Highways from Cabo Expand Tourists' Baja Horizons Christine Delsol - SFGate
go to original March 18, 2013

Honoring its name, La Paz is a refugee of salt and sand, sun and sea, ideal for weary travelers or those wanting to temporarily retreat from daily chaos, a site full of natural wonders and human touch. (mexicoshowroom)

Despite predating Los Cabos by about 400 years, and serving as Baja California Sur's capital for the past 183, La Paz has been overshadowed by the glitzy upstart to the south. Instead of the likes of John Wayne and Bing Crosby escaping the Hollywood hustle to trek dirt tracks to some of the world's best sport fishing, you have Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney jetting to Los Cabos for a weekend of golf or partying.

The bright side to Los Cabos' dominance of Baja (and Mexico) tourism is that the rest of the cape region has changed very little over the years. Cabo vacationers have tended not to venture far from their cocoons of all-inclusive resorts, pricey restaurants and nonstop nightclubs. A day trip to Todos Santos, maybe, but not much more. The rest of the cape remained remote, not in distance but in time and fortitude required to get there. And La Paz? Why make the more than three-hour trip when you've got all the comforts in Cabo?

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