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Celebrating México: Independence Day Events in Los Cabos

Tourist season is virtually year-round at this point, but a traditional start to the season is still delineated each October, when there are a flurry of notable events. This year alone there are three big-time fishing tournaments–the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament, and Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore and Black and Blue–a series of Sammy Hagar Birthday […]

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A Brief History of Los Cabos, Part VII: The Mexican–American War

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Part VII: The Mexican–American War The middle decades of the 19th century were a time of intense conflict in Baja California, not only with the United States government, whose army and navy invaded during the Mexican–American War, but also with many U.S. citizens, who saw the sparsely populated peninsula […]

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Los Cabos Well Served By First-Ever ATP Tennis Tournament

Ivo Karlović took top honors in the singles final at the inaugural ATP 250 Los Cabos Open on Saturday night, defeating Feliciano López 7-6, 6-2 in front of an appreciative crowd at the newly built Estadio Pegaso in Cabo San Lucas. The match featured the oldest combined ages between finalists on the ATP tour since […]

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Surprising Results Make for Fascinating Spectacle at the Inaugural ATP Los Cabos Open

At the midway point of the inaugural Los Cabos Open–the first ever ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) event staged in the Capes Region–three things are evident:  organizer Grupo Pegasus has done an outstanding job of building a first-class facility on the grounds of the Delmar International School; even with the Olympic games siphoning the sport’s […]

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Big-Time Tennis Comes to Los Cabos

In recent decades, Los Cabos’ original tourist lure–fishing–has gradually been overtaken by more luxury driven pursuits. The large seaside luxury resorts now pride themselves on the quality of their onsite restaurants and pampering spas, and world-class golf courses have been opening with regularity since Jack Nicklaus set the standard in the early 1990s. Golf’s historic […]

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Eat Like a Local: The Best Tacos in Los Cabos

There’s no quicker way to start an argument in Los Cabos than to stake a claim of supremacy for your favorite taquería. Tacos are serious business in México, and local residents are happy to argue a case for their own favorite purveyor based upon what are often a complicated set of criteria involving price, ingredients, […]

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A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. VI: The End of the Mission System and the Birth of Cabo San Lucas

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. VI: The End of the Mission System and the Birth of Cabo San Lucas Learn more about the history of Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos area of Baja California Sur, Mexico. As the 19th century dawned in Baja California, the peninsular population was suffering on a number […]

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Culture of Cabo: A Q and A with Director of the Cabo San Lucas Museum of Natural History

Culture of Cabo: A Q and A with Director of the Cabo San Lucas Museum of Natural History Roberto Cuétara has been working in museums for more than 50 years, and anyone who has visited cultural heritage sites in Baja California Sur–from Loreto to La Paz to Los Cabos–has almost certainly been exposed, knowingly or not, […]

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The Art of Fine Dining: A Q&A with Alcaravea Gourmet Chef Enrique Díaz

Cabo San Lucas locals need no introduction to Alcaravea Gourmet, or to the face of the restaurant, Enrique Díaz. The downtown eatery and its extroverted owner-chef have been fixtures of the local fine dining scene for over a decade, serving up superb Italian and other Mediterranean style specialty dishes at exceedingly budget-friendly prices. Díaz himself […]

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A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. V: The Arrival of Franciscan and Dominican Missionaries in California

A Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. V: The Arrival of Franciscan and Dominican Missionaries in California Learn more about the history of Cabo San Lucas 
and the Los Cabos area of Baja California Sur, Mexico. On the final day of November in the year 1767, a ship carrying the first appointed governor of California, Don […]

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