Mexico-based Villa Group has launched its newest resort, the Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa in Loreto, Mexico.

Located on the town's Baja California South, the resort offers 181 rooms of accommodation, ranging from studios and villas to the Presidential four-bedroom suites.

Facilities include a 35,000sq ft (3,300sq m) luxury spa, which is scheduled to open "later in the summer", possibly by September.

The resort will be marketed as an eco-resort and will offer a range of 'ecological activities' such as mountain hiking, climbing and camping.

Villa del Palmar is the first property in the Villa Group's planned 1,800-acre development in Loreto, called Danzante Bay.

When completed, it will include seven resort hotels, 240 home sites, additional restaurants and a Rees Jones golf course.

The Villa Group was founded in 1984 and is one of Mexico's leading privately owned hotel, resort and real estate development companies. Its portfolio includes beachfront destination resorts, vacation ownership, and fractional and full ownership luxury real estate developments.