A retro, 1960s Southern California-meets-Baja vibe defines luxury lifestyle brand Thompson Hotels’ first property in Mexico, The Cape, in Cabo San Lucas.
Located near the southernmost tip of the Baja California Sur Peninsula, the resort is situated along the world-renowned surfer’s paradise known as Monuments Beach. It offers unobstructed views of the region’s most famous landmark, The Arch, from virtually any vantage point on property — an amenity exclusive to The Cape and a result of its precise architectural positioning.
Two pools (one featuring a swim-up bar and the other built within a natural rock formation on property); a six-story-high rooftop lounge with views of the city and sea (the only rooftop lounge in Cabo San Lucas); a spa with two private outdoor cabanas for treatments with an ocean view; a fitness center featuring floor-to-ceiling, panoramic windows overlooking the Sea of Cortez; and a diverse array of regionally inspired, chef-driven food and beverage destinations position The Cape in a crowded marketplace.
Owners Vertex Real Estate Investors and Pentz & Partners, in partnership with Commune Hotels + Resorts, collaborated with Mexican architect Javier Sánchez of JSa Arquitectura; Marisabel Gómez Vázquez of interior design firm Arquitectura de Interiores; ceramicist Jose Noé Suro; and culinarian Chef Enrique Olvera. Director of Sales and Marketing Jorge Villarreal and General Manager Eduardo Segura — both Los Cabos locals and luxury hotel veterans — lead The Cape’s executive team.
Architect Sanchez created seamless transitions between indoors and outdoors, juxtaposing modern and natural elements that draw in the region’s inherent beauty and also introduce an aesthetic not yet found in Los Cabos. In collaboration with interior designer Vázquez, the end result is an sleek, modern design, softened by an open-air layout with views of the native environment.
Contrasting design elements — such as the lobby’s deep black concrete ceilings suspended above a life-size whale sculpture made from salvaged driftwood — define the duo’s synergistic balance of urban and natural elements.
Custom-designed, mid-century modern furnishings mark the public spaces and guestrooms, while hand-painted original tilework from Suro line the floors throughout the resort.
(All photos: Thomas Hart Shelby)