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FAST FACTS
Cabo San Lucas, Baja’s southernmost city (pop. 30,000),
is very tourist oriented. Locals—and those in the know—call it simply
Cabo. Some of the region’s oldest and most beloved hotels are located
there, tucked against sandstone cliffs, and the town is the center of
the region’s ever improving shopping and dining scene.
And for those who want to know where the party is, this is the place:
Cabo’s nightlife scene attracts a young crowd to the raucous bars and
clubs lining the side streets (it reminds a lot of visitors of Key West,
Florida). Drinking, dancing and mingling with potential dates are the
big attraction.
Boulevard Marina, the main drag in Cabo San Lucas, is lined with
restaurants, bars and shops. Though the boulevard runs along the edge of
the bay, the view of the water is blocked by businesses and the massive
Plaza las Glorias hotel.
The top natural attraction is El Arco, a spectacular sandstone arch at
Land’s End, the tip of the peninsula. Sea lions and pelicans sun
themselves there. Another beautiful sight is El Faro Viejo, the old
lighthouse (ca. 1890), set amid sand dunes on the Pacific Ocean about 2
mi/3 km west of Cabo San Lucas. There are no paved roads to the
lighthouse—visitors usually see it from an all-terrain vehicle or a
boat.
The area’s quality sportfishing is due to the merging of the Sea of
Cortez and the Pacific Ocean, which creates a fertile feeding ground for
the game fish. You can try your luck for blue marlin, sailfish, mahimahi
(known as dorado in Mexico), yellowtail, wahoo and many others. There
are scores of charter boats that leave from the central fishing dock in
Cabo San Lucas. If you catch a fish and you’d like to have it for
dinner, there are several restaurants that will cook it for you.
Otherwise, catch-and-release is becoming popular among anglers who wish
to preserve the ocean’s bounty for another day.
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