Looking to throw a little zhuzh into your autumn travel routine? Break free with these 15 hidden gems and new additions to the Southwestern travel landscape, from the Arizona high country to the Baja coast.
By Jessica Dunham, Mirelle Inglefield, Craig Outhier & Sydnee Wilson
Original Phography By Eric Cox
Hot Springs Healing in the Rockies
Pagosa Springs, CO
Nestled along the San Juan River in southwestern Colorado, The Springs Resort shifts its focus to a deeper kind of healing this fall. Sitting on the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring, the resort has been a Southwestern wellness hotspot since its April 2025 debut, with 25 energizing, on-site mineral pools. To augment its natural gifts, The Springs is offering a series of wellness retreats this fall. Part of its Autumn of Gratitude programming, the two- and three-night retreats go well beyond a standard room booking: each is built around a curated hydrothermal itinerary and includes daily guided wellness sessions in breath work, mobility, and aqua-based movement, plus a signature spa treatment and all meals at the resort’s dining outlets. Beyond the pools, downtown Pagosa Springs is highly walkable and great for scouting local gems like the Historic Goodman’s Department Store (goodmans1899.com) and Black Bart’s Brunch (blackbartsbrunch.com), famed for its rich, dough-based Liège waffles. Meanwhile, Pagosa Mountain Sports (pagosamountainsports.com) rents kayaks and paddle boards for enjoying the San Juan River.
— Sydnee Wilson
The Springs Resort
From $534/night
323 Hot Springs Blvd. | 800-225-0934 | pagosahotsprings.com
“Super” Eats in Silicon Valley
Palo Alto, CA
Silicon Valley’s reputation as the nucleus of tech innovation and startup culture often overshadows its appeal as a genuine travel destination, and few spots in the 11-city region make that case better than Macarena, the year-old Spanish restaurant thrust to prominence when Bad Bunny chose it for his post-show repast while performing at Super Bowl LX last winter. For Macarena owner Elizabeth Reviriego and her team, bringing a taste of Spain to the Bay Area felt less like a business decision and more like coming home. “We had been living in the Bay Area for years, so opening Macarena here felt like the most natural decision,” she says, referring to the region’s multicultural makeup and deep appreciation for Spanish cuisine. The same craft/maker ethos has energized Silicon Valley as a whole, according to Ousmane Diop of Coury Hospitality, which operates standout boutique properties Hotel Citrine and TETRA Hotel (see sidebar). “It’s a destination where innovation meets lifestyle, making it an unexpectedly fun place to explore.”
Macarena
420 Ramona St.
650-407-2897 | macarenarestaurant.com
3 Silicon Valley Stays
Hotel Citrine
Discover Palo Alto from this eco-conscious boutique hotel, home to the celebrated farm-to-table restaurant Wild Onion Bistro & Bar. hotelcitrine.com
TETRA Hotel
Sleek modern design meets vibrant flavor at this Sunnyvale boutique property, with onsite restaurants Andrestia (all-day California-style cuisine) and Nokori (intimate izakaya and whiskey bar). tetrahotelsv.com
Hotel Enchanté
Timeless French-inspired elegance meets B&B-style hospitality at this 19-room chateau-inspired luxury property in downtown Los Altos, full of Old World antiques, Carrara marble baths, and an on-site bistro.enchantehotel.com
New Saloon on the Arizona Riviera
Havasu Palms, CA
If you’re in Lake Havasu City this fall and have a spare moment – and, maybe, access to a watercraft – here’s a hidden gem. Part waterfront hideaway, part Old West cosplay, Ghost Mine Saloon sits enticingly on a narrow peninsula roughly a 20-minute boat ride south of Lake Havasu City. Co-owner Ryan Reynolds says the setup, including the saloon’s 90-boat dock, is key to the experience, giving visitors a big eyeful of Havasu’s sister hamlet across the Colorado River. “Havasu Palms is where the Colorado River, the open desert and the legend of Old Gus come together in a one-of-a-kind destination you can reach by boat, car or side-by-side,” he says, name-dropping a mythical gold miner central to the site’s “ghost mine” backstory. Opened in 2025 on the site of an old mobile-home park, the saloon gets about 90 percent of its business from boaters, tempted by siren-song libations like the Green Thing Bucket, a fruity blend of light rum, melon liquor, pineapple juice and grapefruit, along with the saloon’s popular gyros and hamburgers. Refreshing drinks and tasty pub-grub on the high Havasu seas? It feels like stumbling on a modern desert oasis.
