Travel Eye on La Paz (Mexico)

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Overview:

Presently, La Paz is one of the most beautiful cities of Mexico's northwestern region. The city has traditionally been acknowledged as a favourite for tourist beach destinations, for its excellent possibilities for sports fishing, for its magnificent natural beauty, and for its geographic location.

La Paz is a privileged place for all those who love nature. Many call it the "world's capital of ecotourism." La Paz is the centre of ecotourism, since its location insures rapid and easy access to any other part of the state. Besides, La Paz has highly specialized eco-tourist guides, there being tours to the Laguna and San Francisco mountain ranges, to sites of rupestrian paintings, missions, the whale sanctuary at Magdalena Bay, to desert areas, places where wild animals and plants can be studied, etc..., all along the State of Southern Baja California.

La Paz is a city which traditionally has distinguished itself for its cultural vocation. This is attested by the existence of sound higher education institutions such as the Autonomous University of Southern Baja California, the Regional Technological Institute, the Pedagogic University, the State School of Music, and several high level scientific research institutions. Therefore, frequently, conventions and congresses are held in La Paz. The city's best hotels have modern facilities to serve such purpose.

Locality:

La Paz is the capital,of the state of Southern Baja California, is located on the great Bay of La Paz. There, semi-hidden by that small peninsula of capricious shape called El Mogote, La Paz reflects its image on a silken ocean which seems to be on fire every late afternoon due to its incomparable sunsets

Entertainment/Facilities/Attractions/Things to:

Besides the eco-tourist activities on offer, the city boasts plentiful shopping, a varied nightlife, excellent fish and seafood, and comfortable accommodation, offering visitors everything they need for a relaxing and stimulating vacation.

Being famous for its ruins and beaches, Mexico is also a country full of contrasts: the cultural mixtures and the great variety of landscapes, are always surprising for those who visit this territory. Next, we present a selection of the most interesting and famous places of Mexico a traveler cannot miss. 

The mountains south of La Paz provide a rugged  home for an incredible diversity of animal and plant life, many of the species endemic. The mountain lion is the largest predator, but more commonly seen are the coyotes and foxes, as well as smaller mammals such as kangaroo rats, desert mule deer, gophers and badgers.

This magnificent area was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1994 and is sparsely inhabited, attracting hikers, mountain bikers and naturalists. It is an ecological treasure-house where cacti, palms and pine trees grow side by side, and rock pools form underneath towering granite boulders. Several well-known hiking trails traverse the mountain range.