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El Rancho Tours - Todos Santos

  • May 2, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by hellotmf from Hollywood, Florida
El Rancho Tours - Todos Santos

Todos Santos is a small town north of Cabo San Lucas on the west coast of Baja Sur. It is about an hour’s drive from Cabo San Lucas on Route 19. Todos Santos was established by Jaime Bravo in 1723 as the mission of Nuestra Senora del Pilar. It is an all-Catholic town, and is now a predominantly quiet artists community riddled with crunchy gringos transplanted from the U.S., and is a great place to relax and spend the day enjoying its laid-back culture. The town’s three main industries are farming, fishing, and tourism.

Todos Santos is also an unofficial tribute to the Eagles–and yes, I mean the band. A couple of decades ago there was a widespread rumor that the song “Hotel California” was based on a small local hotel in Todos Santos, still to this day named “Hotel California.” Although Don Henley has outright denied allegations of even knowing that this hotel existed at the time of writing the song, and also stating that the song wasn’t about a hotel at all but an idea, this place still seems to have a dusty western Eagle’s magic about it despite its blatant irrelevance to the band’s rock history.

There is a great little restaurant across the street from “Hotel California” appropriately named “Tequila Sunrise” that serves excellent food and margaritas – and of course there is the official “Hotel California” store which sells plenty of overpriced souvenirs for die-hard Eagle’s fans. Note that while the tour does stop for lunch it is at your expense.

There are also “candy stores”, where you can purchase homemade Mexican candies and pastries and plenty of art galleries and quaint little shops to stroll through.

This tour was run by El Rachos Tours, who begins the tour by picking up all group members at their respective hotels in the Los Cabos area. They also stop at an organic farm called Elias Calles where you can pick a small bucket of fresh, organic strawberries for $1.

This is an excellent laid back tour that fits well into Baja life. I wouldn’t recommend this tour if you only have a few days in Los Cabos and want to focus on water activities. However, if you have an extra day or so, I would very much recommend it .

From journal Los Cabos (Baja Sur—San Jose Del Cabo/Cabo San

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