— SW
Ghost Mine Saloon
Roads End Camp Rd.
760-307-4107 | ghostminesaloon.com
Out: Sundance Film Festival.
In: Sundance Mountain Resort.
Sundance, UT
The iconic Sundance Film Festival has skipped town, taking its legion of celebrity-seekers and wannabe Weinsteins to Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027. Still, Sundance Mountain Resort, Robert Redford’s original 5,000-acre retreat in Provo Canyon, remains exactly as he intended it. “Sundance is and always will be a dream,” the late filmmaker once said. “What you see, smell, taste and feel here is a dream being carefully nurtured.” Redford’s vision achieves supreme sensual clarity at The Inn, a new, 63-room luxury great house that joins the resort’s colony of cottages and mountain homes, alongside its fine dining flagship Tree Room, specializing in game and other rustic cuisine, and the more casual Foundry Grill. Summer and fall visitors soak in the outdoor pools, find their zen at daily yoga sessions and hike beneath Mount Timpanogos, skirting past waterfalls and sparkling alpine lakes. During winter, the Inn’s focus shifts to skiing, with ski-in/ski-out access to Timpanogos’ six lifts and 540 acres of skiable terrain. The Sundance Institute’s Directors and Screenwriters Labs still call the resort home year-round, keeping Redford’s creative roots firmly planted even as the spotlight moves elsewhere.
Sundance Mountain Resort
From $456/night
8841 Alpine Loop Scenic Byway | 801-225-4107 | sundanceresort.com
Taste the Bavarian Alps in the White Mountains
Greer, AZ
Tucked into the pines of the White Mountains, Edelweiss Resort & Restaurant is a truly unique high-country jewel – a German and Hungarian lodge and eatery so far under the radar that even in-the-know foodies might not realize the restaurant’s Phoenix roots. The owners, Diana and Arpad Domokos, built their following at Edelweiss Biergarten in North Phoenix before bringing the concept north to Greer in 2021. The team translates their scratch-made German fare, hearty Hungarian dishes and robust beer list to a mountain setting most visitors stumble upon rather than seek out. Fall is prime timing for a visit at the 14-room resort, with the drive into Greer winding through some of the state’s best aspen color, and hiking trails like East Baldy and Government Springs offering close-up views of the turning leaves while the Little Colorado River gurgles nearby. Back at the lodge, a hot tub, sauna and game room await after a day outdoors, a little corner of Bavaria hiding in plain sight at 8,300 feet.
— SW
Edelweiss Resort & Restaurant
From $164/night
1 Main St. | 928-735-9970 | edelweiss-resort.com
Red Rock Country with Half the Hassle
The Village of Oak Creek, AZ
Ever been stuck in a Sedona traffic jam? The Hilton Sedona at Bell Rock is your antidote. Set in the Village of Oak Creek roughly five miles south of downtown Sedona’s famously congested “T” intersection, the boutique resort makes for a sneaky-good red-rock-country basecamp – i.e., all the hiking and hospitality of a typical Sedona stay with a fraction of the front-end headache. Recently remodeled, the 221-room property now includes 60 new “starlight patio” suites, equipped with private outdoor fire bowls for nighttime s’mores and stargazing. Right across the highway, not a five-minute walk from the resort, you’ll find two dining concepts from superstar Sedona chef Lisa Dahl: Pisa Lisa (pisalisa.com), which serves Sedona’s best wood-fired pizzas; and Butterfly Burger (butterflyburger.com), headlined by the chef’s masterful handhelds, including the patty-melt-like Oui Oui Monsieur, dangerously delectable with grilled onions and melted Gruyère heaped over a half-pound of juicy Creekstone black angus. For an even shorter walk, the resort’s flagship restaurant, ShadowRock Tap + Table (hilton.com), throws down a mean beef short rib – plus a lively post-prandial game room featuring the largest Scrabble game board you’ve ever seen. It all makes for Sedona’s version of a triple-word score.
Hilton Sedona at Bell Rock
From $433/night
90 Ridge Trail Dr. | 928-284-4040 | hilton.com
Hike Hack!
