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Frommer's Favorite Experiences
Harvest Festival in the Valle de Guadalupe: Mexico's wine country comes alive in true fiesta style each year, late August to early September, during this annual wine festival. The celebrations combine wine tastings with parties, concerts, blessings of the grapes, and other events.
Exploring Baja's Missions: From the late 17th through the 19th centuries, Jesuit, Franciscan, and Dominican friars founded a succession of missions in Baja California. The missions were part of the many institutions that the Spanish crown used to colonize the territories of "Nuevo España." Explore one or several along the "Camino Real Misionero."
Arts Festival in Todos Santos: Although Todos Santos is filled with a creative, artistic ambience at any time of year, it reaches a peak each February during the annual Arts Festival. Held since the early 1990s, the festival continues to grow in popularity and content.
Feria de San José: Those nostalgic for the traveling carnivals of old will find just the sensory overload they've been missing in the litigious U.S. For 1 full week at the end of March, the carnival comes to downtown San José del Cabo in celebration of San José Day. With it come endless booths of spicy food and full-service bars, rickety rides, housewares hawkers, shooting and dart games you're never supposed to win, live banda music, a Palenque tent with organized cockfights, and even a house of mirrors. It's my favorite week of the year.
Foxploration!: When the 1997 movie Titanic was filmed here, at a seaside soundstage created for the production of the movie, Hollywood turned its attention to Rosarito Beach for even more moviemaking. The original production facility has been turned into an interactive museum and entertainment center that brings into focus the art of moviemaking and special effects, especially those made along Baja's coastline.
Bullfights in Tijuana: No matter what your opinion of bullfighting may be, the pastime is an undeniable part of the sporting culture of Mexico, drawing from its Spanish heritage. Considered among the best venues for watching this sport in North America, Tijuana's dual bullrings feature top matadors in their contests against bulls. The season runs from May to September.
Cave Paintings of Central Baja: Primitive rock paintings on the walls of caves in central Baja are the only examples of this type of art on the North American continent. Their origin remains a mystery, and researchers say they could date back as far as 10,000 years, created during the Prehistoric Age. Regardless of who created them, or when they were created, the colorful, mystical murals are impressive. The journey to reach them is also an adventure in itself.
Carnaval in La Paz: The best Carnaval (or Mardi Gras) party in Baja takes place in La Paz, where round-the-clock revelries take place just prior to Lent. The oceanfront malecón is the site of most of the festivities as this generally tranquil town swings into party mode.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
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