Todos Santos
in Baja California

An hour north of Cabo along the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Todos Santos is what happens when artists, surfers, and farmers share the same small town and nobody is in a particular hurry. The streets are lined with colonial-era buildings that now house galleries, restaurants, and mezcal bars of surprising quality. The beach breaks nearby are serious, the whale-watching offshore between January and March is exceptional, and the surrounding desert, with its forests of cardon cactus, is unlike anything on the mainland. It remains, for now, pleasingly under the radar.

how long to go for

a long weekend, a weekend

when to go

november, december, january, february, march

holidays

independence day (16 sep), revolution day (20 nov), day of the dead (1 to 2 nov), christmas day (25 dec)

how to get there

fly in to los cabos international airport, then hire a car and drive north along highway 19.

how to get around

by car, on foot

nice to know

a car is essential as distances between beaches, town, and restaurants are too far to walk.

local language

spanish

currency

mexican peso

in an emergency

call 112