Not interested in staying in a sterile chain hotel or a tacky all-inclusive resort in Cabo? Check out these 16 boutique hotels in Los Cabos that offer a unique and small-scale alternative.
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Unique accommodation in Los Cabos
The Los Cabos area of Baja California Sur is one of Mexico’s most popular resort destinations, attracting millions of holidaymakers each year.
The shores of Medano Beach in Cabo San Lucas are lined with luxury hotels and all-inclusives. The supposedly secluded beaches of San Jose del Cabo are home to a dizzying number of lodging options, and the Tourist Corridor coastline connecting the two towns is packed with resorts.
Practically every international chain of hotels and resorts can be found in Cabo, whether it be the Hilton or the Hyatt, the Sheraton or the Sofitel, they are all here!
But if you’re anything like me, you aren’t looking to stay in one of these chains, which are practically the same all over the world.
We much prefer to hunt out small-scale, independent accommodation options that offer an experience that is unique to the destination.
Boutique hotels have fewer rooms (and therefore fewer tourists to share with!), generally with an aesthetic design, stylish decor, and local touches. Often they’re located in off-the-beaten-path areas, outside of busy tourist hubs.
While some people view hotels as ‘just a place to sleep’, we think finding unusual stays can add a whole other element to any trip. Staying somewhere a little bit different from an ordinary hotel room can be the highlight of your trip.
Luckily, there are plenty of unique and boutique hotels in Los Cabos to choose from!
🌿 Opting for smaller-scale, locally-owned accommodation options is also a much more sustainable way to travel. Not only do boutique properties have a smaller impact on the environment, but staying local means more of your money stays in the destination you are visiting and doesn’t leak out to international headquarters in other countries.
⭐️ OUR TOP PICKS FOR BOUTIQUE HOTELS CABO
- 🐚 Chic beach design in Cabo San Lucas: Bahia Hotel & Beach House ($$$)
- 🌵 Industrial heaven in San Jose del Cabo: Drift ($$$)
- 🏖️ Feet-in-the-sand laidback vibes in the Tourist Corridor: Rustico Lounge ($$)
- 🫏 Off-the-beaten-track luxury: The White Lodge ($$$)
16 Boutique hotels in Los Cabos
There are plenty of unique, unusual, different, independent, small-scale, boutique hotels in Cabo to choose from.
Throughout our time in Los Cabos, we hunted out plenty of hidden accommodation gems, of all different shapes and sizes, for all different budgets. Some we had the pleasure of staying in, and others we have reviewed from afar.
We’ve divided this list into different areas: Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo, the Tourist Corridor, and the Los Cabos region more broadly to help you find a great Cabo boutique hotel, no matter where you want to base yourself.
💰 CABO BOUTIQUE HOTEL PRICE RANGES
Room rates are dynamic and change with the seasons and occupancy levels, but to give you an idea of prices, we’ve categorised these Cabo boutique hotels in the following price ranges:
- Under $150 USD = $
- $150 to $300 USD = $$
- Over $300 USD = $$$
Cabo San Lucas boutique hotels
1. Bahia Hotel & Beach House
- 💰 Average price – $$$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 8/10
- 📍 Location – Medano Beach in Cabo San Lucas
- 🛏️ Room types – standard, superior and deluxe rooms and poolside jacuzzi suites
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, on-site restaurant, beach club
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Bahia Hotel & Beach House here
Bahia Hotel is a great boutique option near Medano Beach in Cabo San Lucas, avoiding the huge and obnoxious all-inclusives.
It’s set back from the waterfront, so you won’t quite be on the sand. However the hotel is connected with the chic Sur Beach House on Medano Beach, and guests get free access.
It has beautiful aesthetics and design throughout. Think white, light and bright earthy tones and textures.
Although breakfast is included in some room rates, the choice is extremely limited, unless you want to pay extra so be aware of that.
2. Casa Bella Hotel Boutique
- 💰 Average price – $$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – Downtown Cabo San Lucas
- 🛏️ Room types – standard, superior and deluxe rooms
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, garden area
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Casa Bella Hotel Boutique here
Casa Bella Hotel Boutique is a more traditional expression of Cabo, on an authentic Mexican hacienda-style property.
The rooms are huge, with pops of bright colour, dark solid wood furniture and Mexican textiles and decor.
The best thing about the property is its gorgeous pool and garden area. Like an oasis from the bustling world outside, there are shady trees, bright flowers and desert plants with plenty of cosy places to sit and relax.
