If you’ve spent time in a Bunkhouse hotel you know they get the balance right: a bit of boutique polish and a whole lot of charming authenticity. It’s no different here; there’s a bit of boutique style in the form of plush Coco-Mat mattresses, Tivoli radios and Malin + Goetz bath products, but mostly there’s a fun, chill little hotel, right on the beach, with rooms arranged around a central pool and lounge area.

The Todos Santos Boutique Hotel, as the name implies, distills the locale’s timeless Jesuit heritage down to an intimate, ten-room affair just off the main drag. Ivy-wreathed brickwork defines the public spaces, giving way in the rooms to an ornate vision in dark wood and gilt-framed mirrors. Each of them even boasts a unique, full-wall mural of a frozen-in-time colonial scene.

Just a bit up the coast from Todos Santos, a string of stylish boutique hotels line the beach road. The intimately sized Casa Blanco Madera is one of the finest. Run by a Mexican couple who fell in love with the region on a road trip through the Baja California Peninsula, it’s made up of just three rooms housed in a low-lying whitewashed building surrounded by desert gardens.

Desierto Azul is eco-friendly and minimalist, with just four cottage-like rooms set around a quiet saltwater pool. Inside, they’re open-concept, lined in polished concrete and artisan-made tiles. Each is unique, but they’re all outfitted with natural materials, from linen duvets to woven raffia lampshades. Bonus: Desierto Azul doubles as a foodie hotspot, and runs a plant-based cooking studio.

A few minutes down the coast from Todos Santos, in El Pescadero, Kimpton Mas Olas feels like it’s in the middle of nowhere. Wedged between the desert and the sea, this boutique resort sits on a large oceanfront property, its gardens stretching out toward the sand dunes and the dramatic silhouette of the Sierra de la Laguna. Indoor-outdoor living is the ideal in a setting like this — and Kimpton nails the assignment.

The primary aim of Villa Santa Cruz is to provide guests with an opportunity to unwind in a style that’s both luxurious and as casual as can be. Its owners started with a single villa, then added a second, then a handful of bungalows and poolside mini-villas, and four beachfront tented suites. The resulting boutique hotel feels handmade in the best possible way, with a character that’s evolved over the years.

Paradero Todos Santos is a luxurious all-suite boutique hotel in a highly disciplined Brutalist style which draws the eye outward to the landscape architecture and surrounding ecosystems. Its raw concrete exteriors blend into the desert, and in its interiors provides a counterpoint to the soft luxury of its rooms and suites. It turns out nothing about Brutalism precludes lavish creature comforts.