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Eastern Coast: San Felipe
San Felipe (population 25,000) is a quintessential fishing village that has one main street (two if you count the highway into town). It's at the edge of the northern Mar de Cortés, which is protected... (more) -
Eastern Shore: The Bahía de los Angeles
It would be a farce to claim that Bahía de los Angeles is representative of Baja culture; the vast majority of its 600 residents work in the local tourism industry. And yet, it's not a "touristy"... (more) -
Ensenada
In 1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo first discovered the seaport that Sebastián Vizcaíno named Ensenada-Bahía de Todos Santos (All Saints' Bay) in 1602. Since then the town has... (more) -
Going Inland
Coastal Baja becomes tamer and more tourist-friendly every year, but the peninsula's inland deserts have managed to remain remote, undeveloped and, for those very reasons, strikingly beautiful. Inland... (more) -
Mexicali
In some ways Tijuana's richer, more-successful older brother, Mexicali is a border town founded on an economy that's less whimsical (agriculture, rather than tourism) and a seat of power that's real (the... (more) -
North from Guererro Negro
As part of the Escalera Nautica project, the government under former Mexican President Vicente Fox pledged to bring first-world infrastructure, sprawling golf courses, and fine hotel accommodations to... (more) -
Puerto Nuevo
Southern Californians regularly cross the border to indulge in the classic Puerto Nuevo meal: lobster fried in hot oil and served with refried beans, rice, homemade tortillas, salsa, and lime. At least... (more) -
Rosarito
Southern Californians use Rosarito (population 100,000) as a weekend getaway, and during school vacations, especially spring break, the crowd becomes one big raucous party. The police do their best to... (more) -
Tecate
For most Baja-bound Americans, Tecate serves as a convenient alternative to the northbound Tijuana-San Ysidro border crossing, and not much else. Although the town itself is sunny and pleasant—especially... (more) -
Tijuana
Over the course of the 20th century, Tijuana grew from a ranch populated by a few hundred Mexicans into a Prohibition retreat for boozing and gambling—then it morphed yet again into an industrial... (more) -
Valle de Guadalupe
The Valle de Guadalupe, northeast of Ensenada on Carretera 3, is filled with vineyards, wineries, and rambling hacienda-style estates. Although Mexican wines are still relatively unknown in the United... (more) -
Western Coast: San Quintín and Environs
Few Baja travelers realize it, but there's more to twin towns San Quintín and Lázaro Cárdenas than just a highway and a few Pemex gas stations. In contrast with the untamed desert... (more)
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