Welcome to Fashion’s Finest Stays, a travel series where we lend our fashion-editor POV to the world of hospitality. Here, we’ll give you exclusive insider access to the world’s most renowned hotels and resorts, uncovering every detail you’d ever want to know before you book.

By now it’s a well-known fact that all three seasons of HBO’s The White Lotus were filmed on-site at a Four Seasons property. There’s no coincidence there, by the way. The hospitality brand is associated with all things serene luxury, and the name alone conjures images of fluffy bathrobes, spacious suites, and sprawling, minimalist-designed resorts that are, quite literally, the stuff of television fantasies. So when I caught wind of the newest location to open its doors, I was immediately all ears—and not before too long on the soonest flight out.

The Four Seasons Resort Cabo del Sol arrived in 2024 to Cabo San Lucas and quickly earned a ranking as the number one resort in the world, according to Condé Nast. Cabo del Sol marks the second Four Seasons location in the Baja region, but it’s set on a different stretch of coastline from its sister property at Costa Palmas and with a distinct, fresh-faced feel. Despite the droves of sprawling resorts that line the Cabo coastline, this new location was, impressively, completely custom-built for the project, which gave the whole experience another level of luxury—every little corner was brand-new, sparklingly clean, and expertly designed. Buzz around the hotel has steadily grown since it first arrived, and when I visited a year out from opening, it certainly felt like a well-oiled machine. Ahead, an inside look at the Four Seasons Cabo del Sol and all the details to know for an upcoming visit.

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As someone who lived in L.A. for six years, I’m all too familiar with the go-to vacation spots of the city’s most stylish residents, and Cabo is one place that will continue to endure as long as there are nonstop flights shuttling Angelenos up and down the Pacific Coast. The thing about Cabo is that the sheer volume of resorts to choose from can be overwhelming, to say the least, but after my visit I can attest that all the standards and expectations I had for the Four Seasons brand were met—and then some.

While I’m all for staying in an older resort if there’s a compelling history, there’s something to be said about the experience of a brand-new property while it’s in its infancy, and Cabo del Sol was completely custom-built from the ground up, meaning that everything from how you flow through the space to the details and finishings was well thought-out. The hotel comprises 96 guest rooms and suites, plus 61 residences, villas, and estates, though each one feels private and considered. The buildings are arranged in an amphitheater-inspired format so each room has a perfect ocean view. It features three distinct restaurants, a rooftop bar, two expansive pools (one family-friendly, one adults-only) plus one just for the fitness area, and a sprawling spa complete with contrast-therapy circuits.

It can’t be a conversation about a Four Seasons property without a mention of the design aesthetic. The brand at large has become synonymous with a certain type of high-touch luxury that’s somehow consistent (but still localized) across more than 130 destinations worldwide. At Cabo del Sol, I’d describe the architecture as clean, modern, and minimal, but it is Mexico after all, and elements of traditional Spanish revival style were featured throughout the resort through the dramatic curved archways, colored tile, and terra-cotta roofs that dot the property. Not to harp too much on the White Lotus undertones, but standing in the open-air lobby looking out at the unrestricted view of the Pacific through one of the porticos, it was hard not to feel like I’d stepped into an alternative fourth season of the show set in Baja. I half-anticipated seeing Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya sipping on a spicy marg on one of the plush cloud couches.

It’s all designed around a modern hacienda-style village at the heart of the resort layout that’s meant to evoke how a traditional Mexican town is set up with an open-air mercado, artist’s studio, and several retail boutiques featuring local designers. This feature makes the hotel unique and lends more of a community feel. In the three short days I spent there, I found myself getting into somewhat of a morning routine as I walked through the makeshift town square to grab a coffee before heading to the gym for a sweat. Maybe it’s the New Yorker in me, but I relished in this little routine before planting myself on a pool lounger for the day.