The crowds gravitate to the popular retail hikes at Bell Rock and Cathedral Rock, but might we suggest a third hiking option for your Village of Oak Creek stay? Located across SR-179 from Bell Rock, the 2.6-mile Slim Shady and Made in the Shade loop has everything you want in a red rock meander: supreme valley views, quad-challenging elevation gains and eye-pleasing geology. Plus, the loop takes two hours to hike at most, leaving you with plenty of gas for drinks by the pool.
scenicsedona.com/hike
— Craig Outhier
Last-Chance Fall Baseball Escape
Denver, CO
The dog days of the 2026 Major League Baseball season are upon us – along with your last chance to score the most effortless, immersive and wallet-friendly D-backs road-trip solution we’ve yet field-tested. The Rally Hotel in Denver is your basecamp – a 182-room boutique hotel located so close to Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, it feels a bit like having a room in the stadium itself. Opened in 2021, The Rally maintains a Vatican-like treasury of MLB memorabilia and art (including the onsite Rally Store for team apparel needs) but it’s the agnostic, upscale touches that really pop. Do your pre-game tanning on the Rally’s nifty rooftop pool deck (with 360-degree views of the stadium, the Rocky Mountains and Denver skyline) before grabbing green-tea Vespers at lobby-adjacent cocktail bar Call Me Pearl, which also boasts a tidy menu of small-plate pleasers like a buttery, Japanese-inflected lobster roll with avocado and yuzu-lime dressing. For A.M. fuel, hit The OG, a Snooze-like breakfast-lunch eatery in the lobby that plies guests with complimentary cronuts (that’s a croissant-donut, kids) to complement the massive portions of its Benedicts, smash burgers and boozy milkshakes. Or hit one of the Ballpark District’s many walkably close restaurants and watering holes, like wily gastropub Pony Up (ponyupdenver.com), home of Denver’s tastiest karaage, with boundary-pushing cocktails and a nice patio to take in magic hour. And then cap it all off with a D-backs game at Coors, one of MLB’s most scenic and fan-friendly venues. The D-backs play there Tuesday, September 22 through Thursday, September 24.
— CO
The Rally Hotel at McGregor Square
From $331/night
1600 20th St. | 720-907-1234 | therallyhotel.com
Squeeze Play
How easy is it to execute a D-backs road trip to Denver? You’ll be in The Rally before the seventh-inning stretch.
- 80-minute direct flight to Denver International Airport.
- 10-minute walk from the gate to the airport’s RTD train terminal.
- 20-minute train ride to Denver Union Station downtown.
- 5-minute walk to The Rally.
True Destination Dining in the Old Pueblo
Tucson, AZ
Look around. See the decay suspended like amber in the reclaimed hardwood. Marvel at the blasted and blackened serving brick that looks pulled from the rubble of Hiroshima. Delight in the squash gelato with corn husk medallions served in a ceramic sea anemone.
You’re dining at Ursa – and you’re clearly in the presence of a mad OCD culinary genius.
Originally from Calexico, California, Aaron Lopez trained at Le Cordon Bleu and honed his craft in a series of Michelin-level restaurants before returning to the Southwest to unlock the culinary mysteries of the Sonora, first in the sun-chapped farming town of El Centro, California, where his rigorous farm-to-table standards and haute presentations baffled and delighted local diners in equal measure; and then in Tucson, where Lopez and his wife, June, opened Usra last fall.
They’ve created nothing less than the most singular and transportive restaurant in Arizona. Set on Congress Street in an elegant studio-like space that looks and feels a bit like a Brechtian theater stage, it casts a spell on multiple levels. Several weeks after his visit, a reporter’s meal notes read like outtakes from a strange and lovely dream. Paired with Mexican marigold liqueur… elk machaca smeared cold on a clay plate… boar skewered on a found branch. And so on.
Like Thomas Keller picking through your yard cuttings, Lopez presses Sonoran foundlings like palo verde seeds and mesquite pods into service on his eight-course tasting menu, to delicious and pleasantly disorienting effect, with hard tastes of the desert at every turn (see sidebar). As an experiment in hyper-local sourcing, it’s gutsy and performative in the best sense – the kind of convention-smashing showcase dining that’s arguably been AWOL in the state since molecular dining star Kevin Binkley closed shop.
After a summer sabbatical, Ursa returns to action September 2 with a new fall menu. And your best excuse for driving two hours for a meal.
— CO
Ursa
$150/person
110 E. Congress St. | 520-860-5448 | ursadesert.com
Ursa Sampler
Some highlights from the restaurant’s winter and spring 2026 menus.
