Best Things Nearby:
The Pueblo Bonito Rose property provides convenient access to downtown Cabo San Lucas, with a wide variety of activities, restaurants, and shops.

Best Things About the Resort:
Great location on Medano Beach provides ample opportunities to enjoy water sports, or just relax on the beach!

Resort Experience:
One of Pueblo Bonito's own salesmen likened the Rose to "a Vegas-style hotel in Mexico." Be prepared for a big dose of pink (and white, that is), hence the name "Pueblo Bonito Rose." And while the entrance to the property, with its marbled facade and statue, may be somewhat reminiscent of a Vegas hotel, I found that the Mexican flair of the accommodations was very nice (complete with the tiled floor and private furnished balcony), and the immaculate housekeeping made it possible for us to enjoy traditional "creature comforts" as we would in the U.S.

Hotel-quality towels and bath amenities are replenished daily. Our unit, although it was only a studio, had ample storage in the closets, and came complete with a microwave, sink, two-burner stove, and a full set of dishes. (We would have liked to shop at one of the local markets and prepare our own fresh seafood dinner, but unfortunately, we found out that the town's only open-air market had closed down just before our visit!) We enjoyed our morning coffee each day out on the balcony. All but a few of the Pueblo Bonito units face the property's only pool, not the ocean. This was the one thing that I found to be a drawback. Whereas the view just outside the door of our unit was superb, overlooking the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez, it was not possible to see the ocean from the balcony.

However, if you're looking to soak up the sun in the pool area, you're in luck. Curtains shade many pairs of pink-and-white lounge chairs on the pool deck, so you can enjoy a sunny afternoon with your significant other. Roaming waiters are more than happy to bring you a drink from the poolside bar. Pay special attention to the "Happy Hours" posted, as you may end up with twice as many drinks as you really need, since the waiters usually fail to mention when the drinks are "2-for-1."

When you venture out onto Medano Beach, take advantage of the private beach area that belongs to the Rose, or to the Blanco, its sister property. The sand is pretty rocky, and therefore doesn't lend itself well to walking on, unless you're actually in the ocean. No matter where you are on the beach, you're bound to have a great view of Land's End! I highly recommend enjoying the Rose's Sunday Brunch on the Beach!

• Unit Type: Studio
• Activities: Not Available
• Amenities: Very Good
• Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
• Family Friendliness: Excellent
• Service: Excellent

Best Things Nearby:
Land''s End can be viewed from the resort, lying just across the Sea of Cortez. Town is a short five or ten minute walk away where you can visit the Cabo Wabo Catina or the Hard Rock Cafe. If you enjoy golf there is a Jack Nicklaus course nearby and the resort boasts one of the few "safe swim" beaches in the area.

Best Things About the Resort:
In a word, elegance. This resort is so amazingly beautiful, it''s hard for mere words to describe. It is built with an Ancient Roman theme exuding an air of royalty. A separate two story building houses a world-class spa, not just a room with a treadmill and weights as in most traditional hotels and resorts, but a true spa. The spa sits on the property in its own building equipped with more exercise equipment than you can imagine and a spa area designed for the stars (which we were told do frequent this property - does the name Janet Jackson right a bell?). The spa offers massages with all the works, for a price of course, but well worth it.

The upkeep throughout the resort is immaculate and the views out of this world.

Resort Experience:
We stayed in what they call a junior suite, which is a bit larger than your typical hotel room. There are two double beds with a small half wall that divides a small living room area. There is a partial kitchen with one bathroom. Every room has a balcony with a view of the pool area and the ocean. The Rose sits beside the Pueblo Bonito White, which is the older resort, so guests can enjoy the pool and other amenities at this adjacent resort.

The pool at the Rose has a diving well designed for scuba lessons, but the kids find it fun to dive feet first up and down in! The Pueblo Bonito sits on El Medano Beach and has one of the few safe swim beaches in the area. The water in Cabo has extremely strong currents, so many of the beaches are unsafe to swim at. Even in this safe beach area, the currents are strong and threw us around a bit.

There are restaurants on site and poolside waiters to take your orders. It is a little pricey, but that is to be expected at a resort of this caliber. We love this town and resort so much, we decided to purchase at this timeshare. We can''t wait to get back and enjoy all this wonderful location has to offer!

• Unit Type: Studio
• Activities: Excellent
• Amenities: Excellent
• Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
• Family Friendliness: Excellent
• Service: Excellent

Pueblo Bonito Rose Resort and Spa is part of the elite Pueblo Bonito Resorts, with 260 Junior and Luxury Suites featuring private balconies with views of tropical gardens, fountains, pool, and ocean views. With its rose walls and white domes reminiscent of a luxurious Mediterranean resort, the structure is suggestive of the architecture of the Greek islands and Roman villas. Pueblo Bonito means "beautiful village" (and it’s appropriately named), Rose describes its rosy hued exterior. It’s located on the El Medano Beach (the town's only safe swimming beach), with a breathtaking expanse of shoreline and white beach at its feet, the azure waters of the Sea of Cortez, and a spectacular view of El Arco as its backdrop.

