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Cabo San Lucas has long been known for its famous arch, “El Arco,” a breathtaking natural stone wonder that marks the end of the Baha California Peninsula.  Los Cabos welcomes more than one million visitors annually.  Visitors come to fish in the “world’s aquarium” as it was christened by Jacques Cousteau.  Others come to play one of the many championship golf courses, whale watch, snorkel or dive.  Most vacationers come for the beautiful beaches and the sun, sun, sun.

Los Cabos, located at the tip of the narow Baja California penninsula, almost 1,000 miles southeast of San Diego.  It is Mexico’s fastest growing destination for la Bena vida, that “good life” we all seek and desire.  Cabo San Lucas, the port at the peninsula’s tip, known as Land’s End, is approximately 20 miles southwest of the sister city San Jose del Cabo and 27 miles from the Los Cabos International Airport.

Cabo San Lucs has attracted many celebreties for various reasons:  Fergie and Josh Duhemel became engaged in Cabo, Jack Black and wife Tanya Hayden enjoyed couple’s time, Jessica Alba flew down for a little R&R after the birth of her daughter Honor, and on again/off again couple, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson were also spotted swimming in the Sea of Cortés.  Kate Beckinsale and her director husband Len Wiseman boogie boarded and went snorkeling, while Pink and Carey Hart played a round of golf. In fact, the area boasts plenty of world class golf courses including the Jack Nicklaus–designed El Dorado, which has been played by Tiger Woods and Fred Couples.  Jennifer Aniston just celebrated her 41st birthday in Cabo with her favorite buds Courtney Cox and hubby David Aquette, Sheryl Crow, and her Scottish main squeeze Gerald Butler.

Cabo offers many great villa rentals in spectacular resorts such as the privately owned villas at VIlla La Estancia.  These Cabo rentals offer privately owned luxury villas on the swimmable Medano Beach.  The resort offers 1, 2, 3  and 4 bedroom villas as well as glorious penthouse options.  Why stay in a hotel room when you can relax in a luxury villa overlooking the Sea of Cortez.  Contact Cabo Luxury Lifestyle for more details.

Francisco de Ulloa was credited with first discovering Cabo San Lucas in 1537. The Sea of Cortez was named after Hernan Cortez.  Cabo quickly became a busy trading port and stopover for pirates. British and Dutch ships often enjoyed the treasures that the Spanish ships were trying to take back to Spain.

The Spanish treasure-galleon, the “Great St. Anne,” was captured off Cape St Lucas by Sir Thomas Cavendish November 14, 1587, prompting King Phillip II of Spain to establish a small fortress at Cabo San Lucas to try to rid the waters of “undesirables.”

The establishment of a fort at Cabo San Lucas helped open up the area to exploration. Settlements along the Baja began to spring up as pearls were discovered in the Sea of Cortez. In 1730 a Jesuit mission, Jose del Cabo, was established to the north. Together, the two towns became known as Los Cabos (the capes). However, Cabo San Lucas remained largely undeveloped having no steady water supply.

The population of Cabo San Lucas was still around 400 by the 1930’s when it started to become know as a sports fishing haven. It was accessible only by small plane, long range yacht, or anyone willing to travel 1000 miles of rutted dirt “roads” to get there.

After World War II, word started spreading around Southern California’s elite and Los Cabos became a playground for the rich and famous. By 1950, Bing Crosby, Phil Harris, Desi Arnaz, and The Duke had built the exclusive hotel Las Cruces on the East Cape. More development followed.

In 1974, with Cabo’s population at around 900, the peninsular highway was built and Los Cabos started to become accessible to middle America. Mexican architecht Manuel Díaz Rivera purchased 250 acres, which would become the home development known as Pedregal. Marlin fishing tournaments began drawing international attention and Fonatur, the Mexican tourist agency along with international developers, began to pour money and resources into the region. Construction of an international airport in San Jose Del Cabo, a modern 300-slip marina and a fresh water pipeline to Cabo San Lucas have ignited the current boom.

Today, sportsmen continue to flock to Los Cabos for world-famous fishing, outstanding diving, and game bird hunting. However, the area now also draws families, beach lovers, honeymooners, and golfers. Huge investments in golf courses have been made in the 30 kilometer “Corridor” between Cabo San Lucas and Jose del Cabo. There are 108 holes already open, with a master plan calling for an eventual 207 holes. The dramatic course layouts, built by some of golf’s premier designers, take full advantage of the region’s striking landscape. Cabo Luxury Lifestyle will help you arrange activities and services during your stay in Cabo.

Cabo San Lucas boasts dozens of fine restaurant, shopping, a marina, and an active nightlife. Accommodations are first-class and feature some of Mexico’s finest properties. Cabo Luxury Lifestyle offers visitors private villa options at Villa La Estancia Resort in Cabo, as well as other cabo rentals such as private homes and condos and villas in Los Cabos.  With miles of pristine beaches, beautiful scenery, and almost perfect weather, it’s no wonder that Los Cabos is fast becoming the ultimate resort destination.

