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Playa Palmilla

Address: Entrance on Hwy. 1, at Km 27, 8 km (5 mi) southwest of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur

Category: Beaches
Location: The Corridor

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Fodor's Review:

Check out the impressive multimillion-dollar villas on the road to Playa Palmilla, the best swimming beach near San José. Turn off the highway as if you're going to the One&Only Palmilla and then cross over the highway on an overpass. Continue about half a mile. The entrance is from the side road through the ritzy Palmilla development; take a left before you reach the guardhouse of the One&Only Hotel. There are signs, but they're not exactly large. The beach is protected by a rocky point, and the water is almost always calm. A few thatched-roof palapas on the sand provide shade; there are trash cans but no restrooms. Panga fishermen have long used this beach as a base, and they're still here, despite the swanky neighborhood that surrounds them. Guards patrol the beach fronting the hotel, discouraging nonguests from entering the exclusive resort.

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