Montage Los Cabos sits on Santa Maria Bay, on the corridor between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, facing a cove between 2 granite headlands where you can swim and snorkel.
A week here, month by monthFor couples and families who come to swim: Santa Maria Bay is known for gentle waves, and a stay here starts at MXN 17,809 for one night taken alone, the lowest seller’s price on Google for 2 adults. Those who want Cabo San Lucas every evening have an 18-minute drive to get there.
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For 2, I would ask for the Baja Beach Front One Bedroom Suite: the official page puts it just steps from the beach, with 229 m², full views of beach and sea and a private pool 34.5 ft long.
One night taken alone between 15 and 19 August 2027 showed MXN 17,809–18,322 on 16 October 2026, against MXN 107,434 on 16 January 2027. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller asked MXN 26,189 a night.
The hotel’s private airport transfer costs USD 215 each way, a rollaway bed USD 100 a night, and a dog or cat under 40 lb USD 250 per stay, non-refundable; Wi-Fi comes within the resort fee.
3 guests who wrote between October 2022 and February 2026 found snorkelling gear on the beach at no charge, and 2 of them also mention kayaks and paddleboards.
Santa Maria cove is closed by 2 granite headlands that hold back the swell and the wind: the Los Cabos tourism board counts it among the best places to swim, snorkel and dive, and suggests going in the morning. Guests write about masks, kayaks and paddleboards lent by the hotel, and the homepage adds a free beginners’ scuba session. The sand is coarse, almost fine shingle: a guest in December 2025 recommends water shoes for sensitive feet.
Every King and Queen Queen room measures 83 m², with a terrace or balcony, and nearly all have an outdoor shower as well as an indoor one; what changes is the view. Coastal View looks at the desert, Ocean View partly at the sea, Deluxe Ocean View at the whole of it, and the pool versions add an 11.5 × 10 ft plunge pool on the terrace. As a couple I would take the Baja Beach Front: 229 m² a few steps from the beach, with a 34.5 ft pool.
Mezcal serves breakfast from 7am to noon, with green chilaquiles in hoja santa, molletes and café de olla; at night the menu runs to suckling pig cooked for 36 hours and Sea of Cortez totoaba a la veracruzana. Marea lays its tables beneath a portico facing the bay, with the Sushi Bar from 5pm. Talay is the evening place: Thai food comes out of a truck, the tables sit under lights strung through the trees, and the chef will put together a sharing menu for the whole table.
Spa Montage covers 40,000 sq ft, about 3,700 m²: 12 treatment rooms, steam rooms and hot and cold plunges in Art of Spa, and the adults-only Serenity Pool. Children aged 5 to 12 have Paintbox, beside the lobby, for half or full days. The bill deserves a close look: Mezcal’s menu and the spa add a 15% service charge, and in September 2026 a guest disputes a nightly charge found on the bill for 2 rooms.
Lumina Guide 2027
Montage Los Cabos sits on Santa Maria Bay, on the corridor between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, facing a cove between 2 granite headlands where you can swim and snorkel.
Distinctions
What we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
Santa Maria Bay’s cove, a few steps from the rooms
Outdoor showers in the rooms and suites, private pools on the terraces
41 types, from 83 m² rooms to 1,010 m² casas
Mezcal, Marea with its Sushi Bar, and Thai cooking at Talay
12 treatment rooms, Art of Spa and the adults-only Serenity Pool
What do Montage Los Cabos’s guests say? They write it in their reviews, even those who only came for a drink or dinner: we read every one and tell the 5 things that matter, from the location to the bill.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests walk down to the beach and swim in the bay, with snorkels, kayaks and paddleboards lent by the hotel; Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo are 15–20 minutes away by car.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests come back to the outdoor shower, the plunge pool outside the room and the space in the suites, even for a family with 3 children.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests describe a concierge they can text, service at the pools and on the beach, surprises for birthdays and honeymoons, and the care shown to children.
In February 2023 and September 2025, 2 guests count breakfast at Mezcal among the best memories of their stay.
5 in 10 guests who mention the price find it fair. Those who write well of it say the service is worth the outlay; others mention restaurant and spa prices and, in September 2026, a service charge found on the bill.
On the bill it comes ahead of the 4 other hotels it is compared with in Los Cabos.
