Experiences

The rich and famous have for decades made Acapulco their second home, building stunning villas with magnificent vistas and large swimming pools.  Many of these fine villas are available today for rental, and the wealth of properties available means that rental costs are affordable throughout the year.  Outside of the peak season it is also possible to rent a villa for just a few days, making a luxurious short break feasible.  In Acapulco villa rentals generally include a full complement of staff, including maids, cook and often waiters too.  You can add a priced-per-day meal plan and create a virtually all-inclusive package; perhaps add a yacht rental for a day or enjoy spa services in your villa.  Concierge service is available too, with all the advice you'll need to make your stay in Acapulco either action-packed or totally relaxing.

Rancho Leonero is situated on Baja's beautiful East Cape and offers charming thatched roof bungalows and the calm, incredibly enticing ocean.

We enjoyed our best off-the-beach snorkeling in Mexico here; the water is so clear that you barely need a mask to see the multitude of colorful fish in the shallow water. And it's spectacularly remote - the Rancho estate includes two miles of pristine coastline and access is via an unpaved road that winds through a spectacular desert landscape.

The virtually uninhabited island of Espiritu Santo plays host to one of the most luxurious of camp-hotels. Five safari-style tents lie on a pristine beach, with a maximum of ten people at any one time to share the starkly beautiful landscape, the spectacularly clear ocean and the breathtaking night sky.

Add to this some of the finest cuisine you'll find anywhere on the Baja peninsula (we enjoyed scallop carpaccio, chocolate clams, delicately flavored seafood pasta and flambéed bananas during our stay) and the genuinely warm hospitality, and the result is close to perfection.

Note: Baja Camp is only open from May to early October.

Basico offers unique and stylish accommodation right in the heart of Playa del Carmen. The hotel has a striking and unusual design in which the designer has blended the motifs of traditional Mexican culture with the significant and far-reaching influence that the discovery of oil has had on the country. As a result the hotel features many unusual combinations of traditional and industrial materials including cotton, wood, concrete and rubber.

The design and simplistic decor of the rooms is basic to the point of minimalism, yet they still manage to ooze style, and feature modern conveniences like satellite TV, DVD player and a cordless telephone.