Casa Bella is located downtown with some fantastic local restaurants nearby, and a more local feel. It’s only a short stroll to the marina though, and the beach is about 15 minutes walk away.
3. Lumina at Cardinal Cabo San Lucas
- 💰 Average price – $
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – Downtown Cabo San Lucas
- 🛏️ Room types – studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, rooftop area with communal BBQ
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Lumina at Cardinal here
Lumina at Cardinal isn’t a traditional boutique hotel in Cabo San Lucas, but it’s such great value I’m including it here anyway!
It’s more of a serviced residence option, with studio, one, two and three-bedroom apartments. The apartments are modern and incredibly stylish, and fully equipped with all the amenities you could need for a comfortable stay, including a kitchen.
The real gem of the property is its rooftop. Oozing with chic desert vibes, there is a jacuzzi, swimming pool, sunken lounges, a fire pit and a communal outdoor kitchen and BBQ. All with sweeping views of Cabo!
4. Castillo Blarney Inn
- 💰 Average price – $
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – Pedregal neighbourhood in Cabo San Lucas
- 🛏️ Room types – suites with kitchens
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, on-site restaurant
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Castillo Blarney Inn here
What do you get when you cross an Irish castle with the Cabo desert? Castillo Blarney Inn.
This very unique hotel, has the soul and flavour of an Irish inn, with the style and decor of Baja’s rugged environment. There are only 6 rooms, making for a boutique and intimate experience.
The rooms are large and spacious, and every room category has a fully equipped kitchen. The decor is light and bright and most rooms have a terrace or balcony with a view.
The location might not suit everyone. The hotel is perched up on a hill, with sweeping views over Cabo and the bay. It’s about 15 minutes walk to downtown, and a bit further to reach the beach, with a steep hill on the way back.
If you’re prepared, it’s not a bad thing as you’re away from the hustle and bustle and can enjoy the seclusion and serenity of the hotel.
San Jose del Cabo boutique hotels
5. Drift
- 💰 Average price – $$$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 8/10
- 📍 Location – Art District in San Jose del Cabo
- 🛏️ Room types – double rooms with private bathrooms
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, on-site restaurant, weekly yoga classes
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Drift here
Housed in the heart of the Art District in the historic centre of San Jose del Cabo, Drift is an industrial-style boutique hotel.
The 29 rooms at Drift are decorated in a minimal, industrial style. Think polished concrete, raw stone, exposed pipes and plenty of neutral colours.
Rooms are centred around a palm-filled courtyard with a swimming pool. There is also a rooftop terrace and mezcal bar onsite.
This simple yet stunning option is one of the best Cabo boutique hotels, and they have a young, funky and chic vibe on the property.
6. Casa Natalia
- 💰 Average price – $$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 8/10
- 📍 Location – Art District in San Jose del Cabo
- 🛏️ Room types – standard, deluxe and superior king rooms, suites with hot tubs
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, on-site restaurant
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Casa Natalia here
Casa Natalia is an 18-room boutique hotel in the historic heart of San Jose del Cabo. It is perfectly located just a few steps from Plaza Mijares, but manages to remain a quiet oasis!
This property is adults only, sorry kiddos! The rooms are spacious and bright and colourfully decorated with Mexican art and decor. All the rooms have a terrace.
If you can, splash out on one of the two suites for a real treat! They feature a private hot tub on a huge balcony with sun lounges, a hammock and a dining table to enjoy day or night.
The property has a beautiful courtyard and pool, and the onsite restaurant Mi Cocina is one of the best restaurants in San Jose del Cabo.
7. Casa Lulú
- 💰 Average price – $
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – between the Art District and Hotel Zone in San Jose del Cabo
- 🛏️ Room types – double or quad rooms with private bathrooms
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, communal kitchen and lounge, breakfast included
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Casa Lulú here
Casa Lulú is incredible value! Amazing boho desert style for under $150 a night, with a pool, communal kitchen and gorgeous garden? Yes, please!
There are double/queen rooms, or quad rooms with two queen beds, all with private bathrooms. The styling is earthy and minimalist, and some rooms have patios.
The seven rooms share leafy communal spaces. With a large swimming pool, a gorgeous garden with scattered tables and chairs and an indoor lounge area. There is a fully equipped guest kitchen, allowing you to cook your own meals. Although you’ll get a delicious home-cooked breakfast included each day!
