Best New Luxury Resorts on Mexico's West Coast
An ocean view at Park Hyatt Cabo del Sol, Villa San Lucas.
PARK HYATT CABO DEL SOL
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Mexico’s West Coast — despite a brief and now-subsided outbreak of violence in February in Puerto Vallarta — remains a major travel destination for Hollywood, with a host of new resorts casting an allure.
From Cabo (just a two-hour plane ride from Los Angeles) to spots farther south in the Punta Mita and Costalegre areas, here are top places to check in along the coast.
Cabo
A room terrace at Park Hyatt Cabo del Sol, Villa La Paz.
Courtesy Park Hyatt Cabo del Sol
Cabo is popping with new and renovated hotels, further bolstering its front-row positioning as a Hollywood travel mainstay. The entire region is experiencing a growth spurt, starting with the recent opening of the first Park Hyatt in Mexico at the Cabo del Sol development. Upcoming openings include the first Soho House in Cabo (coming this fall) and the eagerly anticipated Amanvari (from Aman), which will join Four Seasons in the Costa Palmas development along the East Cape.
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Global brands are not just launching new properties, but are also adding elite services to existing concepts. Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, recently partnered with Sensei to offer the luxury well-being company’s highly personalized programs at the property, located near San José del Cabo. Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal just completed property-wide renovations and upgrades, including adding a new bubbly and seafood tasting experience at the Champagne Terrace at El Farallon, its cliffside restaurant overlooking the sea.
Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal.
Courtesy Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal
Responding to a rising demand among affluent second-home buyers for properties that offer resort amenities, it seems that every major hospitality brand operating in Cabo now offers a community-based residential component as well, from Four Seasons Private Residences Los Cabos at Costa Palmas and Park Hyatt Los Cabos Residences at Cabo Del Sol to the in-development Rosewood Residences Old Lighthouse, set on a 550-acre estate.
Punta de Mita and Riviera Nayarit
Casa Tesoro, a seven-bedroom private villa, at Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, Mexico.
Courtesy Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
Punta de Mita in the Riviera Nayarit area was once upon a time a sleepy fishing village north of Puerto Vallarta, but it has been growing exponentially over the past decade. Up until a handful of years ago, Four Seasons and St. Regis dominated the luxury market, drawing repeat celebrity visitors such as John Legend, Lady Gaga and the Kardashian clan. While the area experienced a two-day outbreak of retaliatory violence and road blockades earlier this year following the killing of a drug cartel leader by the government, no international tourists were harmed during the incidents and Puerto Vallarta is by all accounts back to business as usual.
Covering 1,500 acres with more than 20 residential communities, the sprawling Punta Mita development already includes Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita and The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort. “It has been the pioneer and setting the benchmark in the region because of the Four Seasons and St. Regis, and real estate values have done very well. It created the confidence of other brands to develop in the area after observing the growth over the last few decades,” says Carl Emberson, director marketing and operations for the $700 million Punta Mita development, which is estimated to be completed in 2030. A pair of new hotels from Montage and Pendry will open at Punta Mita in 2027 and 2028, respectively. Elsewhere in the area, Conrad, W and One&Only have opened properties in recent years and fractional luxury home ownership company Pacaso has just debuted Uavi, a four-bedroom penthouse residence near Punta Mita, while Omni and Belmond have plans to debut new resorts there.
Here are a few other luxury spots — all opened within the past three or so years — to check in to in the area:
Bonding With Nature: Naviva, A Four Seasons Resort
Naviva, A Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita, Mexico.
Courtesy Naviva, A Four Seasons Resort
Located next to Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita (with access to all of its amenities including a lazy river), Naviva offers 15 tent-style bungalows surrounded by jungle, set on the edge of a private peninsula. This isn’t glamping, though. Accommodations feature a living room and separate king bedroom, a private plunge pool, a hammock, fire pit, outdoo