Barrel Fruit.
Nixtamalized barrel cactus candied with kombucha. Lots of cooking spice and vaguely mince-meat-ish.
Yakatori.
Wild boar belly skewered on a found branch and grilled with fermented squash and sunflower leaf kimchi. A show-stopper on the 2026 spring menu.
Pimazake.
Modeled after a Japanese amazake, this nonalchoholic beverage ferments pima club (indiginous wheat berries) instead of rice for a bracing between-course digestif. Course-by-course pairings including N/A are availabe.
Mesquite-Smoked Quail.
Roasted quail with a sauce made from toasted hay and cured quail egg yolks. From the winter 2026 menu.
Digestifs.
The Ursa experience is not merely the sum of its food. Lopez and co. excel at cocktails and house-made fortifications. Pictured here: mesquite amaro, squash liqueur, carob awamori and palo verde vermouth.
Nopal Sorbet.
Between-course palate cleanser sourced from the common opuntia cactus. The Ursa tasting menu features eight courses.
Get a Post-Jackpot AI Massage at Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, NV
From the casino giant that pioneered both Las Vegas’ celebrity-chef revolution (via Wolfgang Puck) and its modern pop-star residency model (by way of Celine Dion) comes an innovation that Terminator fans will surely appreciate: robot massage. It’s the latest wellness sensation at Caesars’ celebrated Qua Baths & Spa – an AI-powered “intelligent bed” that dispenses 15- and 30-minute full-body manipulations in a traditional spa-service setting. But can it compete with the real deal? Manufactured by New York technology startup Aescape, the $125,000 system seems under-equipped at first blush – just a massage table with two articulating robot arms topped by mitten-like nubs. But those nubs are surprisingly skilled and responsive, sensing and remembering your stubborn trapezoid knots and myofascial trigger points, and dispensing therapy in kind. In a John Henry-like race against a flesh-and-blood therapist, the machine would win in value and convenience: at $44 for 15 minutes or $88 for 30 minutes, it costs about half as much as a human therapist, and you can book a service spur of the moment. Where it comes up short: creativity, connection and the satisfaction one gets from sustaining the service economy. Caesars has plenty of talented human therapists if you want any of that stuff.
— CO
Qua Baths & Spa at Caesars Palace
3570 Las Vegas Blvd.
866-782-0655 | spatime.com
Greet the Fall with a Haute Hike
Rancho Mirage, CA
To the vast majority of the consumer public, California’s Coachella Valley is best known for the annual, Bad-Bunny-booking music and arts festival that bears its name. But lovers of high-end hospitality might know it for something else: Sensei Porcupine Creek, the ultra-high-end wellness retreat set in the San Jacinto Mountain foothills just west of Indio. Jointly conceived by tech tycoon Larry Ellison and celebrity wellness guru Dr. David Agus, the desert resort opened in 2022 as the mainland outpost of the original Sensei location on the Hawaiian island of Lanai, offering a more golf- and tennis-centric profile. Also on the activity menu: arguably the best hiking in California, by virtue of the resort’s partnership with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and access to its ancestral canyons in the Coachella Valley. “The desert holds a perennial allure for wellness seekers,” Sensei president Alexandra Walterspiel says. “Since the Coachella Valley is home to some of the most diverse landscapes and bucket-list-worthy trails in the country, we wanted to [offer the same hiking options] we’ve been hosting at our Lanai property to Rancho Mirage.” Rousing from its summer slumber, Sensei is ready to accept Arizona visitors with reduced non-peak pricing in September.
— CO
Sensei Porcupine Creek
From $1,125/night
42765 Dunes View Rd. | 855-961-0077 | sensei.com
Wild West Glamping Among the Saguaros
Tucson, AZ
Solana Guest Ranch resides in the dappled shade of a eucalyptus bosque at the edge of the Rincon Mountains, a tidy trove of adobe villas and casitas, plus one sparkling swimming pool. The resort was built in 1948 as a dude ranch, operating in the 1950s as a haven for tourists seeking an authentic (or not) American West experience. Today the property leans more “serene retreat” than action-packed ranch, especially with the newest addition: luxury glamping by way of four Conestoga wagons, each with a king bed, private bathroom and heat and air-conditioning. Guests can book a wagon, or opt for a villa or casita, then while away the day padding about the six-acre estate – a dip in the pool, a stroll on mesquite-lined trails, a nap in a hammock – or exploring nearby Saguaro National Park, where it doesn’t get more “American West” than a saguaro-silhouetted sunset.
