One & Only Palmilla | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

One & Only Palmilla

Legendary 1956 hacienda with a residential feel, on one of Cabo's few swimmable beaches.

Score 88.32
Stats 172 rooms; 3 restaurants; 3 bars.
Competitive Edge Rare beachfront setting and a 2:1 staff-to-guest ratio.
Rooms to Book Ocean Front Superiors 1511, 1512, 1517, and 1518 have extra-large terraces.
Don't Miss An afternoon spent on a floating bed in a private cove.
Cost Doubles from $600.
Contact Km 7.5 Carretera Transpeninsular
888/691-8081 or 52-624/146-7000

www.oneandonlypalmilla.com

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“At the tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula, One & Only Palmilla takes moonlight serenades seriously. The 172-room resort can arrange a Latin guitar trio to strum ballads on sandy coves facing the Sea of Cortés, atop a historic bell tower, or in a Casa Gardenia suite. ...” MORE»


“25 Romantic Getaways” in Travel + Leisure, Feb 2004

“Specializing in bringing legendary properties back from near death—Le Touessrok in Mauritius was the most recent—One & Only Resorts poured $80 million into this secluded 1956 hotel, which debuts next month. Each of the 172 rooms is at least 750 square feet; even the showers have a view of the Sea of Cortez....” MORE»

—Kate Sekules
“10 Resorts for Sports” in Food & Wine, Jan 2004

“Things will change radically when the Palmilla reopens this coming February as the 172-room One & Only Palmilla. So what does an $80 million makeover from legendary hotelier Sol Kerzner get you? Adam Tihany designing a sea-foam fantasy for Charlie Trotter's C Restaurant, which will have an ambitious Caribbean-Mexican fusion menu. Kerzner has also tempted away Edward Steiner, the managing director who helped put Las Ventanas on every Hollywood Palm Pilot. Expect greatness....” MORE»

—Shane Mitchell
“The Best of Baja” in Travel + Leisure, Nov 2003