Be sure to visit The Spa a candlelit, two-story health-and-beauty spa featuring Thalasso saltwater and seaweed treatments, women and men steam rooms, and a 10-person outdoor saltwater spa tub bordered by a small sundeck with cushioned teak lounges. Services at Playa Grande Resort Spa include massage, body wraps and scrubs, facials, reflexology, waxing, and hair and nail care. Massages are also offered in thatched-roof cabanas on the beach. This Cabo San Lucas resort has a laundry room that contains coin-operated machines, a fitness center ($) and complimentary Internet access.

The Playa Grande Resort offers 260 guest suites in 12 earth tone buildings aligned in a V-shape facing the Pacific Ocean. Suites feature fully-equipped kitchens or kitchenettes and furnished balconies or ground-floor terraces providing full- or partial-ocean views. Contemporary-Mexican decor includes pale walls and ceilings, tile floors, and bathrooms with red-marble vanities and Mexican-ceramic accessories. DVD players are available for rent.

Aerobics, yoga, and Pilates classes are offered for a surcharge and held in a in a wood-floor studio that is part of the resort`s adults-only fitness center. The fitness center also offers cardio machines, and weight lifting. Use of a tennis court is complimentary in daylight, with a surcharge for night time play. Whale-watching excursions are widely available from Cabo San Lucas during the January-March migration of gray whales. Room Amenities:

• Cable/satellite TV with premium channels, A/c with climate control, blackout drapes, voice mail, Kitchenette, Wake-up calls, Housekeeping daily, Complimentary toiletries, Hair dryer, Shower/tub combination, Makeup mirror, radio/clock, in-room safe, sofa bed.

• Calima Restaurant - Open for Breakfast and Lunch, offering an international menu.
• Brigantine Restaurant - Fine Dinning, open from dinner only.
• El Tejaban at Solmar - International Menu; open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Romeo and Julieta - Italian Food open for dinner.