Walking the Cabo San Lucas Marina is a rite of passage for any Baja vacation. It is the buzzing epicenter of the city, lined with luxury yachts, open-air restaurants, and fishing charters. But if you have walked the boardwalk recently, you also know that the constant barrage of sales pitches can get exhausting. Now, just …
Tyler Fox
If you are flying down to the Baja Peninsula next month, you might want to double-check your dinner and excursion reservations right now. The spring crowds are about to be significantly larger than anyone originally projected. Every March, Cabo San Lucas transforms into one of North America’s premier Spring Break hubs. But this year, a …
One of the defining features of a Los Cabos vacation is the relentless, incredible level of hospitality. Whether you need a fresh towel at the pool at 7:00 AM or a late-night room service order, the resort staff is always there, working tirelessly behind the scenes to make the destination feel effortless. But the grueling …
I always get a little nervous when I find a destination I love, because the natural lifecycle of a great travel spot is usually tragic: It gets discovered, it gets wildly popular, and then it gets completely overrun, losing the exact charm that made it special in the first place. For a few years there, …
If you thought the new direct flights from Frankfurt and Madrid were a big deal for Los Cabos, you might want to buckle up. The local tourism board is thinking much, much bigger. According to a highly ambitious new report presented this week by the Los Cabos Tourism Trust (FITURCA), the destination is actively laying …
You’ve done it. You survived the flight, you breezed through immigration, and you just pulled your luggage off the carousel. The vacation has officially begun. You see the frosted glass doors leading to the exit, you push your cart through them, and then… BAM. Chaos. A wall of noise hits you. A dozen different people …
When friends ask me if they should stay on Medano Beach, I always answer with a question: “Which part?” If you have never been to Cabo San Lucas, you probably have a very specific image of Playa El Médano in your head. You picture loud bass thumping from beach clubs, tequila shots, massive crowds, and …
When I tell visitors to skip the beach for an evening and head north to San José del Cabo for the weekly Thursday night Art Walk, I usually get the same hesitant question: “If I don’t plan on buying a painting, is it still worth going?” My answer is always an absolute yes. It isn’t …
When you fly out of Louisville in the middle of February, you usually have exactly one goal: trading the gray winter chill for the warm, turquoise waters of the Baja Peninsula. So, it is understandably crushing when you walk down to the sand on your first morning, towel in hand, only to see the dreaded …
I see it almost every time I walk down Medano Beach on a breezy afternoon. A bright crimson flag is whipping in the wind right next to the lifeguard tower, clearly signaling danger. Yet, directly in front of it, a group of tourists is wading waist-deep into the surf, holding their drinks and laughing. It …