Todos Santos Hotel California - made famous by the Eagles song.
Tourists who aren’t into 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.