Tucked away in a quiet residential area, you’re less than 10 minutes walk to Playa Hotelera, and about 20 minutes walk into the Art District of San Jose del Cabo. Uber is readily available and street parking is easy if you’ve got a rental.
8. Hotel El Ganzo
- 💰 Average price – $$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 8/10
- 📍 Location – at the Puerto Los Cabos Marina in San Jose del Cabo
- 🛏️ Room types – standard, ocean view or terrace rooms
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, beach club, on-site restaurants, gym, bike rental
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Hotel El Ganzo here
Hotel El Ganzo is a trendy adults-only boutique hotel with the most amazing rooftop infinity pool in San Jose del Cabo. Their sustainability initiatives are fantastic, and they were the first hotel in Mexico to become B-Corp certified.
El Ganzo isn’t technically on the beach, but it is set in the Puerto Los Cabos marina, with ocean views. The hotel also has a beach club on one of the only swimmable beaches in the area, which guests can access via a boat shuttle.
The rooms are airy and spacious with modern decor and art. Most enjoy ocean views and the higher categories have terraces. Select rooms have small soaking bath tubs which is a luxurious touch.
Free bike rental is available for guests, to make the short ride into the Art District.
The rooftop area with the infinity pool offers spectacular sunset views and often has live music or guest DJs. You can eat and drink at multiple establishments throughout the property.
9. ACRE
- 💰 Average price – $$$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – Las Animas neighbourhood outside San Jose del Cabo
- 🛏️ Room types – luxury treehouses
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, daily yoga, breakfast included, on-site restaurant
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve ACRE here
Best known as a farm-to-table style restaurant, ACRE is a stunning 25-acre property tucked in the lush neighbourhood of Las Animas on the outskirts of San Jose del Cabo.
Oozing jungle vibes, accommodation here is in treehouses among swaying palms. There are just 12 treehouses on the property, including one double unit connected by a suspended bridge. Each features a private terrace, outdoor shower and comfortable king-size bed.
Guests have access to the grounds of the property, with sprawling orchards and a number of friendly farm animals.
It’s hard to believe this lush, tropical property is in the middle of the desert! ACRE is one of the most aesthetic and popular boutique hotels in San Jose del Cabo.
Tourist Corridor boutique hotels
10. Rustico Lounge
- 💰 Average price – $$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – Playa Costa Azul on the Tourist Corridor
- 🛏️ Room types – glamping tents with shared bathrooms and self-contained cabins
- 👙 Amenities – communal kitchen, beachfront location
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Rustico Lounge here
If you’re looking for laidback beach vibes in Los Cabos, it doesn’t get much better than Rustico Lounge.
Situated literally in the sand on the shores of Playa Costa Azul in the Tourist Corridor, Rustico Lounge offers two different types of accommodation.
There are two cabins with private bathrooms and kitchens, as well as three teepee tents that share a bathroom and kitchen facility.
All beachfront with the most stunning views of the Sea of Cortez, and some fairy lights for good measure!
11. Casa Costa Azul
- 💰 Average price – $$$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – Playa Costa Azul on the Tourist Corridor
- 🛏️ Room types – king rooms with ocean view
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, breakfast included
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Casa Costa Azul here
This family-owned and operated boutique hotel is a relatively new addition to the Tourist Corridor, and so far has an average review rating of 9.9!
Situated steps from the sand on Playa Costa Azul, this small, boutique option is a refreshing change from the large, sterile resorts in the area. There are only 14 rooms, guaranteeing peace and quiet away from the crowds!
The family that owns Casa Costa Azul have put their heart and soul into the property, and are friendly and helpful hosts who will make you feel at home.
All rooms have ocean views and are bright and spacious. The decor is Mexican-style and slightly dated, but the hotel location and amenities more than makeup for it.
There is a pool overlooking the ocean, and a tasty breakfast is included daily.
12. Cabo Surf Hotel
- 💰 Average price – $$$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – Playa Acapulquito on the Tourist Corridor
- 🛏️ Room types – hotel-style rooms, some oceanview, some with spa baths
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, on-site restaurant, surf school
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Cabo Surf Hotel here
Located in the Tourist Corridor on the popular surfing beach Playa Acapulquito, Cabo Surf Hotel offers all the amenities of a resort, with a boutique feel.
Featuring a range of hotel-style rooms, many come with ocean views and some with outdoor spas on the terrace.
The views are spectacular, with the glistening Sea of Cortez everywhere you look – this is not a ‘partial’ ocean view!
