Marina Cabo San Lucas
The marina is about 0.8 km away in a straight line, around 3 minutes by car without traffic. Its dredging began in 1973, two years after Hotel Finisterra opened near Land's End.2
Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hotels · all-suite luxury resort
Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa
Marina · Zone 3 · 0.8 km in a straight line
- Zone
- Cabo San Lucas
- From the marina
- 0.8 km
- Opened
- 2011
- Rooms
- 247
- Swimmable beach
- No
The hotel
Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa is an all-suite resort at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula in Cabo San Lucas, built into the rocks of Land's End on the Pacific side, next to the Arch. It is about 0.8 km in a straight line from the Cabo San Lucas marina, around 3 minutes by car without traffic, and longer at rush hour. The resort opened in 2011, has 247 suites and belongs to Solmar Hotels & Resorts, a family company founded in Cabo San Lucas.
The resort sits on a stretch of white sand on the Pacific side of Land's End, framed by cliffs and reached through the hotel. The surf there is not safe for swimming, so the resort relies on its infinity pools.1
History and curious facts
The story of Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa
The story of Grand Solmar starts with Luis Bulnes Molleda, who arrived in Cabo San Lucas from Ribadesella, Spain, in 1954 to manage the local tuna cannery, when the town had about 400 inhabitants and no hotels. In 1974 he opened his own Hotel Solmar, with 20 rooms and two suites, close to Land's End. His family grew that hotel into Solmar Hotels & Resorts, the only hotel chain born at Land's End, and no other hospitality brand has built hotels on that headland. Grand Solmar Land's End opened in February 2011, the same year Luis Bulnes died, and the Solmar Foundation was created that year in his honor. The resort was built in three phases: by 2015 it had 244 suites in nine buildings with seven pools, and the final phase, finished in April 2016, added a redesigned lobby closer to the entrance, two dining venues and a new spa. His son Francisco Bulnes led the company until 2021, and Rosario Bulnes Malo is now its president. Today the hotel lists 247 suites, from Grand Studios to four-bedroom penthouses.
Things you may not know
- No hospitality brand other than Solmar has ever built hotels on the Land's End headland at the tip of Cabo San Lucas.2
- The first Hotel Solmar opened in 1974 with 20 rooms and two suites, the same year Baja California Sur became a Mexican state. The Solmar group now has about 1,800 rooms.2
- Because Mexican beaches are public by law, the resort's beach is only virtually private: it is closed in by cliffs, and the way in is through the hotel.3
- The original lobby was deep inside the property, about a five-minute walk from the entrance, so the last construction phase in 2016 moved check-in to the front of the resort.3
- Guests get a free shuttle to the group's other hotels, Grand Solmar Pacific Dunes and Playa Grande.4
Around the hotel
What is near Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa
El Arco de Cabo San Lucas
The Arch is the granite formation at the southern tip of Cabo San Lucas, where the Pacific becomes the Gulf of California. Lovers Beach is on its Sea of Cortez side and Divorce Beach on the Pacific side, the side the resort faces.5
Statue of Luis Bulnes on the marina boardwalk
A statue of the founder of Solmar stands on the marina boardwalk, a short ride from the hotel.2
Getting to the marina
From Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa to Marina Cabo San Lucas
Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa is 0.8 km in a straight line from Marina Cabo San Lucas, and the closest boarding dock is Arte Surf. The trip is about 3 min by car without traffic, according to the route OSRM calculates with OpenStreetMap data. At rush hour the drive takes longer, so give yourself a margin before boarding.
We can book a driver who picks you up at the hotel, takes you to your yacht and brings you back. Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa is in Zone 3: Cabo San Lucas, Hacienda Encantada, Puerto Los Cabos. The prices below are per vehicle and in USD, and you pay them to the driver on the day, separately from the yacht: the first price in cash, or the second by card on the driver's terminal, which adds a 5% fee.
- 0.8 km
- in a straight line
- 3 min
- by car without traffic
| Vehicle | Guests | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUV | up to 4 | USD 95 cashUSD 100 card | USD 160 cashUSD 168 card |
| Escalade | up to 6 | USD 115 cashUSD 121 card | USD 180 cashUSD 189 card |
| Van (Hiace) | 9 to 11 | USD 95 cashUSD 100 card | USD 160 cashUSD 168 card |
| Sprinter | 19 to 20 | USD 125 cashUSD 132 card | USD 220 cashUSD 231 card |
Boarding docks
Where the yachts board
There is no single dock for every boat. Each yacht boards at its own dock in Marina Cabo San Lucas, and your boarding pass has the exact one with a map link. These are the meeting points and the yachts that use each one:
Your yacht day
A day on a yacht from Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa
Grand Solmar sits right at Land's End, and the marina is only about 0.8 km away in a straight line. Our driver picks you up at the hotel entrance and drops you at your yacht's dock inside the marina; you pay the transfer to the driver, and the price depends on the hotel zone. The resort's beach faces the open Pacific and is not safe for swimming, so a snorkel charter is the easiest way to get into the sea. Families in the multi-bedroom penthouses can fill a whole yacht for a private snorkel or family outing, couples tend to book the sunset trip, and between December and April a whale watching charter leaves from the same docks.
Chaparral 28
Up to 10 guests · from $519 for 2 h. See the yacht
Sea Ray 40
Up to 12 guests · from $879 for 2 h. See the yacht
Azimut 45 Flybridge
Up to 12 guests · from $1,249 for 2 h. See the yacht
Sea Ray 55
Up to 15 guests · from $2,129 for 3 h. See the yacht
Pontoon 38
Up to 18 guests · from $869 for 2 h. See the yacht
Charters that fit this hotel
Questions
Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa: what guests ask
Can you swim at the Grand Solmar Land's End beach?
No. The hotel's stretch of beach faces the Pacific and is not safe for swimming. Guests use the infinity pools or swim on a boat trip.
How close is Grand Solmar to the Cabo San Lucas marina?
About 0.8 km in a straight line, around 3 minutes by car without traffic. It takes longer at rush hour.
Who founded Solmar, the company that owns Grand Solmar Land's End?
Luis Bulnes Molleda, who came from Spain to manage the Cabo San Lucas tuna cannery in 1954 and opened the first Hotel Solmar in 1974.
Can the yacht pick us up on the Grand Solmar beach?
No. The yachts board at their docks in the Cabo San Lucas marina. We can arrange the transfer from the hotel to the dock and back, paid to the driver.
From your hotel to the water
Tell us your hotel and your group. We plan the pickup and the boat.
A written reply within 2 hours, 8 AM to 8 PM Cabo time.
Sources
- Distances: OpenStreetMap/OSRM (straight line from the hotel to the closest boarding dock in the marina; drive time without traffic with OSRM). Hotel location: INEGI DENUE and OpenStreetMap.
- Pickup prices: our price list by zone and vehicle (data/transport.json), paid to the driver.
Private Charters Cabo is an independent company with no affiliation with Grand Solmar Land's End Resort & Spa. The hotel's name and information are shown for reference only; photos carry their author's credit and license.