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 8.8 | 153 | 90% |
| Room | 8.2 | 72 | 86% |
| Staff and service | 8.6 | 270 | 90% |
| Breakfast | 7.7 | 9 | 78% |
| Price | – | 35 | 49% |
The scores come from 500 Google reviews with text, left from 13 January 2021 to 15 October 2026. The other hotels are the ones weighed for a stay in Los Cabos: for each we read its latest 500 Google reviews with text, or all of them where there are fewer, as of 17 October 2026. The score is the average of what they say, from 0 if they speak of it very badly to 10 if they speak of it very well. Where only a few mention something, the score stays close to the guide’s average: a handful of voices does not make a reputation.
The hotels we weigh it against in Los Cabos:
Price: for two on the night of 17 August 2027, from 17,809 pesos (seen on Google Hotels on 16 October 2026).
From 1 April to 9 September 2027 the calendar shows nights taken alone, for 2 adults, from MXN 15,839 to MXN 34,374; from 1 November 2026 to 10 February 2027 they run from MXN 15,946 to MXN 100,819. I would look at April to early September and compare whole weeks before fixing dates.
| Period | Mexican pesos a night |
|---|---|
| 17 October to 31 October 2026 | 18,237–23,761 |
| 1 Nov 2026 – 10 Feb 2027 | 15,946–100,819 |
| 11 February to 31 March 2027 | 20,581–60,950 |
| 1 April to 9 September 2027 | 15,839–34,374 |
The lowest seller’s price on Google Hotels for each night searched alone for 2 adults, read on 16 October 2026; room, meals and tax inclusion are unspecified, and this calendar stops on 9 September 2027. Lone high nights are listed separately: 24 October 2026 at MXN 101,267 and 16 January 2027 at MXN 107,434. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked MXN 26,189 a night.
6 scenes: the beach at Santa Maria Bay, the bay from Marea, a suite pool, the spa garden, Talay at night and a kayak outing.
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The Main Pool has an upper pool for families and an adults-only infinity pool looking over the bay, open from 9am to 6pm; cabanas are for hire. The Serenity Pool, in the spa, is adults only from 8am to 7pm, with lunch served poolside from 11am to 5pm.
Mezcal opens for breakfast from 7am to noon and for dinner from 6pm to 10pm, with mezcal and tequila at the bar until midnight. At night the menu runs from corn tamal with huitlacoche to suckling pig cooked for 36 hours, and the pattern of the floor follows the lines of the agave.
Dinner is outdoors from 6pm to 10pm: tom kha, green curry and pad thai with prawns. The kitchen works out of a truck, street-stall style, and the chef offers a menu for the whole table; the heat is adjusted on request and there is a children’s menu.
Art of Spa moves between steam rooms and hot and cold plunges, in separate men’s and women’s areas. The Mexican Roots Ritual lasts 120 minutes; the gym is open 24 hours and the wellness classes are free. Visitors staying elsewhere can book a treatment too, from the age of 16.
Santa Maria Bay is open to everyone: the tourism board lists it as reachable by car and by boat trips from the Cabo San Lucas marina, and guests find it quiet but shared with day visitors. Waves and currents are sometimes strong, guests warned in October 2023 and May 2026.
Reviews published in 2024 and 2025 repeatedly describe neighbouring building work, sometimes audible at the pools.
Wi-Fi is part of a resort fee whose amount the hotel’s FAQ does not publish. At Mezcal prices include 16% VAT and a 15% service charge is added; the spa adds 15% to treatments. The Google Hotels nights quoted here do not say whether taxes and fees are included.
It is not all inclusive. Some official rates add a credit: USD 70 a day for breakfast with Montage Memories, USD 200 a day to spend around the resort with A Stay Well Lived.
The residences sit on the hillside, some way from the main buildings: you walk or take the golf cart, which runs 24 hours a day.
Dogs and cats under 40 lb pay USD 250 per stay; they are not allowed at the pools, restaurants, spa or gym and must not be left alone in the room.
| Address | Carretera Transpeninsular km 12.5, Bahía Santa María, Twin Dolphin, Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., 23450 México |
|---|---|
| SJD airport | About 27 km according to the official FAQ; private transfers cost USD 215 each way and there is no shuttle. |
| Cabo San Lucas | 18 minutes by car according to the resort’s page; one guest counts 15 to San José del Cabo as well. |
| Cars and charging | Free valet parking for rental cars and 2 free charging points in the guest car park, from the FAQ. |
| Arrival and departure | Check-in from 4pm, check-out at noon; early arrival and late departure on request, not guaranteed (FAQ). |
The hotel’s distances, hours and rates, read on 17 October 2026.
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Paletas, the resort’s café and shop, opens at 6am for coffee and a pastry baked in house.
