September 11-16, 2022
My husband had the week off and my initial plan of seeing Yellowstone & Grand Teton was a logistical nightmare and way more money than we wanted to spend on a trip. Y’all already know we love Mexico and beaches… so we decided to finally see what the Pacific side was all about. We already knew the beaches aren’t really swimmable over there. I feel like that is important to know before you go.
>>Getting Around
AMSTAR – we went ahead with the service sold by the airport since we were a part of 4 and would be upgraded to private at no extra cost, the ride to the resort was not as long as we expected, this resort is NOT in bustling the main hotel zone.
Taxis vs Uber – the hotel called us a cab for an excursion nearby and he didn’t quite bring us to the right place, but we walked about 5 minutes and found it. To get back to our resort we asked our tour guide if an Uber would be better and they said there is a lot of bad blood between Ubers & taxis around there currently – there had even been a few Uber drivers that “went missing” recently so they suggested a taxi.
>>Stay
Secrets Puerto los Cabos Golf & Spa Resort – the food, pool, and grounds are top notch; this place is HUGE; golf was closed; there was no beach or steps to get down to one at our time of visit due to a Cat 1 hurricane; HOWEVER within our first 18 hours there we were miserable and wanted to go home – the rooms are on sensors and can be very hot or even have no power/lights/electricity at all at time so that was very frustrating – by 8 am the second day everything was fine after some room shuffling.
>>Eat
*Oceana – fantastic appetizers, lots of seafood options, they are open for Preferred Club breakfast (we did not do that this time), no AC so don’t wear pants
*El Patio – every single thing we ordered was fantastic from beginning to end, the spicy mango marg was perfect!
Coco Cafe – this place was the bomb, at night they have icecream cones, there are snacks and sandwiches inside all day not to mention a great coffee selection
Portofino – the bread and fresh cheese were divine, apps were good, food was just okay, men have to wear long pants and nice shoes
*Teppanyaki – getting this reservation was seriously like the Hunger Games but we were so glad we did! this hibachi meal was fantastic – Himitsu is in the front area of this place and we did not try it
Market Cafe – the buffet is the only breakfast option besides room service and it really was not bad; please NOTE that men must wear a shirt with sleeves to eat here (that was awkward but it happens to everyone); the themed dinner food leaves a lot to be desired even though it smells good when they are grilling
Seaside Grill – the food was meh, but we were really hungry after checking in and this is the first place we walked up to serving lunch
Barefoot Grill/Manatees – we never ate AT the Barefoot Grill but they served us lunch and snacks at the pool from there every day and it was good: fries, nachos, quesadillas. pizza, burgers, you name it we ate it; the pool bar opens at 10 am daily! the servers took great care of us and made many great recommendations for drinks
>>Play
Resort Bars – Rendezvous aka birdcage bar was very pretty, great for large groups, is known to have great martinis, and had a lot of nice acoustic artists coming in – Desires is more of the late night party/club scene and we never stayed up late enough to go there but we made some friends that had a blast in there well after midnight
Salty Cabo – I found this little local owned tour boat at the marina 5 minutes from the resort and knew we had to book with them, the seas were still pretty choppy and the water was churned up a lot from the recent hurricane but we still had fun on our snorkel tour (away from the crowds of “town”) with them! Pics/videos were included at no extra charge. They offer sunset cruises with wine and seasonal whale watching trips. I HIGHLY recommend these folks.
Cabo Adventures – Okay listen… I honestly booked a Cabo trip to ride camels on the beach. I know, that’s crazy, but there is a story there that sums up to I’ve always wanted to ride a camel. I booked Camels+Arches+Lunch because you can’t visit Cabo without seeing the famous arch, right? This excursion was supposed to be from 1-5 pm and IT LASTED 9 HOURS! That was totally unexpected and I was pretty salty about it. Our guide was great, ride time from place to place was ridiculous and not advertised, photos taken with your camel were insanely overpriced, and we got back crazy late meaning we missed our dinner reservation. I am glad we did it overall but I would not book a tour with this company again.
Other Stuff Worth Mentioning – bring your own reusable straws; unroll towels at the pool chairs you want before you go eat breakfast (if you’re going to the pool before lunch otherwise that’s kind of rude); there is a huge iguana that thinks it’s a dog – don’t be alarmed when he comes down for a swim and some pets around lunch time; pool servers will happily bring you lunch and bottles of water; all of the staff is friendly and welcoming but especially the entertainment staff! Brenda was our bestie; the main pool is HUGE – it’s quiet by the towel hut and a bit more rowdy by the swim-up bar (obvi)
Breauxs Geaux 