{"id":193,"date":"2014-01-13T02:42:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T02:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/one-and-only-palmilla\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T00:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T00:20:26","slug":"one-and-only-palmilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/one-and-only-palmilla\/","title":{"rendered":"People&#8217;s Choice: One&#038;Only Palmilla Resort, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not often a girl gets to visit the number one hotel in all the world, but that\u2019s what I did in\u00a0<a title=\"Expedia Mexico Travel Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/Mexico.d117.Destination-Travel-Guide?brancdcid=blog.article.palmilla_160114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a title=\"Expedia One&amp;Only Palmilla\" href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/Los-Cabos-Hotels-OneOnly-Palmilla-Resort.h415858.Hotel-Information?brancdcid=blog.article.palmilla_160114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One&amp;Only Palmilla\u00a0Resort<\/a>\u00a0topped Expedia\u2019s Insiders Select 2013, a list of the best hotels in the world chosen from 150,000 properties on the site. The votes were collated from 500,000 travellers. It\u2019s a huge honour and one I discovered was certainly well deserved.<\/p>\n<p>The One&amp;Only Resort is perched on a rocky outcrop edged with snatches of sandy beaches at the bottom of Mexico\u2019s Baja Peninsula. It\u2019s a two hour flight from Los Angeles to Los Cabos, so by the time you\u2019ve practiced saying \u2018hola\u2019 and \u2018adios amigos\u2019, you\u2019ve landed. Expedia&#8217;s Kiwi travellers can&#8217;t get enough of Mexico, it&#8217;s one of the most popular destinations at the moment, and with properties like this, we know why.<\/p>\n<p>The One&amp;Only Palmilla knows how to make a good first impression. A sweeping staircase leads up to the bar at the entrance but straight in front of you is a breathtaking view over the infinity pool that drops into the Sea of Cortez. It\u2019s surrounded by sun loungers and umbrellas anchored at a swim-up bar. And I kid you not, whales and their babies were swimming about 300 metres away when I stopped by.<\/p>\n<p>I walked up the sweeping staircase (perfect for a wedding, FYI) through the indoor bar with its open-air balcony and large glass-less windows and had yet another gasp at the view.<\/p>\n<p>I love to people-watch in places like this because you never know which rich and famous soul you might spy hanging out. And if they\u2019re here, I want to gawk. Ok, a little more discretely than that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not often a girl gets to visit the number one hotel in all the world, but that\u2019s what I did in\u00a0Mexico. The\u00a0One&amp;Only Palmilla\u00a0Resort\u00a0topped Expedia\u2019s Insiders Select 2013, a list of the best hotels in the world chosen from 150,000 properties on the site. The votes were collated from 500,000 travellers. It\u2019s a huge honour&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/one-and-only-palmilla\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">People&#8217;s Choice: One&#038;Only Palmilla Resort, Mexico<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,4,30,11,15],"tags":[107,27],"authors":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destination","category-experiences","category-explore","category-food","category-relax","category-usa-canada","tag-los-cabos","tag-mexico","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>People&#039;s Choice: One&amp;Only Palmilla Resort, Mexico | Expedia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/one-and-only-palmilla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People&#039;s Choice: One&amp;Only Palmilla Resort, Mexico | Expedia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s not often a girl gets to visit the number one hotel in all the world, but that\u2019s what I did in\u00a0Mexico. 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