BY CLAY LARROY
If you're looking to get
away from it all with a trip away from home, don't forget to travel smart. Regardless of
whether you are traveling to a nearby location for the weekend or taking a
week-long destination vacation, you are always going to benefit from some tips
and ideas on how to make the whole process, more fun and less stressful.
Take
time each day to alleviate stress while traveling or vacationing and you will
thank yourself for it when you get back home. When you want to plan a vacation contact me!
La
Paz
Overview
The holiday retreat of La
Paz is the laid-back capital of Baja California Sur, known for its stunning
sunsets and beaches. The city is a perfect base from which to explore the
magical surrounding landscape. Although it has excellent beaches, it is not
known specifically as a beach resort, but is a tranquil Mexican port which has
retained a charming colonial atmosphere. La Paz is a 'real' city where locals
go about their daily business among the tourist shops, fancy restaurants and
tour operators. The most romantic feature in the city is the waterfront
promenade, or malecón, around which city life revolves, stretching for several kilometers
along sandy beaches. Much of the dining and nightlife most popular with travelers
is found along this walkway and it is the best place to catch one of the city's
famously spectacular sunsets while on holiday.
La Paz is the eco-tourism
capital of the country, surrounded by desert and situated in a large bay on the
Sea of Cortez, with a variety of outdoor tour guides offering excellent trips.
The region boasts astonishing plant and animal life, the varied and dramatic
geology of the inland deserts, mountains and oases, and the Sierra de la Laguna
Biosphere Reserve. Beautiful unspoilt offshore islands offer naturalist hiking,
as well as amazing diving and snorkeling from pristine beaches with hammerhead
sharks, dolphins, sea lions and gigantic whale sharks. The islands are the
destination of kayakers, sailors and boat cruises, and the bay is a popular
yachting stopover. La Paz is a fisherman's paradise and its international fishing
competitions are world famous. To the north of the city, along the Pichilingue
Peninsula, are some magnificent beaches, backed by mangroves and the
cactus-studded mountains of the desert.
Besides the eco-tourist
activities on offer, La Paz boasts plentiful shopping, a varied nightlife,
excellent fish and seafood, and comfortable accommodation, offering visitors
everything they need for a relaxing and stimulating holiday.
Shopping
in La Paz
From small, exclusive
boutiques lining the Malecon, to the department stores of busy downtown La Paz,
known as 'El Centro', the city offers plenty of options for lightening the
pocket, with high fashion and upmarket branded goods aplenty. There are also
numerous stores selling locally produced Mexican arts and crafts to delight
souvenir hunters on holiday, and supermarkets on just about every street corner
for self-caterers.
Dining
in La Paz
There are delicious treats to suit all tastes available
in the many restaurants of La Paz, from the highly rated street corner hotdog
and chocolate clam stands, to mouth-watering lobsters from the Sea of Cortez
served up in classy seafront restaurants. The cuisine of most nationalities is
available, including Chinese, Italian, French and Korean, but traditional
Mexican naturally remains the holiday favorite. For seafood with local flair
visit Bismark II, while Buffalo BBQ is the local favorite for hamburgers and
other carnivorous fare.
Activities
in La Paz
La Paz has no shortage of lively nightspots, with the
most popular located along the Malecon. This brightly lit promenade and
adjacent pier is abuzz with strollers and party-animals after dark, entertained
by groups of street musicians known as mariachis. Shops stay open late to cater
for evening browsers. Like in most Mexican cities, the party action doesn't
start heating up until late in the evening, from around 10pm, but continues
until the early hours of the morning. Discos offer all kinds of music, from
traditional Latino to American rock, and many of the bars and restaurants offer
live music. La Caliente and Las Varitas are great night spots and live music
venues. Culture vultures will probably find a play or concert to their taste at
the Teatro de Ciuidad or Teatro Juarez, and there are several movie theatres
showing American films with Spanish subtitles.
Things
to be aware of in La Paz
La Paz can be expensive during peak season.
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