Recently returned from a 4 day, 3 night trip to Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Cabo San Lucas. LVP is certainly pricey but we felt it was worth it due to the amazing property, rooms and service. I have never encountered this level of service anywhere. We actually had two butlers - a day butler and a night butler. We had a direct flight to Cabo and were greeted at the airport by hotel staff and picked up in a Mercedes SUV. We were offered our choice of ice cold waters or Coronas, some Mexican candies and he even handed us an Ipod so we could pick what music we wanted to listen to for the 20-30 minute drive to the hotel.
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| Steve having a Corona in the Mercedes Taxi |
At the hotel we were greeted by name by no less than five staff members who also wished us Happy Anniversary. Our butler then gave us a tour of the property and took us to the casual restaurant, The Sea Grill, for lunch where we indulged on jalapeno margaritas, guacamole and tacos while looking out at the Sea of Cortez and listening to the waves crash on the beach.
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| Steve with Margarita |
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| Mel with Margarita |
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| Sea Grill Restaurant - LVP |
As we finished our margaritas, the butler came back to escort us to our oceanfront junior suite. It was easily one of the nicest hotel rooms, if not the nicest, that I have ever stayed in (the Four Seasons Santa Barbara comes very close). The room was huge - almost 1,000 square feet and had a massive terrace overlooking the adult infinity pool and ocean. We could hear the waves crashing even when inside with the doors closed. Of course, it had a massive bathroom with double sinks, jacuzzi tub, separate shower and toilet. The finishes were beautiful throughout and the attention to detail was amazing. We also had a wood burning fireplace but it was too warm to use it.
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| LVP - Suite |
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| LVP - Oceanfront Room Outdoor Terrace |
LVP also gives you an aromatherapy choice for your evening turn down each night. They would also leave little gifts in the room for you as well, including a glass blown heart, some fridge magnets, etc... We ordered room service a few times and it's over the top. Even a simple order for 6 coronas on the patio were set up in talavera pottery ice buckets, chilled beer glasses, woven placemats and napkins and a small plate with sliced limes and salt. Sometimes they would even come back when we didn't call just to see if wanted more limes, more ice or beer. Not to mention that they would periodically go through the room and "fix" things. If you left your shoes laying out, when you came back you would find them placed in the closet and perfectly lined up. If you left a single towel unfolded, it would be replaced with a perfectly folded one every time you left the room and returned. They even refolded my underwear and the sweaty gym clothes I left laying out. The most over the top thing I saw was they looked in the closet at our clothes and then supplied us with a "customized" sewing kit that had the needles on a pincushion already threaded with threads that matched our clothes down to an aqua blue linen shirt and a pink dress. I mean, really?
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Aromatherapy Menu - Notice I did not choose the
"Sensuality" option |
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| Room Service Beers |
We had a fantastic meal in their fancy restaurant (which had the uncreative name "The Restaurant"). The food was delicious and described as "Mediterrean Baja Cuisine" but seemed more Baja than anything else. We had a nice view of sunset past the main pool. More margaritas magically appeared, of course.
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| Margarita at The Restaurant |
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| View from our table at The Restaurant |
The next morning we started the day by calling our butler who would bring complimentary coffee and mini-muffins to our terrace. Next was a workout at the fitness facility (which was huge and empty), followed by a spa treatment. We each had an amazing massage at the spa, which started with a foot bath and scrub and you were again given a menu to pick what music you wanted to listen to during your massage (Gregorian chants, sounds of nature, tibetan bowls, etc...). That was followed by lunch (and margaritas) and then to the pool. We hung out at the adult infinity pool which was right in front of our room. Again, the service level was incredible. I was already spoiled by this point. As soon as you pick a lounge chair at the pool, someone will come running over to set up your umbrella to give you just the amount of sun and shade you want. They will even come and adjust it as the sun moves. They also bring you an ice bucket full of waters and evian spritzers. Staff will come around periodically to offer you sorbet, drink samples or to clean your sunglasses. They even regulate the pool temperature so it's always about 76 degrees.
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| LVP Adult Infinity Pools |
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| Steve at Pool |
We did do a private tequila tasting that afternoon, which was fun but not really my cup of tea. As I have said many times before "I don't do shots." I will, however, drink cocktails, wine and beer. Tasting tequila was pretty much like doing shots as far as I was concerned, even with the expensive aged sipping tequilas. It was interesting to learn about all the different tequilas and I now know the differences between reposada and anejo but Steve enjoyed it way more than I did. Again, the set-up was super nice and included some customized chasers and a ceviche sampler.
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| LVP Tequila Bar |
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| Tequila Tasting Set-up |
Friday night was our 10 year anniversary so we had arranged for a private dinner on their plaza. It was set-up with a view of the ocean, candles everywhere, a portable Ipod and Bose music player and we had our own private waiter. Had a fantastic meal while watching the sunset. At the end, Steve "surprised" me with a lovely Cartier watch that I have been wanting for years. Okay, I already knew I was getting the watch but he did give it in advance to the butler and had the waiter bring it out in a huge decorated tagine so that was nice.
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| Me and Steve at our anniversary dinner |
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| View from Anniversary Dinner at LVP |
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| View from dinner table at LVP |
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Surprise Chocolate Cake at Anniversary Dinner
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| Cartier Watch Gift |
After dinner we came back to the room to find a complimentary bottle of champagne that we enjoyed on our terrace.
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| Complimentary Champagne |
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| Me enjoying said champagne |
Our last day was more of the same. Coffee on the terrace, a good workout at the gym to sweat out the margaritas and champagne and then laying around the pool all afternoon. While we never really left the resort to go into town, we did manage to go for some walks along the beach and check out some other resorts. Quite frankly, when you pay as much as you do for a place like LVP, you want to eek out every bit of value from it. The beach in front of LVP is not swimmable as the waves are simply too big and we saw jellyfish (aka, Steve's nemesis) but it was pretty look at it.
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| Cabo Beach with Jose the Horseback Riding Guy |
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| Beautiful Sunset |
The last treat was getting to see an incredible fireworks show. There was actually a small wedding at the hotel on Saturday night and they had fireworks on the beach right in front of our room for the wedding so we got to enjoy those on our last night. Steve tried to act like he had arranged it -- as if I would fall for that. I would definitely go back to LVP in a heartbeat. In fact, I hope we can find time to squeeze in a long weekend there next year. Personally, three days there was enough for me but I would like to go back and rent a car one day to see the actual town of Cabo. Plus, the next time we go we would do it a little cheaper and probably just get an oceanview room rather than the pricier oceanfront and would forego some of the additional expenses we incurred for expensive wines, private tequila tasting and the private dinner as those were splurges for the anniversary. Either way, the staff at LVP will bend over backwards for you no matter what. Look forward to a return trip next year!
