Looking for a true luxury resort in Los Cabos, one that’s used to dealing with celebrities and high-net-worth VIPs from abroad? Check into Montage Los Cabos and you’ll be treated like one of them whether you are or not.
We often get invited to stay in a new resort as soon as it opens so we can add it to our reviews here in the top source for luxury travel in Latin America. Often this means we’re there when they’re just starting to figure everything out though, just getting all the staffers used to doing all the right things. They’ve also just planted the landscaping and the plants haven’t matured yet.
So we try to return to the same resort a few years later to see it in a mature state, when things are humming along like a well-oiled machine and all the kinks have been worked out. That was the case with Montage Los Cabos: we visited it soon after it opened, but then got to return for a longer stay this year.
This Montage Resort, a Preferred Hotels property, had an advantage from the start in that “mature landscaping” part of the equation. Apart from a lawn area for events, the grounds are almost entirely landscaped with native desert plants from the region. Elephant trees, not palm trees, agave and cacti, not blooming flower bushes that need to be watered daily. So they didn’t have to wait for years for everything to fill in. An added bonus is that everything looks gorgeous at night with the well-designed lighting in place.
Montage has a great reputation for serving luxury travelers well and its properties in Hawaii, California, Utah, and the Bahamas usually end up on those annual lists of top hotels produced by the glossy print magazines that are still hanging on. They get high marks from editors and in readers’ polls.
This was their first opening in Mexico and apparently it went well. Another is on the way in the Riviera Nayarit.
We recently posted a fully updated review on the online magazine side of our site. You can check it out here: Montage Los Cabos review.
I was even more impressed with this beachfront Montage resort the second time around. With more time on property during this visit, I got to see all the staffers in action more. I had a meal at all the dining outlets, went to the spa, worked out in the gym, and went on a sunrise kayaking excursion. Check out the video tour here:
As you can see from that video, this resort is perched over a beautiful beach in a protected bay. There are not many beaches where you can swim in Los Cabos, but this is one of them.
The spa here deserves a special mention. In a region that is already home to half the best spas in North America, the one at the Montage is so large that it has its own full-sized swimming pool.
The Montage Los Cabos spa is an extensive affair, with its own sizable adults-only swimming pool enclosed by high stone walls. In a region with heavy competition, this spa is one of the best. It is quite a refuge on its own, with cushioned lounge chairs, umbrellas, and a few day beds where you can find some shade. There are 12 treatment rooms, relaxation rooms, steam and sauna, and various hydrotherapy options in 40,000 square feet of space.
There’s also a very exclusive golf course in the Twin Dolphin complex this resort is in, only open to residents and hotel guests. It seldom gets crowded as a result.
It’s difficult to find anything to fault here unless you’re someone who needs to be concerned about the menu prices. The rates are high, the menu prices are higher, and you could spend the equivalent of a month’s car payment if you use a few things from the minibar. Considering the high occupancy that this Los Cabos Montage enjoys, however, it clearly draws a clientele that doesn’t have to sweat such details, a crowd that’s used to paying a premium to stay with the best of the best wherever they go.
See our full review of Montage Los Cabos and follow the links there to book a stay with Montage or with Preferred Hotels.
Article by Timothy
Timothy Scott is the founder and editor of Luxury Latin America and has been covering the region as a travel journalist since the mid-2000s. He has visited each country we cover multiple times and is based in a UNESCO World Heritage city in central Mexico, where he owns a home. See contact information here.
