The shade is mostly over the pool and one side or the other will get sun by the chairs - dont let that put you off. I stayed at Royal Palms about 3 years ago and I did not like it. No service - zero - no restaurant - nothing - and no one but me was at the pool ever - makes for bad people watching - not to mention the chairs had no pads and they were uncomfortable. Sorry but it was not my favorite.

Yea - I love to eat esp. the great food in SanPedro - so all that walking lets me eat more! (and drink more belkin!)