Visitor Information -- The Tourist and Convention Bureau booth (tel. 800/310-9687 in the U.S., or 646/178-8588 or 178-8578) is at the western entrance to town, where the waterfront-hugging Bulevar Lázaro Cárdenas -- also known as Bulevar Costero -- curves away to the right. The office is open daily from 9am till dusk and can provide a downtown map, directions to major nearby sites, and information on special events throughout the city. As in most of the commonly visited areas of Baja, one or more employees speak English fluently. (There's another office in the Hotel Santo Tomas at Miramar 609). Taxis park along the bustling López Mateos, or Avenida Primera (First Ave.).

Getting There

After passing through the final tollbooth, Hwy. 1-D curves sharply toward downtown Ensenada. Watch out for brutal metal speed bumps slowing traffic into town -- they're far less forgiving on your chassis than those in the U.S.

Fast Facts

Two accessible hospitals in Ensenada are the Clinica Hospital ISSSTE, on the corner of bulevares Sangines and Pedro Loyola (tel. 646/176-5276), and the Hospital General de Zona IV No. 8, on Avenida Reforma and Fraccionamiento Bahía (tel. 646/172-4500). The main post office is on Avenida López Mateos at Calle Floresta.

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