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Wander the galleries and old sugar town of Todos Santos
Todos Santos, Baja California Sur
A small Pacific town on the Tropic of Cancer, once Baja's sugarcane capital and now a town of artists and surfers.
Book a tour from Los Cabos that drives you up to Todos Santos for the Hotel California, the old church and a stop at Cerritos Beach.
What it is
Todos Santos sits on the Tropic of Cancer on the Pacific coast, about an hour north of Cabo San Lucas on Highway 19. Father Jaime Bravo founded a mission here in 1723, and in the 19th century it was Baja's sugarcane capital, with eight mills. The spring dried up in 1950 and the last mill closed in 1965, but the water came back in 1981, and the paving of the highway in the 1980s brought visitors. Today it is a Pueblo Mágico known for its artists, galleries and surfing, and for its Hotel California.
How to do it
Drive up Highway 19 from Cabo San Lucas, or come down from La Paz, whose airport is closer. Cerritos Beach, just south of town, is one of Baja's better surf spots.
Good to know
Stay for sunset over the Pacific, then eat in town rather than driving straight back.
- Time needed
- A day, or a night or two
- Best time
- Any day, with sunset on the Pacific
- Booking
- Go alone or with a tour
Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0
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