The huge lobby of this exquisite resort is awash in priceless antiques, the walls adorned with 350-year-old Flemish tapestries and the floors shimmering in expensive marble. The resort oozed with luxury and upscale facilities; it offered fine cuisine, bountiful amenities, impeccable service and ideal location; whirlpool, children’s pool, tennis court, valet parking, a deli, and gift shops. From the lobby, walk through the large glass doors out to an awesome rectangular fountain with a huge Romanesque statue standing guard; just beyond, there’s a large free-form swimming pool surrounded with flagstone deck, swaying palms, and wandering pink flamingos, white cabanas, and white-and-pink padded lounge chairs. The resort has a state-of-the-art fitness center with a specially cushioned aerobics floor. And the crowning glory here is the beautiful "Spa-at-the Rose," a world-class spa in a world-class setting where one can rejuvenate and be pampered.

Our accommodation was at a Royal Suite, exquisite and beyond first-class. Enviably located at a corner of the sixth floor, it was a luxurious Mediterranean-style two-bedroom/two-bathroom suite with approximately 1000 sq ft, awash in rich colors and well-appointed with frescoes, columns, and marble flooring throughout. It had a full service kitchen with an eating counter topped in Mexican tile and a separate dining room with huge round stone table sitting for eight. There was an abundance of space in the living room furnished with soft sofas and big glass doors that led out to the surround balcony overlooking the swimming pool, garden, and breathtaking view of the azure blue ocean and El Arco (the rocky Land's End as the icing on the cake). The luxurious master bedroom was huge with a comfortable king size bed, bathroom with a whirlpool tub, and glass doors that opened onto the balcony. The second bedroom was furnished no less comfortably. It was a truly memorable experience. The staff around the pool were polite and always at the ready. The resort had two ocean view restaurants with incredible cuisine: Mare Nostrum and award-winning L'Orangerie. Dining here is very expensive.

A few blocks away is Cabo’s town center, with bargain shopping, varied dining, and throbbing nightlife. There’s a big grocery store (super mercado) with a bakery and pastries that took my diet into a spin.

The apartment was informally furnished; the TV got only French channels. Fortunately in our down time, we watched James Bond movie tapes and read some English books, all on tap in the apartment,unusual, but suddenly important in an almost museumless Paris. We cooked all but the first night and ate by candlelight by choice. We learned to hang clothes on hangars to speed up inside drying and to regret that in limiting our search to apartments with two showers (rare in Paris), we had overlooked the need for a dryer in a rainy city. We had needlessly feared we wouldn't be near food stores; we did learn we had to check what days they closed as every store varied in policy. We came to like being in a less touristed area. We still whined about missing the Louvre and Orsay; we got used to the five or so minutes it took to get past double security to the apartment, and hoped we wouldn't have to have such security in the future at home . We only got glimpses of the cultural wealth of Paris we had hoped to experience, but we enjoyed "ordinary" Paris .

For months after our return, we missed our daily baguette and the wonderful pastries at Roussels. We also missed our wonderful ex-Algerian butcher, the master of Veal Orloff! Also, on a positive note, via a sliding glass door off the completely equipped kitchen was a patio equipped with table and four chairs; this was a very rare feature, especially in a 1500 K (US dollars) weekly rental. My smiling passport pix was taken at this table as we relaxed after a full days' travelling to Chartres and back - our day trips helped us salvage our hunger to see some of the sites we'd planned to. Just recently, I learned there's a web site with information re: Paris strikes ; it's www.infogreves.com and you click on "to know all the current strikes." Of course, the site is still difficult to understand for those with limited reading French (me) and frankly, I think the translated version isn't much better, but it is a site you could check to prevent time-wasting, as any transit strikes are also listed.

In sum, we had a lot of spce for the money -861 sq. feet, with a quiet 50 square meter patio outside. Location was super - loads of shops and restaurants , especially on nearbly Ave. General Leclerc and 6 blocks to the Marche Daguerre and its Sunday wonderful fresh produce,and everyday wine shops and cafes. The apartment was about the same distance to the RER at Denfert Rochereau, a proximity that made our day trips a breeze; we even returned direct to De Gaulle via the RER, thus saving mucho bucks. This experience confirmed my judgment that apartment rental is THE WAY TO GO in a big city.

Il Girasole is located in Anacapri, uphill from Capri. You will have to take a bus or a taxi as Anacapri is located 980 feet above sea level.

The hotel is covered in flowering vines and grapes, which makes it very attractive. It has a clean pool with an attractive deck and a nice view.

Our room had a TV and a safe and was on the small side but still comfortable. We felt like we got a bit ripped off however, when our new friends that had the same room as us told us they got it for $40 a night cheaper.

Don''t pay more for a room "with a view" as they are advertised. Our room without a view was exactly the same.

It is a nice 3 star hotel and the restaurants of Anacapri are within walking distance.

I would recommend negoiating about the price of your room though, since they seem to be open to that. We paid $125 a night for ours, while our friends paid $85 a night for their identical room.