Some of the newer restaurants are bringing trends from the U.S. For example, Tío Pablo is a locals’ favorite specializing in prime rib. The food is also more to the American and Canadian taste than to a traditional Mexican fare. If you are looking for an easy transition to a Mexican city, this would be it. Enter any restaurant or store and you will find yourself greeted in English. However, I find that I speak more English in Los Barriles than I do in Cabo San Lucas. One would expect to hear English in the heavily tourist-focused locations and not in a small village like Los Barriles. Probably the most surprising aspect of life in Los Barriles is the language. Lifestyle in Los Barriles ©iStock/Victor Yee As the area does not have much in the way of shopping and medical care right now, it is important to note that a long drive may be needed for supplies or medical care. It is a scenic one-hour drive from the Los Cabos Airport and just under two hours from the La Paz airport. Los Barriles is located almost midway between La Paz and Los Cabos. Gates keep these plant-chewing animals from ruining one’s garden. Cows and goats wander throughout the neighborhoods along with a host of feral cats. Homes and developments are gated, but not out of fear of robberies. Except for the paved road connecting Los Barriles to El Cardonal to the north, most of the roads are dirt. To the north of downtown along the coast is a community scattered with single-family homes on sizable plots, most with views of the ocean, the mountains, or both. During our most recent stay, we rented a guest house just north of the main drag so we could experience Los Barriles like locals. We have stayed in this area in the past and found it easy to walk around to the restaurants and the beach. Turing left a few smaller hotels, restaurants, and souvenir shops can be found. Moving toward the Sea of Cortez the road ends at the Hotel Las Palmas. Los Barriles is a town where more RTV’s can be found on the road than cars. A few banks and the local grocery store welcome you into the town along with a multitude of RTV (rough terrain vehicle) rental companies. ©iStock/MattGushĮxiting off Highway 1 the commercial hub of Los Barriles can be found, what there is of it. Be careful not to confuse Buena Vista to the south of Los Barriles with the city of Buenavista to the north. Less than a 10-minute car ride north of Buena Vista is Los Barriles. Forty minutes north of La Ribera is the original resort town of the East Cape, Buena Vista, featuring modest resorts constructed around 1976. Developers are currently transitioning this city from a traditional locals-only fishing village to a high-end destination featuring a newly created marina and Four Seasons resort. The first city from Los Cabos is La Ribera, also known as La Riviera, and is located just one hour from the San Jose airport. This city is one of three that makeup what is referred to as the East Cape. Just 90 minutes north of Cabo San Lucas on the Sea of Cortez, lies the sleepy village of Los Barriles (“the barrels” in English). When we do want to get away from it all, our first thought is Los Barriles. Funny that we now sometimes need to escape from the traffic and tourism of Cabo, which is barely a quarter of what we used to experience back in the U.S. The change to the slower pace of Mexico was just what we needed and took a little for us to become accustomed to. Five years ago, my husband and I moved to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
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