Todos Santos Boutique Hotel
Hacienda hideout
Pacific-side pueblo mágico
With a dramatic past and the bullet holes to prove it, Todos Santos Boutique Hotel is a red-brick beauty in the heart of Baja California’s surf-centric creative hub. An idyllic palm-fringed pool is the hotel’s heart, and to keep you fed and watered there’s a fine dining restaurant and mezcal-loaded cocktail bar. Outside, explore the gallery-laden streets of a charming town built on the fortunes of sugar traders, or just head for the endless lengths of golden sand.
Facilities
Rooms
10, including three suites.
Checkout
Noon, and check-in is at 3pm, but both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.
More Details
Rates do not include breakfast, but it’s available at extra cost, à la carte, in the restaurant, 1890.
Also
The hotel has some ground-floor rooms, but unfortunately this historic property is not suitable if you use a wheelchair.
Free Internet Access
Pet Friendly
Pool
On-Site Restaurant
Room Service
At the Hotel
Free WiFi throughout, and bikes to borrow. In rooms: Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, minibar with complimentary soft drinks, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and Le Labo bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
Take the plunge on Santiago (the Presidential Suite), which comes with its own patio and pool, as well as a red-marble bath.
Poolside
Dip in the cool of a large courtyard, where a heated pool (open from 8am to 8pm) is fringed by palms, then retire to your striped sunlounger and the shade of a tasseled parasol. Little Smiths will love the super-shallow end for paddling, although it’s the pool bar’s menu of sips and bites where you’ll want to do most of your splashing.
Spa
There’s no wellness space at the hotel, but in partnership with a local spa, you can enjoy health and beauty services in the comfort of your own (or another) hotel room. A one-hour deep tissue massage is MXN2,700, for example.
Packing Tips
An underwater video camera, for shooting your efforts in the epic waves.
Children
All ages are welcome: there’s a choice of rooms that sleep four and babysitting can be arranged, subject to availability, 24 hours’ notice, and an extra charge.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
Take cocktails to the roof terrace, or pick a spot in the shaded courtyard, where marble tables and embroidered armchairs sit beneath the perma-blue sky.
Dress Code
Organic cottons, as a nod to Todos Santos’ trading-post history.
Hotel Restaurant
The jade-tiled open kitchen of 1890 specialises in European cuisine crafted with hyper-fresh local produce, and paired with any of 400 fine wines from the cellar. Feast on scallop flatbreads and hamachi sashimi; move onto aged cotija-cheese gnocchi, and finish with grilled mango and lime ice cream, for example. Compliments to the head chef, who cut his teeth at London’s Michelin-starred River Café, no less.
Hotel Bar
La Copa is the toast of Todos Santos, with wall paintings depicting the history of the town and cocktails on cue in a moody, soft-lit salon. Take a seat on a studded leather armchair, summon the trolley to your table, and watch the mixologist work magic on the spot. The house special — Minero — is a perfumed masterpiece that meddles mezcal with maraschino and hints of violet.
Last Orders
1890 is open all day long, with breakfast served from 8am, lunch from 1pm to 3pm, and dinner from 5pm to 10pm. La Copa serves drinks and light bites from noon till 9.30pm.
Room Service
A selected room service menu is available from 8am to 9pm daily.
Planes
The nearest major airport is Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) in San Jose del Cabo, which has direct flights from many major cities in the US, including Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, and now a route straight from Frankfurt too. From the airport it’s an hour and 15 minutes to the hotel; transfers can be arranged for $210 each way.
Automobiles
To explore beyond the sunny streets of Todos Santos, you’ll need your own set of wheels. It’s best to hire from the airport, and there’s free valet parking when you arrive at the hotel.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
Todos Santos Boutique Hotel is an ideal launchpad for local exploration of this characterful town and beyond. Browse contemporary artwork at La Sonrisa de la Muerte gallery, pick up artisan jewellery made with high-grade Mexican silver at Muan, and revamp your wardrobe with raw-cotton threads from Zócalo. When you’re ready to hit the sand, head to Los Cerritos for swimming and shoreline strolls, La Pastora for serious surf breaks, and La Cachora for a sunset walk along the dunes (for the beach shuttle schedule, just ask at reception). For spectacular hiking, go with a guide to Punta Lobos, where you’ll be rewarded with show-stopping views of the ocean and mountains. Wherever you’re off to, it’s never a bad idea to stock up on supplies at Agricole farm shop, for the full-to-bursting sandwiches and punnets of succulent strawberries.
Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt
This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .
