San Jose del Cabo, Mexico Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

SAN JOSÉ DEL CABO , 33km east of Cabo San Lucas, is the older and altogether more traditional of the two resorts, founded in 1730 as a mission and growing into an agricultural centre and small port. Few traces remain of its earliest years, however, with the most of the older buildings dating from the 1880s and onward, yet although fast being swamped, the old plaza and the Paseo Mijares (which now leads to a modern hotel zone about 1km seaward) are still more or less intact, and there's a small local museum in the Casa de la Cultura. The numerous shops and restaurants that line the streets and shady courtyards are … more »