This Sheraton resort's health spa includes women's and men's saunas and steam rooms, as well as a fitness center with cardio machines, weight machines, and free weights. Massage, body treatments, facials, waxing, and hair/nail care are also available (surcharges for services, and for use of facilities without treatment).

A children's club (surcharge) offers activities for those ages 5-12. Complimentary family activities include Spanish and dance lessons. A business center includes computers with high-speed Internet access (surcharge), and wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in public areas.

Grill & Restaurant de Cortéz - Beachfront fine-dining dinner restaurant with air-conditioned dining room featuring tree-branch ceiling. Seating on candle-fringed terrace, also. Choices include oysters on half-shell, shrimp-spinach ravioli, lobster bisque, sweet-potato-wrapped shrimp with passion fruit-tequila sauce, lamb chops, achiote-marinated crayfish, steaks. Reservations required. Dress code: Long pants, sleeved shirts for men.

Pitahayas - Beachfront fine-dining dinner restaurant with air-conditioned, wood-floor dining room under towering thatched-roof palapa and open air terraces, under separate palapa. 2,400-bottle wine cellar. Choices such as Dungeness crab cakes, coconut shrimp, duck-lamb satay, steaks, seafood. Reservations required. Dress code: Long pants, sleeved shirts for men.

Girasoles de la Hacienda - Casual air-conditioned dining room and sea-view terrace. Buffet and à la carte breakfasts. À la carte lunch. Theme buffet and à la carte dinners. Lunch/dinner à la carte menu with choices such as chicken mole, enchiladas, fajitas, Tampico-style skirt steak, Veracruz-style red snapper, shrimp with ranchero sauce.

Tomatoes - Casual air-conditioned dining room and sea-view terrace. Buffet and à la carte breakfasts. À la carte lunch. Theme buffet and à la carte dinners. Lunch/dinner à la carte menu with choices such as sandwiches, soups, pizza, pasta, seafood, chicken, steak.

Las Sirenas - Casual sea-view spot under palapa. Open mid-morning to early evening for bar service, salads, sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs.

Los Delfines - Casual open-air spot facing golf course with swim-up-bar side. Flat-screen TV. Open mid-morning to late afternoon for bar service, sandwiches, shrimp cocktail, chef's salad.

El Niño Bar - Casual beachfront spot with early-morning juice-bar service. Bar and food service from mid-morning to early evening. Burgers, salads, sandwiches.

Nido de Tortugas - Casual beachfront spot open mid-morning to early evening for bar service and burgers, salads, sandwiches.

Tequila Bar La Suerte - Colorful air-conditioned cantina-like bar and adjacent beamed-ceiling lounge with leather chairs, couches, antiques, game tables. Seating on sea-view terrace with telescope, also. More than 100 tequilas offered.

Sports Bar - Casual, air-conditioned bar and sushi bar. TVs, pool table. Open early evening to late night.

Four heated, freeform, natural-style pools lined with faux-granite, edged by flagstone, and crossed by rustic log-railing and stone bridges, supply year-round swimming. Three lie along the beachfront. One measures 76 meters long (250 ft), includes an upper-level children's pool separated by a rock waterfall, and is paired with a 15-person ocean-view spa tub. Another measures 61 meters (200 feet), features a beach entry and an infinity edge and is paired with a five-person spa tub and an elevated toddlers' pool. The third measures 52 meters (170 feet) and includes an upper-level basketball area.

A fourth pool measuring 88 meters (290 ft) on three levels lies adjacent to Cabo del Sol's Ocean golf course. Separated by a rock waterfall, the upper level is for children, while the lower-level section features a swim-up bar and a bridge leading to a mid-pool, 15-person spa tub with flagstone-waterfall sides. The mid-level has a beach entry and is paired with a five-person spa tub.

Although it's ideal for strolling and sunbathing, the undulating beach is not safe for swimming because of rocks and powerful undertows. Safe swimming and water sports are available at Médano Beach near downtown Cabo San Lucas 10 km (6.25 mi) away. Guests enjoy complimentary access to the Cabo del Sol development's four lighted tennis courts in daytime, with a surcharge for after-dark play. Whale-watching excursions are available from Cabo San Lucas during the January-March migration of gray whales.

The Cabo del Sol development features a 40,000-square-foot clubhouse and two golf courses, Desert, designed by Tom Weiskopf, and Ocean, designed by Jack Nicklaus, with discounts and complimentary shuttle service for resort guests. A golf concierge also books tee times at Los Cabos' other major courses. Distances are: The Raven Golf Club 8 km (5 mi); Cabo Real Golf Course 10 km (6.25 mi); Palmilla Golf Course 16 km (10 mi).

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.

Pets not allowed

Check-out time is noon

Check-in time starts at 3 PM

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

• Buffet breakfast fee: MXN 287 per person (approximately)
• Fee for in-room wireless Internet: MXN 173 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

• Sheraton Hacienda del Mar Golf & Spa Resort, Los Cabos is listed in the 2006 Condé Nast Traveler Top 100 List.