San Jose del Cabo Baja California Mexico
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Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Frequently Asked Questions
They anchor offshore, with tenders landing at the Puerto Los Cabos marina, a large pleasure-craft basin protected by two breakwaters. Allow 5 to 10 minutes by taxi to Plaza Mijares.
Temperament. Thirty kilometres from its high-energy neighbour, San José del Cabo is an old Jesuit-founded town where people take time to walk in the shade of the trees on the square. It is the quieter half of Los Cabos.
Yes, once you reach the centre. The square, the church, the art studios and the estuary are all walkable on flat ground. The seafront and its promenade are about fifteen minutes' walk from the old core.
The mission church, founded in 1730 and rebuilt in 1840, with a pale facade and a sober line facing the flame trees. Families gather around the bandstand late in the day. The streets radiating from the zócalo line up low houses in ochre and terracotta.
A handful of lanes behind the church, mainly along Calle Obregón and its neighbours Comonfort and Morelos, where art dealers and makers follow one another door after door. The studios are often run by the artists themselves, happy to explain their work.
A weekly evening, every Thursday from November to June, when the art district studios stay open late and the lanes fill with strollers. If your ship stays at anchor on a winter Thursday evening, it is well worth a few hours.
A municipal reserve a short distance from the art district, where the Río San José forms a lagoon separated from the sea by a sandbar about a kilometre long. Over 200 bird species have been recorded: brown pelicans, snowy egrets, herons, ibis, black-necked stilts.
Sea of Cortés seafood, tuna, smoked marlin or clams, handled by the old quarter's kitchens with vegetables and herbs from the valley farms. Fish tacos and an agua fresca in the shade of a patio usually explain the town's culinary reputation.
Yes, on a half-day organised excursion to the Land's End arch, about thirty kilometres away. Many passengers, though, prefer this quieter shore to its neighbour's bustle and choose to stay put.
The Mexican peso, with US dollars accepted in galleries and restaurants. You will get better value paying in pesos, especially in the old quarter's kitchens.
