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Cabo San Lucas

Sol Mar Beach Club Resort

Avenida Solmar Numero 1
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
624-1433-535

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Sol Mar Beach Club Resort

  • September 27, 2005
  • Rated 4 of 5 by PRINSEWING from SULTAN, Washington
Best Things Nearby:
Beach, restaurants, pools, surfing, and shops

Best Things About the Resort:
Friendly staff, food/drinks, pools

Resort Experience:
Sol Mar was a great place to relax. The staff was friendly and helpful. My daughter went with her boyfriend and another couple they met for a surf vacation. I was able to book a room at Sol Mar last-minute and they loved it. You can't surf on the beach there (too dangerous), but they drove north of there for some great surf. They also enjoyed the many restaurants in the area.

  • Unit Type: 1 Bedroom
  • Activities: Good
  • Amenities: Very Good
  • Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
  • Family Friendliness: Excellent
  • Service: Excellent

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From journal Surfing Vacation

Sol Mar Beach Resort

  • August 6, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by tuc01 from indianapolis, Indiana
Best Things Nearby:
The marina and downtown is a short 5-minute walk away. No need to rent a car at all.

Best Things About the Resort:
Location, food, view from the room, people who work at the resort, pools, everything

Resort Experience:
My wife and I came to Cabo for our honeymoon. Neither one of us had ever been to Mexico before, so we didn’t know what to expect. The Sol Mar beach resort is hands down the best resort in Cabo San Lucas. It is not a large, fancy resort, but it is very close to downtown Cabo. This way you can control your vacation experience. We met wonderful people staying at the resort. This resort is one that lets you draw your own vacation up.

We loved the restaurant on site. Happy hour was always a plus, two for the price of one. The pools on site gave you excellent views of the ocean. The timeshare folks are a little pushy, but after their hour presentation, just one hour and free breakfast with discounts off local activities, they pretty much left us alone. You don’t need to rent a car at this resort or at the Playa Grande, which is right next door. We enjoyed ourselves and would stay at the Sol-Mar again and again.

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

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From journal Honeymoon in Cabo

Sol Mar Beach Club Resort

  • December 30, 2004
  • Rated 2 of 5 by kauai50 from Laguna Niguel, California
Best Things Nearby:
The best experience is to rent a SUV or Jetta and drive into the countryside to see isolated pristine beaches, mountains, and landscape as far as the eye can see, all without development. All beach and mountain accesses are on sand-packed dirt roads off the main two-lane highway.

To find beaches, maps, or attractions, go to www.loscabosguide.com. Print directions and information and bring them with you.

Beaches are found via kilometer markers off the highway. My favorites are Playa Las Palmas, aka Los Pedro Beach, at marker 57.1 on the west coast; Twin Dolphin at marker 12; and Chilena at marker 14.

To find waterfalls, Indian paintings, and hot springs, you must use a guide because they are on a private ranch. The only guide we know with an access permit is Angel Ortiz of the Buena Vista Hotel on East Cape.

Best Things About the Resort:
Sol Mar's beach is best spot in Los Cabos to view spectacular sunsets. Walk left to get under the El Arco cliffs. It is very mystical.

The best feature of resort is their huge hot tub with a beach and sunset view, which is great for socializing.

Resort Experience:
This is a smaller, quiet, and older resort appealing to those who don't want the ritz and glitz of the new mega-resorts springing up in Los Cabos, or for those who don't want to rent a vehicle and walk into Cabo town.

  • Unit Type: 1 Bedroom
  • Activities: Not Available
  • Amenities: Good
  • Unit Satisfaction: Fair
  • Family Friendliness: Very Good
  • Service: Good

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From journal Solmar & Villa Del Palmar

Editor Pick

Sol Mar Beach Club Resort

  • December 30, 2004
  • Rated 2 of 5 by kauai50 from Laguna Niguel, California
We were in the one-bedroom, two-bathroom unit. These units do not measure up to RCI Gold Crown standards for various reasons. They are categorized as able to accommodate four people, one couple in living room on a sofa bed and 1 couple in the master suite. But there is only one TV and one phone for whole unit in the master bedroom. There is no VCR. The kitchen sink is a tiny wet bar-size sink, so it's very difficult to do dishes. They provide minimal dishes for four. It was barely livable for just me and my husband. There was no dishwasher. Owners say that they do dishes, pots, and pans in the tub/shower stall. Beware that the beds are on concrete platforms, which are common in other resorts, such as Villa Del Palmar. Solmar provides good mattresses with a foam topper, but oh, my aching back.

Also be advised that the floors, walls, countertops, shower/tub stalls are ALL made of same concrete tile. This concrete flooring is very hard on the feet and joints to walk or stand on. Concrete tiles for the tub have wide concrete grouts. This is not sanitary, in my opinion, for use in a tub. The floor in front of bathroom sink vanity sinks toward a drain, so if you are short, you may not be able to reach the sink or mirror. You are standing in a ditch on a big drain in front of the sink vanity.

The master bath tub/shower stall is so huge that it is difficult to get in and out of. I am 5 feet and 10 inches and athletic, but I had trouble getting in and out of this room-size tub/shower stall. There were no security rails or handles.

Also, you should be warned of the dining chairs. They are so small and uncomfortable that they are not useable. The rattan seats are sagging, and the chair back points toward your back, making it hurt. We used the outdoor patio chairs for our dining chairs inside. Also be advised that if you are in Building I, J, or K, your units are near a food storage warehouse, and you will hear the generator noises and smell the diesel fuel all day and night.

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From journal Solmar & Villa Del Palmar

Sol Mar Beach Club Resort

  • December 20, 2004
  • Rated 5 of 5 by PRINSEWING from SULTAN, Washington
Best Things Nearby:


Best Things About the Resort:
We loved the penthouse suite that we were given, and the pools and ocean view was awesome!

Resort Experience:
This resort was very beautiful - large yet private. The penthouse suite was very comfortable, with lots of room for the friends and family who shared it (six in all), and there were two balcony decks with plenty of lounging room available. It had the most beautiful view we could have imagined, and the pools were great, too. The kids liked the swim-up bars as much as the adults.








  • Unit Type: 2 Bedroom

  • Activities: Excellent

  • Amenities: Excellent

  • Unit Satisfaction: Excellent

  • Family Friendliness: Excellent

  • Service: Excellent




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