Palmilla | Luxury Villa Rentals in Los Cabos

Palmilla's draw is simple: a calm, swimmable beach on a coast where most of the water is too rough. Villas sit in a mature, gated community, many with views over the Sea of Cortez or the Jack Nicklaus golf course, and the One&Only Palmilla resort anchors the area.

It sits about midway along the Corridor, so San José del Cabo's restaurants and Cabo San Lucas' marina are each a short drive. It suits families and golfers who want a protected beach close by.

Palmilla is one of the original addresses that put Los Cabos on the map — a resort community on the Corridor between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, built around what opened in 1956 as the Hotel Palmilla, now the One&Only Palmilla. The area is anchored by one of the Corridor’s few genuinely calm, swimmable beaches, a protected cove that stands out on a coastline where most beaches carry a strong Pacific undertow, and by a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course that winds through the community’s hillside and coastal lots.

Villas in Palmilla sit within a mature, landscaped, gated setting, many with direct or near-direct beach access and views over the golf course or the Sea of Cortez. The community has grown up around the original resort over several decades, so the architecture ranges from established 1990s-era estates to newer builds, generally on larger lots than the more recently developed Corridor communities nearby. Its position — roughly midway along the Corridor — puts it within a 15 to 20 minute drive of both San José del Cabo’s art district and restaurants and Cabo San Lucas’ marina, making it a practical base for travelers who want resort-level amenities and a swimmable beach without committing to either town center. Palmilla suits families and groups who want golf, a calm beach for children, and the option to dine at the resort or venture out to either town.

Palmilla’s great advantage over much of the Los Cabos coast is simple: the beach here is genuinely swimmable. Much of the Cabo coastline faces open Pacific surf and strong currents, while Palmilla sits on a sheltered, gently shelving bay on the Sea of Cortez — calm, clear water that suits families and swimmers. Add the Jack Nicklaus golf, the beach club, and a gated setting on the Corridor midway between the two towns, and it becomes one of the most complete addresses in the region. Share your dates, group size, and whether you want an oceanfront estate, a golf-course home, or a villa close to the beach club, and we’ll send a curated shortlist of Palmilla villas, with every rate, service charge and booking condition itemized in the written quotation.

A gated resort community midway along the Corridor, with one of Los Cabos' few calm, swimmable beaches and Jack Nicklaus golf.

Below are our Palmilla villas. Tell us whether the beach, the golf or the view matters most, and we'll match the right home to your group.