After miles and miles of rugged mountains, desert, and dust, the glistening sapphire ocean of Bahía de los Ángeles (pop. 720) is one of Baja’s most enchanting sights. The small, undeveloped town ...more
El Rosario is little more than a bend in the road where the Transpeninsular turns its back on the west coast and starts across Baja’s rugged interior. Set up like an extended rest-stop, El Rosario ...more
With outdoor markets, three history museums, nearby beaches, and a tourist strip that rivals that of Cabos San Lucas, cosmopolitan Ensenada (pop. 370,000) makes the perfect weekend getaway. Not surprisingly ...more
Hot, polluted, unwalkable, and crowded, Mexicali (pop. 1.2 million) is not a tourist friendly town. Founded in 1903, the city was first populated by laborers from the Colorado River Land Company, many ...more
Most travelers bypass breathtaking Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, making it one of the least visited of Mexico’s national parks. The somber peaks of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir are ...more
Playas de Rosarito (pop. 76,000) has many selling points, as its tourist promoters have discovered during the city’s transformation from elite hideaway to all-out gringo-magnet, but none counts more ...more
Set between the desert, the sierra, and the Sea of Cortés, and far from Mex. 1, San Felipe’s (pop. 15,000) tranquil bay isn’t a place anyone just passes through. With its beautiful beach, gently ...more
Tecate (pop. 100,000), on Mex. 2, between Mexicali and Tijuana, provides a peaceful respite from both of its neighbors. The green Parque Hidalgo is the center of life, where strolling families, vendors ...more
In the shadow of swollen, sulfur-spewing factories lies the most notorious specimen of border subculture: Tijuana (pop. 1.2 million). It’s hard to say if it’s the city’s strange charm, its cheap ...more
On the mid-Pacific coast of northern Baja, the San Quintín Valley is the lifeblood of Baja Californian agriculture. Enclosed by huge barren mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, nearly ...more
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