The city of La Paz is convenient to one of Baja's star attractions, Isla Espiritu Santo, where one can snorkel with sea lions.
Cabo San Lucas is perhaps the least pleasant place in all of Baja, but a sunset cruise and great restaurant make it worthwhile.
In the northeast part of San Jose del Cabo, along Obregon between Guerrero and Hidalgo, art galleries are flourishing.
One of the best places to have a proper vacation is along the southern tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula, which has fully recovered after a 2014 hurricane.
It doesn't take long to escape the overdevelopment of Baja. Drivers took us on two excursions, one into the desert and one to a lush oasis.
Beyond the crowds in Cabos San Lucas is an almost perfect property in Los Cabos: the new Auberge Chileno Bay Resort.
In this issue, Andrew Harper travels to Baja to see how the area recovered from Hurricane Odile in 2014, and visits Seville and rural Andalusia in Spain.
Hurricane Odile is the most powerful hurricane to ever make landfall on the Baja Peninsula. The gale-force winds of the Category 3 hurricane snapped palm trees and telephone poles like matchsticks; torrential downpours caused rampant flooding in the streets.
In the American media, the flow of bad news out of Mexico doesn't seem to stop. Amid all the sensationalism, the latest update to the American government'
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