Los Cabos-Mexico’s Most Spectacular Destination

Los Cabos is Mexico’s fastest growing destination for “la buena Vida”-the good life we crave. The Cabo San Lucas area has it all: an assortment of lodging options, a full array of water and land activities, golf and tennis, relaxing spas, galleries and shopping, beautiful beaches, and great night life and restaurants. There is something for everyone in Cabo.

Imagine the point where the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains & the Sonoran Desert merge with the sparkling blue waters of the Sea of Cortez and you will find Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The Los Cabos area is located at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, just below the Tropic of Cancer and 1000 miles south of San Diego.  This great location affords travelers many warm and sunny days to enjoy a relaxing vacation on one of the several beaches in Cabo San Lucas.

The Los Cabos region is unique in that it combines 3 distinct personalities

that includes the two towns of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo and the 20-mile Tourist Corridor that connects them, offering additional luxury resorts and  private residences.  The Los Cabos area offers vacationers many lodging options including Cabo luxury villas, private home rentals and rentals at any one of many beautiful resorts such as Villa La Estancia Resort on the popular Medano Beach.

Cabo San Lucas, better known as “Cabo,” is the most popular town.  It is located  at the tip of the Baja, just 20 miles southwest of San Jose del Cabo & 27 miles from the Los Cabos Airport.  The dramatic arch at Land’s End in Cabo, also known as El Arco, is the landmark of the area along with the Cabo Marina.

The beautiful 200-slip marina is a spectacular sight for any vessel lover; where luxury yachts reside next to professional fishing fleets and small boats.  Annual offshore fishing tournaments attract large crowds throughout the year and have helped make the area the “sport fishing capital of the world.”  Los Cabos is a golfer’s paradise with 7 public and 2 private courses, including designers such as Jack Nicklaus, Robert Trent Jones II, Tom Weiskopf and Greg Norman.  The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez provide an endless array of marine activities and water sports including snorkeling, scuba diving, swimming, sailing, wave running and para sailing.

Cabo San Lucas offers the beach dweller several spectacular beaches including Lover’s Beach, Solmar Beach on the Pacific side and Medano Beach, the main swimming beach.  Cabo is a popular port-of-call for nearly 400 cruise ships each year. The 20-mile “Tourista” Corridor separates Cabo and the charming, traditional Mexican town of San Jose del Cabo.  Many of the world-class desert-to-sea golf courses are located in the Corridor, as well as luxury resorts, private residences, incredible beaches and impressive restaurants.  The charm of the colonial town of San Jose offers additional culture, golf, restaurants and shopping.

Cabo San Lucas has become a favorite vacation spot for travelers that desire a sunny, relaxing vacation in any one of the many Cabo luxury villas or private home rentals in Cabo.  Cabo San Lucas offers vacationers an oceanic playground on the edge of the Baja with limitless activities and services, world-class golf courses, superb dining experiences, sizzling nightlife, and beautiful beaches with many sunny days.  Whether you desire to party all night, or to enjoy a relaxing day on the beach, or if you desire to experience the oceanic playground, Los Cabos has something for everyone.

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In Mexico, November 1st is known as the All Saints Day and November 2nd as All Souls Day.  Each is marked by a plethora of intriguing customs that vary widely according to the ethnic roots of each region. Common to all, however, are colorful adornments and lively reunions at family burial plots, the preparation of special foods, offerings laid out for the departed on commemorative altars and religious rites that are likely to include fireworks. All Souls Day Commemoration, which was celebrated on November 2, is an important tradition in the Mexican culture where families decorate elaborate altars in memory of deceased family members. Villa La Estancia Resort in Cabo enjoyed a personal celebration.

This past Monday an altar making contest took place in the Villa La Estancia resort garden, just outside the main lobby. There were six teams participating, each one representing a different department of the Villa La Estancia in Cabo resort. Teams set up altars paying tribute to famous and beloved Mexicans from the past.  After admiring all the altars and listening to the explanations given by Ramon Segura, Pool Butler at Villa La Estancia, the Jury decided that the winning altar was the one set up by the Food and Beverages department of Villa La Estancia in Cabo, which paid tribute to Emiliano Zapata, a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution.

Villa La Estancia in Cabo is a luxury resort located on Medano Beach.  All villas are privately owned and often available for luxury vacation rentals in Cabo San Lucas.  Cabo Luxury Lifestyle offers travelers luxury rentals at Villa La Estancia, as well as other homes and villas in the Los Cabos area.  Contact Cabo Luxury Lifestyle for Cabo luxury villas rates at Villa La Estancia or other private home rentals in Cabo.

