Living in Los Cabos
Los Cabos, meaning “the capes,” is a distinctive landscape of mountains, desert, sky, and sea, a coastal stretch of land next to where the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez. The municipality extends between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo and includes the 32-kilometer (or about 20-mile) corridor in between, sinuously curving around the coastline of the southernmost tip of Baja California. For a long time, Los Cabos was a sparsely populated area, home to only a few fishing villages. But starting in the 1950s, this picturesque region began to be discovered by Hollywood movie stars as the perfect vacation spot. Gradually, Los Cabos became increasingly popular with the construction of two airports, the Transpeninsular Highway, and modern marinas, allowing Americans to easily head south. In recent years, Los Cabos has begun changing again, evolving away from its party reputation and back to its roots as a luxury holiday destination.