Todos Santos - A Pueblo Magico, art and musicians colony, great beaches, galleries, the legendary Hotel California, fine dining & more just a short drive north of Cabo.
Article by Cabo writer David Mandich
The
Hotel California made famous by the Eagles song.
Tourists
done with the Cabo San Lucas scene of catching a big fish, golf or getting
drunk and hanging upside down by their ankles on a fish scale in a bar are
happy to discover the sleepy ‘Artists Colony’ of Todos Santos just one hour
north of Cabo San Lucas. What was once Santa Fe, New Mexico in the 1920´s,
later Carmel and Laguna Beach in the 50´s & 60´s, is now becoming Todos
Santos. Whatever that is … or whatever you want it to be.
To get
there, rent a car, take the two-lane highway out of Cabo San Lucas, and get
prepared to enjoy one of the most spectacular scenic drives to be found
anywhere. You will cross over grand arroyos, look down on Pacific coast
beaches, off which you may see migrating whales spouting or manta rays the size
of baby grand pianos belly flopping. The road meanders up and down hills and
across coastal plains covered with thorn tropical vegetation.
In Todos
Santos one can stroll paved (and dirt) colonial era streets of a peaceful
village where one will find more art galleries and fine restaurants than
cantinas or taco stands. Here you won’t have to fend off Time Share sales
people, or ‘street peddlers’ who in Cabo San Lucas, seem to leap out at you
from behind every bush and rock.