Airline travelers beware…holiday travel just got more expensive.  Delta, United, Northwest, American, Continental and US Airways has added $10 surcharges for busy days around the holidays, making days that already tended to be expensive to fly a little more costly.

Last month airlines added a $10 each-way surcharge for Nov. 29 (the Sunday after Thanksgiving) and Jan. 2 and 3.  Recently, FareCompare.com CEO Rick Seaney notes that the same airlines have added 10 more days: Nov. 30; Dec. 19, 26, and 27; March 14, 20, 21, 28; April 11; and May 28.   Seaney said discounters such as Southwest and JetBlue appear to be avoiding the surcharges.

The main carriers into Cabo San Lucas include:  Delta, American, United, Continental and US Airways.  Cabo has become an increasingly popular destination site during the Holiday Season, largely due to the sunny and pleasant climate.  Cabo has been called the playground for vacationers interested in water and land activities, restaurant and nightlife, spa experiences, golfing and tennis, whale watching and scuba and snorkeling.

Cabo Luxury Lifestyle offers luxury privately owned villas in La Estancia Resort on Medano Beach in Cabo as well as other private homes, villas and condos in the Los Cabos area.  Contact Cabo Luxury Lifestyle for more information about accommodations and activities.

Resort Spas have become a requirement for many vacation travelers.  Cabo San Lucas offers several first class spa experiences.  Villa La Estancia Resort offers the Dessert Spa and Fitness Center to guests and visitors.  The Dessert Spa is located within the Villa Group Resorts which includes Villa La Estancia.  It offers 31,000 square feet of pure pampering and relaxation with a hydro therapy center, a full service hair salon,  a new Fitness Center and an extensive spa menu including massages, facials, scrubs, manicures and pedicures.

Spas services offer many benefits for the vacationer, including:

1. Mind

Spas are great mind stimulants and mind relaxants. People experiencing spa services feel more at ease in their own mind, less stressed, and better prepared intellectually and emotionally for the return to their daily lives.

2. Body

A spa experience will help to cleanse your body.  The Dessert Spa at Villa La Estancia offers fitness exercise including private training sessions and pilates and yoga, hot natural spa mineral waters, massage, alternative therapies, saunas, steam rooms, whirlpools and a range of other services and facilities are all designed to relax your total being.

3. Spirit

Patrons of the Dessert Spa at Villa La Estancia experience the natural setting of the Desert Spa with services that stimulate the mind and cleanse the body.  The spa experience is designed to enhance a patron’s spiritual sense.

4. Balance and Rejuvenation

The Dessert Spa Experience helps you forget your daily stress and create a positive impact on your total being. The Desert Spa facilities, services and staff will help you to unwind, relieve any anxieties and stress you may be carrying, help you to cleanse your body, stimulate your mind and provide balance and equilibrium to your lifestyle.When your spa experience ends, you will feel rejuvenated and carry with you a sense of relaxation and confidence that will help you to approach your daily life back home in a more assertive and progressive way.

Cabo Luxury Lifestyle will help you plan your Spa Experience along with your luxury villa rental at Villa La Estancia or another private home or villa in Cabo San Lucas.  We will gladly arrange an in-room spa experience.

Just what is a GG or a Girlfriend’s Getaway? A Girlfriend’s Getaway is a short vacation in which husbands, boyfriends, children and the like are not included. A Girlfriend Getaway is becoming a synonym with girl empowerment and more and more women are now going on trips that test their physical and mental limits as well as offer a relaxing venue for girlfriends to gather, often reconnect, share life experiences and ideas and create new memories.   Cabo San Lucas is a perfect getaway venue.

Cabo San Lucas is an incredible resort area at the tip of the Baja California peninsula, approximately 1,000 miles southeast of San Diego.  It offers the perfect setting for a relaxing and refreshing adventure for you and several friends.

Cabo San Lucas is a perfect playground in the sun.  The sun smiles in Cabo for an average of 360 days out of the year.  There are beautiful sandy beaches, world class golf courses, trendy spa spots, dinner cruises, fabulous shopping, snorkeling and scuba diving, whale watching, horseback riding, fishing, delightful dining, sizzling nightlife and many other water and land activities.

Cabo Luxury Lifestyle will help you plan a perfect Girlfriend Getaway with the perfect accommodations in Villa La Estancia Resort or a private home or villa in Los Cabos. Rentals at Villa La Estancia are privately owned villas offering your very own private villa located in a resort setting.  You will be afforded all the amenities of the resort including restaurant, pools, Jacuzzis, fitness center, spa facilities, room service and maid service.  All villas are tastefully decorated and most offer views of the Sea of Cortez.  The beachfront location of Villa La Estancia  makes it an ideal choice for fun in the sun for all travelers.  Villa La Estancia is a short walk into the town of Cabo San Lucas.  Contact Cabo Luxury Lifestyle for more details.