There is a surf school on-site if you want to up your surfing game and they also offer board rentals. You can check the swell from your balcony!
Los Cabos region boutique hotels
13. The White Lodge
- 💰 Average price – $$$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – a remote section of the East Cape
- 🛏️ Room types – private suites, some with private pools or rooftop patios
- 👙 Amenities – swimming pool, on-site restaurant, spa, yoga deck
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve The White Lodge here
Hidden away in the remote East Cape area of Los Cabos, The White Lodge is an eco-wellness retreat, with a stunning Mexican minimalist design.
With just ten rooms, all offering views over the dazzling Sea of Cortez, this property is the ultimate location for peace and relaxation. Simple aesthetics and thoughtful touches are found throughout, and it feels completely blended with the pristine desert environment.
The White Lodge operates in a truly sustainable way, reducing water and energy use, plastic and food waste, with no chemicals being used in the buildings at all.
We spent three blissful days here and loved it so much we wrote all about it. A true piece of paradise.
The White Lodge
14. De La Costa La Fortuna
- 💰 Average price – $$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – La Fortuna beach on the East Cape
- 🛏️ Room types – private rooms with bathrooms
- 👙 Amenities – communal kitchen, weekend beach bar, beachfront location
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve De La Costa here
This laidback beachfront gem is one of the most unique boutique hotels in Los Cabos. De La Costa is set right on the beach in La Fortuna in the East Cape (literally feet in the sand!).
There are five small cottages, as well as a shared open-air kitchen, which on Saturdays and Sundays serves up food for the small on-site Liebre Matrera Beach Club.
No phone service and limited wifi make this the ultimate place to relax and unwind and enjoy the beautiful, deserted East Cape beaches.
15. Point Break Glamping
- 💰 Average price – $$$
- ⭐️ Average rating – 8/10
- 📍 Location – La Fortuna beach on the East Cape
- 🛏️ Room types – private yurt tents with shared bathrooms
- 👙 Amenities – communal kitchen, beachfront lounges, on-site restaurant
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Point Break Glamping here
Another option in the East Cape, set right on the beautiful beach of La Fortuna, Point Break Glamping offers a unique, back-to-nature experience.
With a handful of yurt tents set up right on the sand, you’ll sleep to the sound of the waves and wake to a stunning sunrise.
The price is quite steep considering the amenities, but there is no doubt this is a unique experience.
There is a communal kitchen and fridge at the property, allowing you to cook your own meals which can help keep costs down in this remote area.
16. Rancho Ecológico Sol de Mayo
- 💰 Average price – $
- ⭐️ Average rating – 9/10
- 📍 Location – in the desert outside Santiago
- 🛏️ Room types – cabins with private bathrooms and kitchenettes
- 👙 Amenities – rooftop patio, on-site restaurant, trail to waterfall
- 🗓️ Bookings – reserve Rancho Ecológico Sol de Mayo here
When most people think of Los Cabos they think of the beach, but the interior is just as beautiful! If you’re looking to escape to the mountains, Rancho Ecológico Sol de Mayo is located in the rural town of Santiago, just an hour north of San Jose del Cabo.
Nestled in the Sierra de La Laguna mountain range this is a true escape to nature experience. There are just a handful of small cabins available for rent at the ranch, offering you an authentic experience on a functioning Mexican rancho.
The popular Cascada Sol de Mayo waterfall is on the property, and by staying on-site you’ll likely have this beautiful spot to yourself if you visit first thing in the morning.
Spend your nights roasting marshmallows by the fire, gazing at hundreds of stars and getting to know all the resident animals at the rancho. This is the perfect place to unplug and relax in nature in Los Cabos.
Cabo boutique hotels: Final thoughts
I hope this post has opened your eyes to some of the many boutique hotels in Los Cabos and inspired you to choose something a bit different for your trip to Cabo!
There are just as many, if not more, bland and uninspiring chain hotels and resorts, but I encourage you to consider some of these alternative options that offer a unique and authentic local experience!
Let me know if you have stayed in any of these properties, and love hunting out unique and unusual accommodation options as much as we do.
🌵 Heading to Los Cabos and not sure which Cabo is right for you? Check out our handy comparison post to help you choose.
Find out more about Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo, the remote East Cape and inland Santiago, including things to do, where to eat and how to get around in our linked guides.
If you’re heading to Todos Santos or Cerritos Beach too, check out our recommended boutique hotels there.
