/dining area with an open fireplace – perfect for two people who are seeking a hideaway.
The Royal Villa

This spacious 78m² villa is also open plan with a beautiful king size bed and dressing area and downstairs a spacious living/dining area with log fire. Outside there is an attractive private garden.
The Prince of Wales Villa

This stunning villa is the largest and named in honour of HRH the Prince of Wales who stayed there with the Duchess of Cornwall. This villa is 90m² of spacious living with two attractive bedrooms - one with a kingsize bed, the other, two queen beds. Each bedroom has an en suite bathroom and dressing area and the master bedroom also has its own sauna. Both bedrooms have access to their own gardens. The elegant living area has a dining srea and fireplace and is ideal for four guests.

Facilities

The Royal Palm Hotel encourages guests to relax and has a beautiful irregularly shaped pool and nearby sun loungers and sun umbrellas that look so tempting! There is a small but well equipped gym and two hard tennis courts with racquets and balls. Other facilities include table tennis and a sauna and massage rooms.The entrance to the longest lava tunnel is situated not far from the Reception and hard hats and flashlights ate provided for the excursion of discovery!

There is plenty to see and do in the vicinity of the hotel including bird watching, horse riding, hiking and jogging and just down at the coast there is some of the world’s best diving and snorkelling as well as kayaking and surfing.

Restaurants

With the elegance of a colonial style, the Royal Palm Hotel Restaurant offers fine dining in an attractive room with mahogany furniture and beautifully dressed tables. The Chefs at the hotel really enjoy their cooking and create a wide variety of Ecuadorian and international classics for dinner with many of the vegetables and herbs gown in the hotel’s kitchen garden and fish bought from the local fishermen on the jetty.

Restaurant

During the summer months, dinner is served out on the terrace which is attractively furnished with white rattan sofas and chairs and white wrought iron dining tables and chairs. It is a lovely setting with view across the rolling countryside to the ocean and a star filled sky too.

A really good breakfast is also served in the dining room. The wine cellar has an eclectic collection of some of South America’s best wines. There is a bar area with Happy Hours on Thursday – Sunday and a tempting selection of Sundowner cocktails