— Jessica Dunham
Sensei Porcupine Creek
From $1,125/night
42765 Dunes View Rd. | 855-961-0077 | sensei.com
Wilderness Escape in Northern New Mexico
Raton, NM
Eco-resort Vermejo falls neatly into the category of “once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences you don’t want to miss.” It’s not new. It’s not trending. It’s just really darn impressive. The 558,000-acre sprawl of private land (established in 2019 by late media tycoon Ted Turner as one of four sustainable-hospitality properties under the brand Ted Turner Reserves) welcomes guests to immerse themselves in the wilds of the southern Rockies. Traverse grassland prairies, summit snowy alpine peaks and fly-fish 19 crystalline waterways, then slumber in premier accommodations, from historic cottages and mountain lodges to lakeside cabins. The all-inclusive getaway (price per night includes lodging, meals and excursions) packs an activity punch with 50 guided experiences, including e-biking, mine tours, UTV rides, clay shooting and backcountry survival challenges. Still, the crown jewel is the wildlife safari, which offers a front-row seat to elk, deer, bear, pronghorn and the roaming herds of 1,200 bison Vermejo is renowned for protecting.
— JD
Vermejo
From $1,200/night
40 Miles West Hwy. 555 | 575-445-3097 | vermejo.tedturnerreserves.com
Seaside Sojourn with a Great Soundtrack
Laguna Beach, CA
Casa Loma Beach Hotel
From $374/night
211 N. Coast Highway | 949-497-9722 | casalomalagunabeach.com
With its boho-beach aesthetic and cliffside perch overlooking the Pacific, Casa Loma Beach Hotel could easily be mistaken for just another coastal-cool Laguna flop-spot. But the 70-room boutique property is so much more, setting itself apart with an impassioned commitment to all things music. It begins with the hotel’s singular playlist – a sonic marriage of California tunes and music from the Spanish coast that unspools from a reel-to-reel player in the lobby and lilts throughout the property on vintage hi-fi speakers. Even more enticing: this year’s launch of Music for Friends & Lovers, a live-music series curated in partnership with Los Angeles radio station dublab. Twice monthly, musicians in genres like neo-soul, R&B, jazz, folk and bossa nova take to the Casa Loma stage for intimate live shows. The sessions are recorded for inclusion in a cassette tape compilation, a quaint addition to the hotel’s music library – and those of its guests back home.
— JD
Street Art Immersion in Arizona’s Funkiest Ex-Mining Town
Bisbee, AZ
The fabled guerrilla street art of stencil legend Banksy is notorious for popping up on bridges, walls and roadways around the globe – often overnight, always unexpectedly. So an ex-mining town in Southern Arizona seems as likely a place as anywhere to see a Bansky for yourself. Enter Artemizia, an immersive art experience in Bisbee showcasing more than 1,000 works by graffiti and street artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Damien Hirst, Lady Pink and, of course, Banksy. Calling Artemizia a “museum” seems counterintuitive to the spirit of the place – though it is, in fact, just that. Opened by collector Sloane Bouchever in 2023, Artemizia is largely curated with art from his own collection. A recent exhibit featuring Bouchever’s Beatles memorabilia, including original HELP! movie posters, handwritten song lyrics and a signed Revolver album, attracted thousands of people over the span of a few weeks. From October 17 to December 6, fiber artist Brandi Kole and street artist Rock Martinez (the latter known for his famed Prince mural in Minneapolis) will bring their collaborative exhibition to the museum.
— JD
Artemizia
$10/person
818 Tombstone Canyon | artemiziafoundation.org
Be a Houseguest in a Culinary Legend’s Baja Abode
Rosarito, MX
Missing the iconic Modern Mexican cuisine of Barrio Café? Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza has set a new table – this time in Rosarito, Mexico, with benevolent purpose and a whisper of ocean breeze.
