Lumina at Cardinal Cabo San Lucas
Self-catered base eight minutes from Lovers Beach
About this hotel
A full kitchen is the defining feature here, and for a group on a longer golf trip, being able to cook rather than eat out every night keeps both the budget and the schedule under the group's own control. The outdoor pool and hot tub cover recovery after a round, and the eight-minute taxi to Lovers Beach puts one of the region's more scenic spots within easy reach for a rest-day outing. The pet-friendly policy is worth flagging for anyone travelling with a dog on the trip. Without a star rating attached, this reads less like a branded resort and more like a self-contained residence built for people who want to run their own kitchen and their own schedule around the golf.
- Full kitchen
- Hot tub
- Airport shuttle
- Pet-friendly
Our take
This suits a self-sufficient group that wants a full kitchen and a hot tub over resort dining and entertainment. Anyone wanting restaurants and a pool bar on site without cooking should look at one of the all-inclusive resorts closer to El Medano Beach instead, where that's built into the daily rate.
- Do a grocery run on arrival to make full use of the kitchen across a multi-day golf trip.
- Book the taxi to Lovers Beach for a rest-day outing rather than trying to fit it around tee times.
- Use the hot tub after your longest round of the trip, when recovery matters most.
Why we love it
- Full kitchen for self-catering
- Hot tub for recovery
- Eight-minute taxi to Lovers Beach
- Pet-friendly
Why guests love itCooking our own meals kept our five-day golf trip on budget in a way an all-inclusive resort wouldn't have. The hot tub got heavy use after our two toughest rounds. The taxi out to Lovers Beach on our one rest day was well worth the eight minutes; it's a genuinely different stretch of coast from the main beaches. It made the days between rounds easier than we'd planned for, which is really all we wanted from the base.