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Voted "Most Decadent Find" by Elite Traveler Magazine, Del Mar remains the secret escape of the stars and a haven for world travelers who have chosen our luxury villas year after year.
Here’s what worldwide publications have been saying about Mexico’s most exclusive paradise…
Artful Living
Winter 2012
The Perfect Vacation A beachside villa makes for a memorable family getaway. Villas Del Mar offers the comforts of an über-luxury vacation home along with the services and amenities of a five-star resort.
AgentRecommend.com
August 10, 2011
Viva Los Cabos Package available August 15 - December 15, 2011. Ideal for two couples traveling together, this package includes a minimum 3-night stay in an expansive 2-bedroom, private ocean view resort villa with butler, chef and a catamaran cruise or a round of golf.
Elite Traveler
July / August 2011
The World's Top 101 Suites. In addition to its spacious, open concept interiors, this extraordinary private residence offers an extra 2,200 square feet of outdoor space. Make like former villa guests and employ the services of your private butler and chef.
Elite Traveler Hotels Resorts & Spas Directory
2011
Villas Del Mar at Palmilla is Mexico's most exclusive resort community featuring a collection of private ocean-view villas nestled along a secluded stretch of pristine, white sand beach. Villas Del Mar has become a getaway for many high-profile guests looking for the privacy and anonymity that cannot be found at a more traditional resort.
Recommend
May 2011
Mexico Destinations Weddings & Honeymoon Planner. Exclusivity is often the name fo the wedding game in Los Cabos, which has yet to see a dull ceremony. At Club Ninety Six, a private beach club available to those who book a villa from Del Mar Escapes, couples can expect nothing but elegant service, moonlit receptions overlooking the water and a day to remember.
Robb Report Collection
January 2011
No matter what you are looking for - the vacation of your dreams or a vacation home to enjoy for years to come...Few places in the world so perfectly bring together such a blend of sun, sea, desert and mountains. Offering five star resort services in the privacy of a luxury villa, the worry-free Del Mar lifestyle guarantees that everything is taken care of, from pre-arrival grocery shopping to dedicated concierge services.
Affluent Page
December 2010
Not Quite Cabos. The splendid Villas Del Mar resort is a sanctuary sure to delight the senses. At Del Mar’s privileged haven of plush home sites,
nature and luxury are constants that define
and harmoniously blend. Luscious palms, blue skies, and the magnificent Sea of Cortez envelope each opulent colonial-era villa
Elite Traveler Super Yachts
Winter 2010 / 2011
Why We Love It
Stay in this five-bedroom, recently completed top accommodation and spy views of the stunning Sea of Cortez from every room. And you can enjoy the sea itself when you take advantage of the private 50-foot sailing catamaran.
Elite Traveler Hotel Resort Directory
2010
It is the services and amenities that set Villas Del Mar apart from all other resort communities in Mexico; the experience is a unique combination of 5 star resort services in an exclusive private villa. Attended to by a private butler and chef team, guests are treated with the care and discretion necessary to serve the world’s most discerning high-profile travelers.
The Tasting Panel
March 2010
The Perfect Vacation
Built on a rocky rise that stretches along two miles of pristine oceanfront property overlooking the Sea of Cortez and adjacent to one of the world’s most luxurious resorts, One&Only Palmilla, Villas Del Mar offers the comforts of an uber-luxury vacation home along with the services and amenities of a five-star resort.
Cabo Living
Winter 2009
The first-ever Del Mar Development Champions Cup aces the expectations of tennis fans and sponsors. It was the highest caliber group of world-class tennis legends ever assembled in Mexico. And one of the most exciting sporting events in Los Cabos’ colorful history.
Elite Traveler Hotel Resort Directory
2008
Villas Del Mar at Palmilla is Mexico’s most exclusive resort community. It offers a collection of beautifully appointed homes with beachfront, ocean and mountainside vistas. The experience at Villas Del Mar is a unique combination of five-star resort services in an exclusive private villa setting.
Elite Traveler
July 2008
101 Best Suites in the World - Limitless Luxury in Los Cabos
Los Cabos has a rich history as a secret escape for the elite, but the success of Villas Del Mar, a perennial favorite on Elite Travelers list of Top 101 Decadent Suites, has helped turn this Baja outpost into a marquee destination.
