Cala de Mar Resort & Spa Ixtapa

This resort is absolutely stunning in every way! The rooms stand out from other resorts with the private plunge pools for personal relaxation and useful technology like decent TVs (enabled with smart services like Netflix) and useful WiFi is a perfect combination to relax. Truly what makes this resort stand out is the food and staff. Staff here are amazingly kind and helpful - especially to us as we struggled with our Spanish! Jehu and Julio were two of our favorite servers there bringing drinks the pool or room and Oscar is the most amazing executive chef ever! Highly recommend the cooking class with Oscar as you'll learn more about local ingredients and techniques than you would ever expect. Cost is great here too - all the food and drinks are reasonable and everything can be ordered to the room for no real additional charge (if there is an additional charge it is so minor you'd never notice). All requests can go through a personal assistant on Whatsapp which serves from making food orders to reservations at other locations, tours, events, and more. We spend our honeymoon here and had an absolutely wonderful time and cannot wait to go back! The views, pool, staff and food are worth the visit.

We had such a good visit to Cala de Mar. It’s an excellent resort and spa on the sea. Very clean. Very secure. The food was fresh and local, and the people here are so hospitable. Highly recommend. We had a wonderful cooking class the chef Oscar that included a trip to the local market. He took our food likes into consideration and he explained his cooking while we watched and ate. We made fresh salsa, homemade tortillas with local cheese (quesadilla), a swordfish ceviche with mango and jicama, and grilled fish with a guajillo coating. We had 4 hours with our chef and it was the best cooking class we’ve ever taken. More observation than cooking but it was great. Skip breakfast if you do this! We would come again. Quiet, pretty ocean views and humpback whales and dolphins out in the bay this time of year. A good place to just be.

We chose this hotel as a relaxing holiday location following a 5 day visit to Mexico City. We chose the hotel after some internet research, initially looking at Zihua, but we felt that after the bustle of CDMX, we want somewhere we could completely get away from it all. The hotel arranged a taxi transfer and their communication before the trip was excellent, answering queries about gluten free options for my husband promptly and knowledgeably. We chose a cliffside ocean front suite, which guaranteed shade but also allowed sun if wished. The suite with its terrace and plunge pool was fantastic, and the view over the Pacific (and the sound of the waves crashing below) was wonderful. You can't see or be seen by another room, which gives a wonderful sense of peace. From the terrace, we saw pelicans, frigate birds and even an orca. The hotel is built on a hill, and has a small funicular as well as stairs to reach the suites. We ate only in the resort during our 4 night stay and sampled all the eating options except the fine dining, which was closed. The food was delicious and varied. The grounds were immaculate and so well suited to the atmosphere of the hotel. All in all, this stay delivered so much more than we expected, and we would definitely recommend it.

wonderful people and property

Our room was probably the most beautiful room I have ever had. So much so that we didn't feel the need to leave it for 3 days.

Great views of the ocean. Privacy of your room and plunge pool is unique.

Fantastic serene resort. Small, high service level. Great Food.

I cannot say enough good things about our experience at Cala Del Mar. I cannot wait to return. It was the most romantic and luxurious stay I could have ever imagined and I have traveled all of the world and stayed in some incredible places. We came for our honeymoon and everyone there made it so special. I don't think I have ever felt that relaxed in my entire life. The rooms, the private infinity pool, the food, drinks and special amenities were just stunning. The margaritas were INCREDIBLE. Come here to just relax and soak in the most incredible view you have ever seen. Only downside is they don't have beach access. Our honeymoon was truly perfection because of this stunning resort and the incredible people that work there.

Everything

Great hotel