Mezcal serves breakfast until noon, with eggs and fruit beside dishes given a Mexican twist.
Beginners can try a free scuba discovery session, with PADI-certified instructors beside them throughout.
Spa treatments run until 6pm; the garden lounges have steam rooms and jetted hot and cold plunge pools.
Marea by Night opens at 6pm, with live music as the sun goes down over Santa Maria Bay.
Talay cooks until 10pm, serving street-truck style under hung lanterns, with an open kitchen and a wood grill.
Google showed 4.8/5 from 1,500 ratings on 16 October 2026. Of the 1,200 reviews collected, 549 have text; for the themes we read the latest 500, from January 2021 to 15 October 2026. Dates are those of publication; we have not verified the stays.
GoogleA guest remembers the bakery, French omelettes and homemade jams at breakfast, and a dinner at Mezcal worth coming back for on its own. Marea seemed less consistent, and the room could have used better-placed sockets.
GoogleA family describes their young son’s welcome: a soft toy, a robe, slippers and a pillow embroidered with his name. They recall a room overlooking the beach and pools, and meals at Marea by the sea.
GoogleA guest who booked direct found a service charge of more than 200 dollars a night for 2 rooms at check-out, separate from the taxes. It is that one stay’s account.
GoogleA guest remembers the outdoor shower, a patio with a sofa and hours spent floating in the bay, and suggests water shoes for sensitive feet because the sand is coarser than expected.
On Santa Maria Bay, at km 12.5 of the Carretera Transpeninsular, on the corridor between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, in Baja California Sur. Montage International dates its opening to May 2018. The resort’s page places it where the Sea of Cortez meets the desert.
The hotel counts 122 rooms, suites and casas, plus 52 Montage Residences on the hillside. The official catalogue lists 41 types: 12 rooms, one of them accessible, 14 suites, 12 residences and 3 casas. King and Queen Queen rooms measure 83 m², one-bedroom suites 153–229 m² and the casas up to 1,010 m².
It depends on the word in the name. Coastal View rooms and suites look over the desert landscape; Ocean View gives a partial sea view; Deluxe Ocean View gives the whole of it. On the beachfront are the Baja Beach Front, the 2-bedroom Ocean Front, the 3-bedroom Oceanfront and the Presidential. The published sizes do not separate indoor space from terraces.
King and Queen Queen rooms «with Pool» have a plunge pool of 11.5 × 10 ft, 4 ft deep. One-bedroom pool suites go up to 19.7 × 10 ft; the Baja Beach Front has a pool 34.5 ft long. The Marea suites add a hot tub, the residences with a pool have a heated plunge pool, and Casa Twin Dolphin has 2 infinity pools.
Google Hotels, on 16 October 2026 for 2 adults, displayed 24,027 pesos (MXN) for the night of 16 November 2026, 39,297 pesos on 16 February 2027, 25,979 pesos on 16 April 2027 and 17,809 pesos on 17 August 2027, in an August week of similar prices. These are amounts for individual nights, with the room, meals and tax inclusion unspecified; they do not quote a continuous stay.
No: you pay for the room and meals come on top. Some official offers include a credit: Montage Memories gives USD 70 a day for breakfast; Discover Baja a 4th night, the same breakfast credit and airport transfers for up to 5; A Stay Well Lived USD 200 a day to spend around the resort. In the casas a chef cooks breakfast every day.
Only with rates that include it, such as Montage Memories, Discover Baja and Spa Memories, which give USD 70 a day. Mezcal serves breakfast from 7am to noon, with green chilaquiles, huevos rancheros, molletes and café de olla; Marea from 7am to 10:30am, facing the bay. Paletas opens at 6am for coffee and pastries.
There are 3: Mezcal, Mexican, for dinner from 6pm to 10pm; Marea, on the water, for lunch from 11:30am to 4:30pm and dinner from 6pm to 11pm; Talay, Thai and outdoors, from 6pm to 10pm. Marea’s Sushi Bar opens from 5pm to 10pm and Paletas, the café and shop, from 6am to 7pm. Room service runs 24 hours. Hours read on 17 October 2026.
Mezcal’s dinner menu gives prices in pesos, including 16% VAT, with a 15% service charge on top; the menu pages do not print dish prices. Among guests who write about the bill, those who complain mostly mention food and drink prices.
Yes. The Los Cabos tourism board describes the cove as sheltered by 2 large granite rocks, a marine sanctuary for swimming, snorkelling and diving, and suggests the morning. Guests write about masks, kayaks and paddleboards lent by the hotel, and the homepage offers a free beginners’ scuba session. Some guests warn that waves and currents are sometimes strong.
