The Four Seasons is built across a huge stretch (two miles!) of swimmable beach, which is actually quite rare for Cabo. Many hotels are located on beaches with strong tides that make swimming unsafe, so the Four Seasons offers a huge advantage with a beach you can actually use to the fullest.
There are also six swimming pools on-site, with options for families or adults only. On our afternoon by the pool (the one day of our four-day stay that weather permitted), we were offered a tray of margaritas, passed complimentary as a 3 p.m. amenity.
There's an 18-hole golf course, plus a sports and activities center with fitness equipment, volleyball, an eye-catching cobalt blue basketball court, and two tennis courts. The hotel also offers access to the exclusive Costa Palmas Marina.
The on-site Oasis Spa is a true standout. It has 10 freestanding treatment rooms, each with its own massive footprint that's both indoors and outside. The spa has separate wet areas and locker rooms for women and men, including high-end products and chaises surrounding luxe pools and saunas. The connected Rossano Ferritti Salon has chic, spaceship-like salon chairs with million-dollar views through floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the mountains.
The property also has a kids club, known across the Four Seasons chain as Kids for All Seasons. While not as expansive as some others, this one is remarkably well equipped and staffed. In addition to games and toys, it offers a full slate of activities. My own kids did a guacamole-making class, dream catcher art project, and made tie-dyed T-shirts.
But the best activity of all was probably their own personal piñata party on the beach. The staff walked the kids over to the sand, rigged the giant piñata between two palm tree, and my twins got all the bounty to themselves, since we were there in low season. They never wanted to step away from the activities, giving us plenty of grown-folks time.
At other resorts, we've paid up to $30 an hour for babysitting. Considering that the kids club is provided free to guests as part of the hotel rate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, we saved a lot of money.