Last Friday, Karen Weiner Escalera recommended eight warm-weather resorts accessible to New Yorkers seeking to flee the polar vortex for a long weekend. Karen has worked in the luxury travel business for many years as president of a luxury travel marketing and PR firm, KWE Partners; she also writes a top blog on quality food, fashion, culture, and travel called www.miamicurated.com. (One of the recommended destinations, Grand Velas Riviera Maya, is a client of Karen’s).
This week we highlight some long-weekend-getaways accessible to Minnesotans. And they surely deserve a winter break: At times this year, their state has been declared colder than Antarctica.
We asked Karen to recommend luxe resorts: Since we vortex-fleers need pampering, we’re willing to splurge—stay only two or three nights, but have splendid accommodations. May the planes be flying on the day of your getaway! —Ed.
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Capella Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas (4 hours 5 minutes from St. Paul, Minnesota; 5 hours, 20 minutes New York.)
Capella Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas (Image via)
A high-quality resort—great attention to detail and excellent service and appointments. Among the amenities: Guacamole in every room every afternoon; a magnificent beach with clear, transparent water; in the evening, firepits to sit around as you enjoy your margarita; special pampering treats poolside like tropical fruit ice pops, piña coladas; a spectacular breakfast buffet daily.
Rosewood, San Miguel de Allende (3 hours, 56 minutes from St. Paul, Minnesota; 4 hours, 39 minutes from New York.)
Rosewood San Miguel de Allende (Image via)
Casa Misha, San Miguel de Allende (both 3 hours, 56 minutes from St. Paul, Minnesota; 4 hours, 39 minutes from New York.)
Casa Misha, San Miguel de Allende
I think of San Miguel as the Santa Fe of Mexico. Ideal climate, a center of culture and the arts, casually sophisticated—with these two hotels, a perfect destination for a winter getaway.
Grand Velas Riviera Maya, Riviera Maya (3 hours, 55 minutes from St. Paul, Minnesota; 3 hours, 40 minutes from New York City).
Grand Velas Riviera Maya, Riviera Maya (Image via)
If your idea is having a no-worries, totally pampered holiday complete with personal butler and restaurants comparable to those you’d find in a major world capital, this is your place. It’s über-luxe and all-inclusive: Everything except spa treatments—even tips and tax—is included.
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