cabo azul 1Bdr with pool view

[yodaDaenerys]

we have a wednesday check-in. i'm guessing that's not as common at this resort? or do owners (or trust owners) book nights, not weeks?

any suggestions for room requests? it's our first visit.

any must have restaurants, activities, things to avoid in the area?

 

[HuskerATL]

You will probably be near one of the small pools; family pool or adult pool. I think the rooms that view the main pool are considered OV.

Definitely walk across the street to Penca and try the shrimp tacos or pasta. You can also walk to Los Tacos Locos, live music on Tuesday and Friday... Great tacos and ice cream... The elote is good but so are the others. The pineapple is really good plus good flan. Definitely do the art walk on Thursday night and have dinner down there

You can take an uber to La Comer for groceries...stock up on big jugs of water. The water in the rooms is not purified and the management will advise you to drink bottled water and get ice from the ice machines. Water and ice are purified in the bar/restaurants though

 

[geist1223]

When are you going? Are you going to have a vehicle? In May it is not uncommon for the temperature to be over 100°F. Your Reservation Confirmation should say what view type you have. If it is a Pool View we prefer Rooms that overlook the Serenity Pools. Room assignments are made based on Ownership and time of day you check in. Thursday Nights is the Art Walk in Downtown San Jose del Cabo. About a mile walk. The more common Art/Crafts are in the Plaza. The higher quality Art Galleries are on Alvaro Obregon. The large Grocery Stores are about a mile walk. Go out the Resort and turn left. At the traffic circle turn right. We prefer La Comer. The locals still call it "Mega." On the Ocean side of Mega is a local Taco Restaurant - Claro Fish, Jr. There is also a Claro Fish, Jr on the walk to downtown San Jose del Cabo. We had several nice breakfasts across the street from the Resort. If you Book any activities they will pick you up and the Resort and return you to the Resort. Walmart is the best place to buy tequila. In all our years (20+) of going to Cabo we have never gotten sick or upset stomachs from drinking water at the Resorts. In the Restaurants we drink Aqua del Casa. The water of the House.

 

[yodaDaenerys]

the management will advise you to drink bottled water and get ice from the ice machines. Water and ice are purified in the bar/restaurants though

do you avoid the resort ice machines?

 

[yodaDaenerys]

When are you going? Are you going to have a vehicle?

apr 1-8.

not planning to rent a car.

 

[HuskerATL]

do you avoid the resort ice machines?

We didn't use it but assume that they are filtered since they advised us to use them. The fridge in our room had a water and ice dispenser with an in-fridge filter so I was hoping that we could use it but when I asked, they said no. They advised us to use bottled water and the ice machines.

We are well versed in mouth closed shower locations so no big deal. That is how I divide the world... Mouth open/mouth closed showers...

We also used bottled water for brushing our teeth. That and ice are often the gotchas for folks who travel to places with risky water.

They are an in-between location for me. I bent my travel rules and was fine but it is always a roll of the dice. Only takes one drop of water and food is only as safe as the person with the least clean hands that touched it.

In riskier places, I only use bottled water and bottled drinks that they open in front of me, no ice, mouth closed in the shower, brush my teeth with bottled water, only eat fruit that I peel, no salads, and only hot food.

That is the problem with my line of work..... You know the dangers ...

 

[HuskerATL]

n all our years (20+) of going to Cabo we have never gotten sick or upset stomachs from drinking water at the Resorts.

You are lucky because the water in the room is coming straight from the pipe from the city. CA doesn't filter it and why the management advises not to drink it. I have heard from plenty of others who haven't been as lucky there. For me, the big jugs at La Comer are cheap and don't want to risk a GI issue on vacation.

I made the mistake of street tamales in Tijuana once.... After we had been having a few drinks and I let my guard down....ugh.... Painful flight back to ATL the next day.

Another time, I was in Afghanistan and basically living on kabob and naan when some of my Afghani colleagues brought, what looking like pica de gallo, looked so good ... So had some and it was very good but that night and the next day was not good.... Broke my rule ...ugh....

 

[HuskerATL]

Btw, not this last trip but the one before, I talked to management about the water. They are the ones that told me about the rooms versus the restaurants. I then suggested that they put a note in the rooms, maybe on the fridge, telling people about the water but, when we returned this year, no note... So they ignored that suggestion. Not really sure why they wouldn't want to protect their guests but it is what it is

 

[yodaDaenerys]

If it is a Pool View we prefer Rooms that overlook the Serenity Pools. Room assignments are made based on Ownership and time of day you check in.

i see now we have a view of the serenity pool. we'll check-in likely before official availability time. we don't own there, but if you mean level, we are the lowest level possible - before levels even start .

 

[mountainboy]

i see now we have a view of the serenity pool. we'll check-in likely before official availability time. we don't own there, but if you mean level, we are the lowest level possible - before levels even start .

Have an awesome trip!
Rarely do they give us legit elite upgrades; usually it is 'we are sold out', 'full', 'sorry', 'no upgrade'. Only GOATs like @JohnnyO & @HuskerATL get the upgrades, even on the Elite circuit!

 

[klpca]

We didn't use it but assume that they are filtered since they advised us to use them. The fridge in our room had a water and ice dispenser with an in-fridge filter so I was hoping that we could use it but when I asked, they said no. They advised us to use bottled water and the ice machines.

We are well versed in mouth closed shower locations so no big deal. That is how I divide the world... Mouth open/mouth closed showers...

We also used bottled water for brushing our teeth. That and ice are often the gotchas for folks who travel to places with risky water.

They are an in-between location for me. I bent my travel rules and was fine but it is always a roll of the dice. Only takes one drop of water and food is only as safe as the person with the least clean hands that touched it.

In riskier places, I only use bottled water and bottled drinks that they open in front of me, no ice, mouth closed in the shower, brush my teeth with bottled water, only eat fruit that I peel, no salads, and only hot food.

That is the problem with my line of work..... You know the dangers ...

Per the Washington Post, the secret weapon is Pepto Bismol 4 times a day for a 65% reduction in travelers diarrhea. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/03/30/how-to-prevent-travelers-diarrhea/

Bismuth subsalicylate has been around for over a century. The “pink stuff” has a genuinely solid track record of benefit in multiple randomized controlled trials: classic studies testing two tablets four times daily in U.S. students traveling to Mexico showed it confers 65 percent protection against traveler’s diarrhea. The bismuth component provides antibacterial and antiviral effects, and unlike antibiotics, it does not contribute to antimicrobial resistance or disrupt your gut microniome.

There is a catch here: for it to work, the drug must be present at the exact time the pathogen arrives in your small bowel. Because the small bowel moves fast, that means you need to take four doses a day (two tablets per dose every 3-4 hours while awake, and no more than eight tablets in a 24-hour period).

I've never had any issues (and I don't have an iron stomach by any means) but I do stick to bottled water - just in case. I will be adding the pink stuff too.