Facts About Mexico Cities Puerto Penasco

Puerto Penasco is a city and a municipality in Mexican State of Sonora. Located on the small strip of land joining the Baja California Peninsula with the rest of Mexico, Puerto Penasco lies just about 100 km from the Arizona Border. Puerto Penasco, part of the Altar Desert, is one of the hottest and driest regions of the larger Sonora Desert. Spread over an area of 9770 square km, Puerto Penasco has a population of 44,800 people.




Puerto Penasco had no permanent settlements due to lack of water but after the construction of a rail line passing through Puerto Penasco, the place was developed into a major town. After the 1990s, Puerto Penasco has become a popular tourist destination and a weekend gateway for the visitors from Arizona and California. Puerto Penasco is also known by its English Name Rocky Point or Rocky Port and it has also been nicknamed as 'Arizona's Beach'. With its pristine beaches with crystal clear waters stretching for hundred miles to north and to south, Puerto Penasco has turned into a major tourism hub in the late 1990s.

Facts About Mexico Cities Cabo San Lucas

Cabo San Lucas or simply Cabo, is a city in Mexico located at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula in the Municipality Los Cabos and and the State Baja California Sur. The population of Cabo is 56,800 residents and it is well known for its sandy beaches, world class scuba diving locations, and a distinctive Sea Arch 'El Arco De Cabo San Lucas'. Because of Cabo, the entire Los Cabos Corridor has gained extreme popularity for high-end and luxury holiday destinations in the entire Mexico.





There are numerous star category hotels and resorts in Cabo along the coast between San Lucas and San Jose Del Cabo. Abundance of sports fish, wide range of facilities favorable for sea sports, beauty of its beaches and warm and tranquil waters of the sea, make Cabo as one of the most favorite tourist destinations in the Americas. Because of its extreme potential as a tourism industry, the Mexican Government has created excellent infrastructure in and around Cabo San Lucas. Apart from plethora of luxury resorts, numerous timeshare resorts have been developed in Cabo that offer wide range of facilities and accommodations and fun and leisure activities sought after by the vacationers.