Cabo San Lucas has become one of Mexico’s premium travel spots.  It is situated at the tip of the Baja California peninsula where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean.  There are many reasons to visit Cabo.  Here are the top 10 Reasons:

10.  The Mexican people are friendly, helpful and accommodating to tourists.  They are always there to help in any way and most speak English in the tourist areas.

9.  The climate is predictably sunny. Cabo San Lucas boasts nearly 360 warm, sunny days throughout the year. It has low humidity and does not experience the extremes of desert temperatures because of the close proximity of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. In the winter, days are warm and ideal. Summertime gets hot, but the surrounding bodies of water yield refreshing breezes. With the summer temperatures come warm waters and very pleasant evenings.

8.  It is a year round playground for outdoor activities, including golf, tennis, boating, fishing, whale watching, ATV riding, zip-lining, scuba diving and snorkeling.

7.  The Spa Services are divine.  The Dessert Spa at Villa La Estancia on Medano Beach offers a new 31,000 square foot European Spa with a natural setting.

6.  There are many flights from major cities in the U.S. and Canada, including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Denver, San Diego, Portland, San Jose, Alaska and Ontario.   Most flights are under 4 hours.

5.  There are hundreds of great restaurants in Los Cabos serving everything from traditional Mexican dishes to exotic Pan Asian cuisine.

4. It is home to Mexico’s largest sport fishing fleet and a 300 slip marina where luxury yachts, snorkel boats, sunset and party cruises docked next to fishing cruisers and traditional skiff-like pangas.

3.  The nightlife is “sizzling” offering traditional Mexican fiestas to “rock your thongs off” clubs and a new wave of sophisticated venues featuring guest artists from around the world.  Cabo is home to Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo Restaurant and bar.

2.  The Los Cabos area, which includes Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo and everything in between, offers many appealing accommodations to suit any lifestyle.  Villa La Estancia Resort is a premium resort offering privately owned villas and all the benefits of resort style living.

And the #1 Reason to vacation in Cabo San Lucas:

1. Cabo Luxury Lifestyle will help you plan the ideal vacation at a cost within your budget.  We offer luxury villas in  the resort setting of Villa La Estancia, as well as private homes, villas and condos in the Los Cabos area.  Contact us for more information at Cabo Luxury Lifestyle.

The year 2009 has been a financial challenge for many individuals and families.  Many travel plans were abandoned or placed on hold.  Cabo Luxury Lifestyle recognizes the changes in the financial climate and has aggressively lowered our villa rates for the Holidays as well as everyday travel dates. Cabo Luxury Lifestyle is offering 2009 Holiday Rates at a rate of 25-35% below last year’s rates.  Enjoy the views of the Sea of Cortez while sipping a margarita on your private terrace for $500 per night per 2 bedroom villa for Christmas week and $550 per night for New Year’s Eve week.

The privately owned resort villa is fully equipped with the conveniences of home while offering the amenities of the Villa La Estancia Resort. Villa La Estancia is located directly on Medano Beach and a short walk into the town of Cabo San Lucas.  Enjoy the beautiful, sunny days in Los Cabos on the beach or in one of the many pools or jacuzzis at the resort.  Contact Cabo Luxury Lifestyle for rate and availability information.

Cabo San Lucas is located in the Baja region of Mexico.  Cabo has been long known and recognized as the fishing capital of the world, more precisely the marlin fishing capital. The ideal location where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean is the main reason you’ll find the richest marlin tournament in Cabo San Lucas! The late, great, Jacques Cousteau was a frequent visitor of these waters.  He referred to the Sea of Cortez as “the world’s aquarium”.

The world famous Bisbee Los Cabos Off Shore Tournament will be held October 16-18 in Los Cabos, followed by the Bisbee Black and Blue Marlin tournament at the end of October.  These famous tournaments attract teams from around the world with winning purses into the millions of dollars. While there are a handful of sanctioned tournaments in Cabo and Los Cabos, you’ll find expert crews and fully-equipped yachts every day of the week ready to take tourists out for an exhilarating day of deep sea fishing!

Cabo Luxury Lifestyle can help you connect to the best, most experienced fishing companies as well as villa and home rentals in the Cabo San Lucas area.  We have beautiful, privately owned villas in Villa La Estancia Resort as well as other condos, villas and homes in Los Cabos.  We offer 1-4 bedroom villas and homes as well as penthouse villas in Villa La Estancia.  Contact us at Cabo Luxury Lifestyle for more information.

2009 Marlin Fishing Tournament Dates:

East Cape: July 28-August 1 2009
Los Cabos: October 16-18    2009
Bisbee’s Black & Blue: October 20-24 2009