Created by the nine-time James Beard Award nominee, Casa Salcido is part home, part retreat and part culinary classroom. The hacienda’s lush, open-air courtyard, framed by art-covered walls, reflects Esparza’s enduring commitment to championing artists in the communities she calls home. Though she has owned the four-bedroom, hilltop property for more than two decades, it was only in 2023 that the chef and her wife – writer and sexual educator Serina Payan Hazelwood – began conditioning it as a culinary retreat, launching a “regenerative” design effort to restore plants, animals and other “[systems] that support daily life on the property,” Hazelwood says. They welcomed their first reteat guests latter than year and have “super host” status on AirBnB.
“Casa Salcido began as a place to replace my deceased parents’ home, bring my family together and eventually become my place to retire” Esparza says of the retreat, located about 30 miles south of the border city of Tijuana.
Much like fellow chef James Porter’s Terra Farm + Manor near Prescott, Casa Salcido offers multi-day itineraries that are food-focused and co-curated by the guests themselves. Esparza also welcomes non-overnight guests who choose experiences a la carte. One must-do option: “La Mesa del Barrio,” an intimate three-hour dinner and cooking demonstration prepared and served by Esparza alongside students from Taller de Cocina Mexicana, a free workshop for marginalized youth she operates out of her kitchen.
Esparza and Hazelwood also lead seminars and lectures on the property. In her “Entre Raíces: From Root to Table” class, Hazelwood explores the relationships between food, ecology and community through Casa Salcido’s “food forest,” a regenerative style of organic farming in which “humans, plants, animals, insects, soil and water all have a place and purpose,” Hazelwood says, emphasizing sound water stewardship practices. The property also welcomes private celebrations and gatherings.
If they prefer, guests can also explore Rosarito and Baja Norte on their own (see sidebar), visiting neighborhood mercados, fishing villages, farms, artisan studios and the wine country of Valle de Guadalupe, located about 50 miles southeast of the beach city. Every paid experience helps sustain Taller de Cocina Mexicana, which Esparza describes as her “grand opus.” Students develop technique, discipline, teamwork and hospitality while gaining real-world experience – with the possibility of returning as mentors, instructors, community leaders and even restaurateurs.
The Arizona culinary legend says it’s her way of giving back. “Because I believe success means not only receiving, but returning something to your community and teaching the next generation to do the same.”
— Mirelle Inglefield
Casa Salcido Extras!
A light breakfast is included with each overnight stay, with additional meals and private dining experiences available separately. Esparza will not nickel and dime you, however. “We continue the ancestral Mexican Indigenous tradition of trueque, exchanging food, labor, seeds, art, knowledge, skills or groceries through reciprocity, as our people did in the tianguis long before everything was given a monetary price.” In other words, they welcome barter – goods in exchange for meals.
Casa Salcido
From $175/night per person with a two-night minimum
22715 Mision San Javiar | casasalcido.com
How to Get There
It’s tricky! After American Airlines suspended its Phoenix to Tijuana International Airport route in early August, no U.S. carrier flies directly to Mexico’s second most-populous city. Your options: take a long, expensive flight through Sinaloa (travel time: seven hours); fly to San Diego International Airport and arrange for private door-to-door transportation to Casa Salcido ($100-$300 per person); or drive from Phoenix (roughly six hours).
Places on La Playa
Looking for a little merienda in Rosarito? Don’t shrimp – er, skimp – on these coastal culinary delights.
Bastón Horno de Pan
Blvd. Popotla Km 31.5, Popotla
@baston.panaderia
Begin your day with shelves of technicolor temptation: conchas, cookies, doughnuts, croissants, pies, gelato and more – all steps from la playa. Add a café or espresso for fuel.
Gorditas “El Tío”
Km 31, Playa Encantada
Order the bean-and-cheese Gordita Torreón, add the house-made salsa and prepare to question everything you thought you knew about gorditas!
Tamales Popotla Ganzo
Km 34, Puerto Popotla
Every tamal is a winner, but the chicken mole may inspire a happy dance. Custom creations are also available.
Rosarito Beach Hotel & Spa
Blvd. Benito Juárez 31, Zona Centro | rosaritobeachhotel.com
Opened in 1924, this Spanish Colonial landmark starts pouring at 7 a.m. – so technically, it’s cocktail hour all day. Sip a peach margarita on the pier and, on a clear day, spot the Islas Coronado.
Villa Ortega’s
Barracuda 77, Puerto Nuevo | ortegavillasrest.wixsite.com/website-1
Puerto Nuevo-style lobster, a strawberry margarita and finger-licking satisfaction. Bonus: The photos will make everyone back home muy celoso.
