Resorts in Los Cabos embraced spas the same way they embraced golf courses, which is to say that they looked at the best available examples and then attempted to go them one better. The level of pampering comfort at the average Los Cabos lodging is enough to shame a decadent Roman emperor. All that’s missing is an attendant to feed you grapes.
What is available typically at Los Cabos spas is a beautifully designed area devoted to health and wellness, from a wide range of massage treatments – in private cabanas or on the beach – to romantic couples’ rituals, ancient Mexican healing therapies, and other holistic specialties. That’s to go along with the state-of-the-art gym, yoga classes, sauna, hot and cold plunge pools, and maybe even beauty and styling services. At least one resort will also massage your pets.
Special dog massages are among the many signature spa experiences at Las Ventanas al Paraíso, one of the benchmark resorts in Los Cabos, and the first to feature a world-class spa when it opened its doors in 1997. Not to be outdone, another local benchmark property, One&Only Palmilla, built a 25,000-square-foot spa boasting splendid artistic and architectural details. Thus began an arms race (skilled masseuse arms, not weapons) to create the area’s biggest and best spa and wellness facility.
The race reached its zenith between 2016 and 2018, when two new properties, Grand Velas Los Cabos and Montage Los Cabos , unveiled what are doubtless the largest spas .