HOTELThe cape has 2 buildings. All the rooms have ocean views but the regular rooms and Thompson suites in the main building only have ocean views while the villas in the other building also have views of el arco on the right.
The panoramic suites which are in the main building are the corner rooms so they have views of both too .
If you are bringing your own food the best option is really the villas as they have full kitchens but we decided we'd rather rough it a bit to get the pano suite
Base rooms are 25k (cash rates now are $900+ all in)
1 bedroom suites are 40k (standard suite)
And villas are 50k (premium suite)
And then there are the pano suites and penthouse suites which aren't bookable directly with points
Some suites and the ground floor villas come with plunge pools .
So I used 25k to get the base room then a suite cert to bump me up to a Thompson suite and then i figured I'd call the property and ask to pay for an upgrade to the pano suite - the price difference between the Thompson and the pano suites were about $250 .
Unfortunately it wasn't that easy - apparently the management instructs them to not allow any upgrades in advance if you are using points . I was told that the only option is to wait until i check in and if it was available at that time I would be able to upgrade.
But as we know it never hurts to HUCA and finally I got someone who was willing to do it for me although it could be it was only because it was the day before checkin.
Keep in mind there are only 5 pano suites in total
So in total it was 25k +suite cert + $335 ($250 +tax and services) which is about $7-800 value for a room with a published rate of $1700+ per night
More pictures coming and some dronage