Across 40,000 sq ft, Spa Montage has 12 treatment rooms, a couples’ room, a salon, a yoga and movement studio and the adults-only Serenity Pool; Art of Spa moves between steam rooms and hot and cold plunges. Treatments include the 120-minute Mexican Roots Ritual and the Mezcal Renewal, a massage with herbal poultices that ends with a glass of mezcal. Treatments run from 8am to 6pm.
Yes, for a treatment, booked ahead, from the age of 16 (spa rules). A 15% service charge is added; cancelling or changing less than 24 hours ahead costs the full treatment. The hotel’s pages offer no day pass for the thermal area alone. Guests on the Spa Memories offer, from 3 nights, get a USD 600 spa credit.
The gym is open 24 hours, with Technogym equipment, free weights, an outdoor lap pool and a yoga and movement studio; wellness classes are free. In the sea there is snorkelling, kayaking, paddleboarding, seabobs and guided dives, night dives included. The Twin Dolphin golf course, 19 holes designed by Fred Couples, is open to guests.
Yes. Paintbox, beside the lobby, takes children aged 5 to 12 for half or full days, with games and crafts inspired by Baja; there is the family pool, children’s menus at Mezcal, Marea and Talay and free cots (FAQ). The residences have a playground. Among the rooms, the Coastal View One Bedroom Suite takes 4 with its sofa bed and a rollaway.
Cots are free on request; a rollaway costs USD 100 a night (FAQ). It does not raise the maximum number of guests, which each room sheet already gives with sofa beds and rollaways counted.
Yes: well-behaved dogs and cats under 40 lb, at most 2 per room, for a non-refundable USD 250 per stay (FAQ). They must not be left alone in the room or public areas; outdoors they stay on a lead no longer than 6 ft, and they are not allowed at the pools, restaurants, spa or gym. The official sheets mark the 6 pool rooms, 6 suites and, subject to availability, some residences as pet-friendly.
Valet parking is free for rental cars and the 2 charging points in the guest car park are free (FAQ). Wi-Fi is part of the resort fee, whose amount the FAQ does not publish.
Los Cabos International Airport, SJD, is about 27 km away. The hotel arranges private transfers at USD 215 each way and runs no shuttle (FAQ); the Discover Baja, Spa Memories and Suite Escape offers include the return trip for up to 5. The resort’s page gives 18 minutes by car to Cabo San Lucas.
Check-in from 4pm and check-out at noon, according to the FAQ read on 17 October 2026. Early arrival and late departure are on request and not guaranteed; cancellation terms depend on the rate.
Yes: the Coastal View King Accessible Room, 83 m² on the ground floor with a terrace, has lowered controls and basin, a shower bench, grab bars and visual alarms. The resort’s page lists accessible entrances to the restaurants, pools, spa, gym and meeting rooms, and a lift or sloped entry at the pools.
It is open all year: the hotel announces no seasonal closure, and Google Hotels showed nights on sale in every month from October 2026 to September 2027. For a beach stay, December to March suits best: the tourism board describes a dry, mild winter, 15 °C at night and 25 °C by day, and the whale season begins in December. April to June is warmer; July to September runs from 25 to 35 °C, more humid, with some rain. In the price calendar, nights from April to September cost less on average than from November to March.
Yes: Twin Dolphin Club, 19 holes designed by Fred Couples among canyons and cliffs, is open to guests (golf page). The fee includes a cart, a caddie, the practice tee and the Red Doors at holes 5 and 12; hotel guests must take a caddie. Fees are printed with a dollar sign: 700 for a guest, 75 for a rider, 85 for hire clubs.
Yes. There are 12 meeting rooms, and the Grand Ballroom seats up to 320. For weddings the beach and the Ocean Lawn take up to 350 guests, the Gallery Lawn 40 and Marea’s patio 30. The pages do not publish a wedding price.
The release of 15 October 2026 announces the Christmas Village lighting on 22 December, an oceanfront night market on 23 December at 130 dollars an adult, a Mexican Christmas Eve dinner at Mezcal and, at New Year, fireworks over the Sea of Cortez and a sunrise sound bath on 1 January. For Thanksgiving there is a dinner on the beach at 975 dollars for 2.
On 16 October 2026 Google showed 4.8/5 from 1,500 ratings. In the latest 500 reviews with text, guests come back to the swimmable bay, the service and the outdoor shower; those who complain mention prices, building noise next door in 2024 and 2025 and, in September 2026, a service charge found on the bill.
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