Todos Santos Boutique Lodge Brings Bygone Attraction to Mexico’s Baja California Sur

After the tasting, I stroll a couple of steps into the lodge’s restaurant, 1890, and to what appears like an opulent Madrileño steakhouse. My dinner is a euphoric affair of oysters Rockefeller, creamy ravioli with ricotta and sage, potatoes boulangère, and buttery wagyu. Caro is again at my aspect between each course with a wine pairing, right down to the dessert spherical: a Port from the Douro Valley to go together with a lemon tart, sticky toffee pudding, and a trifecta of housemade ice lotions in strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. Blame the beneficiant pours or copious sugar consumption, however I discover myself mesmerized by all the expertise—and much more so once I excuse myself to the women room. It’s maybe probably the most stunning toilet I’ve ever seen, and it’s embellished with work of chimpanzees wearing ballroom apparel.

To say I went to mattress dreaming of decadence can be an understatement. The newly-opened Todos Santos Boutique Lodge is fanciful, luxurious, and even perhaps a bit over-the-top for its vacation spot, a desert city positioned about 90 minutes north of the Los Cabos space that’s extra identified for its surf breaks and cliffside hikes. I’ve a home in San Pedrito, about 20 minutes away from downtown Todos Santos, and I usually come to the realm with a one-track thoughts: to be exterior as a lot as attainable, enjoying seashore volleyball, mountaineering, and browsing.