Review by Spa & Wellness MexiCaribe in 2025
The Grand Fiesta Americana Los Cabos Golf and Spa Resort is nestled into the dramatic Baja California Sur landscape. Its architecture sprawls across the cliffs, offering ocean views from many vantage points.
Those seeking to focus on wellness during their stay can visit the unique Somma Wine Spa, which integrates vinotherapy into many of its treatments – incorporating grape extracts and harnessing their potent antioxidant properties for skin and body care. The spa area itself is designed to create the illusion of a wine cellar, with softly lit brickwork and arched ceilings, corridors, and stairways providing a sense of tranquility.
Somma Wine Spa offers a complete hydrotherapy circuit where guests can immerse themselves. Separated facilities for males and females include a sauna, a eucalyptus-scented steam room, ice chute, and jacuzzi. In the mixed hydrotherapy area, guests can enjoy invigorating cold and hot plunge pools for contrast therapy, experience showers, and a sensorial pool with jets for the legs, back, and shoulders.
The Wine Body Wrap at Somma Wine Spa is an 80-minute journey to revitalized skin, leveraging the antioxidant power of grapes. The treatment begins with an exfoliation, preparing the skin to absorb the luxurious, antioxidant-rich wrap. Choose from a selection of wine-infused body muds, including Merlot, Sauvignon, Lambrusco, Cabernet, and Champagne, each offering unique aromatic and therapeutic properties. The experience continues with a personalized deep tissue massage, incorporating stretching techniques and a fragrant sealing cream, leaving the skin deeply hydrated and delicately scented. The Vitamin C facial completes the experience, refreshing and energizing the skin. Rich in antioxidants, it neutralizes the negative impact of free radicals and oxidative stress that lead to signs of aging.
The resort offers wellness activities that incorporate the natural environment. The open-air ice bath experience is held on a terrace overlooking the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, with the possibility of a whale sighting at certain times of the year! Guests can brace the cold while surrounded by the warmth of the sun and enjoy the sound of crashing waves below; an invigorating experience that challenges the mind and body, creating an inner connection. Other activities, such as yoga and workout sessions like TRX, also take advantage of the spectacular ocean views this property enjoys.
By Sara Jones, Editor
Review by Spa & Wellness MexiCaribe in 2012
The spa at Fiesta Americana Grand in Cabo San Lucas at the southern tip of the Baja of Mexico is one of the most unique spas in all of Mexico and the only wine spa in the country. The word somma means sum, essence, conclusion, summit, top or peak. No matter what definition you choose to describe Somma Wine Spa, it is the sum of all its definitions. Its identity is best defined as wine therapy.
Using wines from the Mediterranean and the Guadalupe Valley of the Baja of Mexico and other natural ingredients, Somma Wine Spa has developed the latest therapies combining innovative wine-based ingredients with rare essences of oils and plant extracts. Let your mind fantasize as you decide from champagne massages to chocolate wraps, to coffee rituals. No matter the treatment, your day at the spa will be unforgettable. From the moment you step into the sophisticated Somma sanctuary, you will feel yourself submerged in a natural space, ready to renew your body, relax your mind and rejuvenate your spirit. Guests are invited to arrive early to take advantage of the gym and hydrotherapy facilities available without charge. A beverage of water, tea or red or white wine is offered accompanied with sugar-coated grapes and perhaps a bit of cheese in between each treatment to be enjoyed while relaxing in the lounge or terrace.
A popular choice among couples is a full day of treatments especially designed for duos, starting with the signature Le Vin massage, perhaps a coco sugar scrub that smells good enough to eat, and other unique sensations to enjoy in celestial bliss in the exclusive VIP cabin. Another romantic choice might be a Barefoot Dinner where the wine spa is brought to a table on the beach. This unique experience includes a reflexology treatment after squishing grapes mixed with essential oils with your feet, then dining near a fire pit on the chef’s choices for the palate.
For mommies-to-be, the Baby on Board Massage improves oxygenation and blood circulation, paying particular attention to the legs and lower back to give relief to tired muscles.
The ultimate in body wraps is a detoxifying treatment using a clay powder of champagne extract with powerful firming effects that define muscle tone and anti-free radical effects that increase skin hydration.
A full beauty salon completes your day at the spa with facials, nail care, and professional hair styling. Somma welcomes wedding parties and small groups to enjoy their wine spa and wine tasting events.
Sandra Berry
Associate Editor
