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Golfers know "check-in" and "pleasurable" are words rarely used in the same sentence. A hotel check-in can be efficient and speedy - but actually enjoyable? Well, that's exactly what you'll experience at the Westin Resort & Spa Los Cabos in Mexico. Service is such a priority here that staff jump-start the relaxation process with a complimentary daquiri at the check-in desk, making the Westin Los Cabos the class-act in Mexico's corridor of golf, fishing and good times.
Located just down the road from rowdy Cancun, the Iberostar Paraiso Maya, a 432-suite Spanish resort, brings real luxury to an area known for hotels with beer-stained couches and room service meals that make your neighborhood IHOP look sumptuous. If you go to the Cancun area looking for beaches and a carefree lifestyle with high-end accommodations and fantastic golf courses, Paraiso Maya is by far your best shot, writes Senior Staff Writer Chris Baldwin.
Who says you can't combine romance and a golf trip? Even if you're no Casanova, you can still woe your golf-loving significant other around the links. Consider sharing dinners in style on the Mexican coast after playing Jack Nicklaus' epic Cabo del Sol Ocean Course, hitting the Costa del Sol region of Spain, or staying in a castle in Scotland. Famed Pinehurst and Kiawah Island are also great bets for a romantic ace.
It's easy to fall in love with the golf in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. But make that your only mistress and your vacation spice will be sorely lacking. You'll find some of the best snorkeling in the world off this peninsula, plus deep sea fishing, sailing, kayaking and more. If you like the sea, you need to be in it at least as often as you are the huge bunkers at Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s Cabo Real.
Three new golf courses are set to open in Cabo San Lucas in the next year, boosting the area's total from seven to 10 in one building binge. There's a lot of moving and shaking going on on this Mexican resort peninsula, and it's remaking an area that only a dozen years ago was miles of undeveloped coastline. In addition to courses by Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman are a marina, luxury homes, high-end shopping and more.
Also: Cancun gears up to lure high-end tourists
First reaction on stepping up to the tee on the fifth hole at Palmilla Golf Club's Mountain Course is almost universal. It goes something like: YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Jack Nicklaus really gave you a "simple" 401-yard par 4 in this seaside wonderland corridor of Los Cabos. All you have to do is clear a canyon wide enough across that you could be forgiven for thinking it was modeled after The Grand Canyon.
On the fifth hole at Cabo del Sol's Ocean Course, 100 feet of sand is all that separates the raised green from the surf. Drop the putter, head down the ridge and you're there. Did you bring your trunks for a quick dip? Not that you'd want to leave the course mid-round. This is one of those rare tracks where you're going to feel the wonder, where you'll enjoy yourself no matter what you shoot. And Jack Nicklaus can make that number high.
Baja Country Club is very much in a state of transition. Players still come, and they are a mix of Ensenada residents, a handful of folks from Tijuana, and an adventurous batch of Southern California road trippers. However, with real estate prices on the rise, Baja is starting a plan to build new houses near the course and add several amenities. Most importantly, though, they're aggressively bringing the golf course back to life.
Also: Bajamar resort's a Mexican Pebble Beach
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