Fairway Living
Summer 2008
Homeowners have access to a private chef, concierge, butler and housekeeping services. Whether it’s picking up the mail or providing pre-arrival grocery shopping, all that is needed is to ask. Guests willing to pay $2,500 to $6,000 a night can buy a slice of this elite lifestyle through Villas Del Mar rental program.
Ocean Home
Winter /Spring 2007
Living Large in Los Cabos
The natural beauty at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula provides a stunning backdrop for exclusive resorts and sought-after second homes, making it one of the world’s most exclusive destinations.
Robb Report Collection
February 2007
Villas Del Mar, the Jewel in the Crown of Los Cabos
It began in 1994 as a chance to get away – two old friends on a golfing vacation to the Baja Peninsula. But when land developer Ron Hatfield and his business partner, Ken Schnitzer, first visited Los Cabos, what they found was a vision for the future. Abandoning vacation plans, the two men instead purchased a stunning dreamscape of land from the historical Palmilla Hotel. Their goal: to build a community that would set the standard for luxury living in Mexico.
Estates West
January 2007
Life at Sea
If your dream life consists of a tropical place huddled against an azure panorama, plus prime access to fruity drinks, tremendous golf and all the relaxation – or stimulation – you can handle, Oasis Palmilla or Villas Del Mar may just be su casa way from su casa.
Robb Report Vacation Homes
December 2006/January 2007
Villas Del Mar, Luxury living at the tip of Baja
Locals call it the Rapture of the Baja. Precisely, they speak of Los Cabos’ combination of rugged beauty, low humidity and cooling Sea of Cortes breezes that frequently converts a visitor to a resident.
Coastal Living
October 2006
Flash and fun find a spot on the beach in sunny Los Cabos
Combine Arizona’s weather, California’s cool, a sparkling blue sea and just a splash of the French Riviera’s elegance…and voila! You have today’s Los Cabos, where big game fishing shares the stage with Hollywood celebrities such as Jessica Simpson, Eva Langoria, and many others.
OT Magazine
Summer 2006
New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd is well known for his decision-making abilities on the court. When he visited Villas Del Mar with his family, however, he dreaded having to decide when to leave.
Ocean Home
May 2006
Blazing luxurious trails in Los Cabos
Sea breezes and tropical rays from a private oceanfront terrace are anything but new to homeowners in Los Cabos, Mexico. Mixing things up in a major way Baja’s tip is one real estate developer that doesn’t take "norm" for an answer.
Golf Living
January 2006
"Scottsdale meets the sea" is how many people describe Los Cabos, and he analogy is fitting. Cabo is not only a gorgeous conjunction of arid landscape and splashing shoreline – one of the most pleasing environments in the world….
Playboy
January 2006
If you were to leave your New Year’s plans to us, you know you’d be in good hands. Try this on for size. You wake up in your private 4-bedroom 5200 square foot palace at Villas Del Mar – a secluded enclave of beach villas in Los Cabos as the tip of the Baja. You and your posse spend the day lounging by your pool or on one of the most dramatic white-sand beaches you’ve ever seen while your private chef and butler prepare margaritas and fresh local tuna.
Player
December 2005
Villas Del Mar's new rental program has turned one of Los Cabos’ most exclusive communities into the go-to vacation stop for the likes of Jason Kidd and Jeff Bagwell. You can feel like a star too, as every casita, oceanfront estate and villa offers access to the first Jack Nicklaus golf course in Cabo and privileges at the One&Only Palmilla’s spa and restaurants.
OT Magazine
Summer 2005
It's no wonder that Villas Del Mar has quickly become the premier vacation spot for international bon vivants and celebrities like Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Bill Gates. Pro athletes too have discovered the perfect balance of luxury, fitness and privacy within a sanctuary of peach and relaxation.
Coastal Living
October 2005
Situated behind a guard-gated entry adjacent to the One&Only Palmilla, Villas Del Mar is an ultra-exclusive, seaside residential development offering one of the world’s finest collections of luxurious vacation homes.
Life & Style
June 2005
Jason Priestly, 35 and his bride Naomi Lowde, woke each morning of their honeymoon to warm sea breezes and the gently sound of a fountain trickling in the sun-drenched courtyard. They chose to honeymoon in seclusion at the exclusive Villas Del Mar, a resort community nested on a prime stretch of beachfront in Los Cabos, Mexico.
