Tasty Puerto Nuevo style lobster, or as the local’s say, "langosta", is the reason millions of travelers come from all over the world to visit the famous Mexican lobster village of Puerto Nuevo.
Whether you arrive for lunch, dinner, or a few extended, carefree days, visitors are sure to find this destination mesmerizing.
You are in an atmosphere like no other a mere 30 minutes drive south from the San Diego/San Ysidro border crossing. Here visitors will find 35+ Langosta Houses, Mexican art, crafts, furniture, glass, pottery, and clothing. And perhaps, it is here as well, where you will find the friendliest and most hospitable people on Baja’s Gold Coast.
Travel Note
Parking in Puerto Nuevo can be challenging. A few restaurants have their own parking, but nothing is official.
Young men in town offer to watch your car if you have valuables. We sometimes take them up on it, and sometimes don't.
There are guarded parking lots on the perimeter of the village. Cost is usually $5 with no time limit. We recommend these parking lots if the village looks too busy for your driving comfort.
We have always found a stroll around the three blocks
that make up Puerto Nuevo, drifting in and out of the shops, an
enjoyable diversion after our meal.
Whether it is walking back to the hotels that are within walking distance, or before departing in our car.
Many regular travelers flock to Puerto Nuevo because
of its small village atmosphere.
La Casa Del Pescador
First time visitors to Baja California, Mexico will
enjoy Puerto Nuevo and will find it much less intimidating then the nearby larger cities of Tijuana,
Rosarito Beach, and Ensenada.
The streets of Puerto Neuvo look
pretty sleepy until about 10 – 11 am daily, when the local fishermen
return with their daily harvest ready to serve up lunch and dinner to
anyone who pops into town. The Mexican craft vendors, store owners,
jewelry peddlers, and artists begin to open their shops, and the hamlet of Puerto
Nuevo is in full swing.
In Puerto Nuevo the sun is usually shining, the skies are mostly blue, the lobsters plentiful, and the sounds of Mexico's musicians are waiting to serenade you.
This website is dedicated to the coastline of Baja Mexico that runs just south of Rosarito proper, to just north of the beautiful port of Ensenada.
Along this section of Baja coastline, visitors will find one of the most interesting, and stunningly picturesque coastal drives in all of North America. Our site specializes in covering the interesting things you can find, and do along this 50 miles, or 100 kilometers. Just print most our pages, and coupons and take them along with you!
You should also know this site is designed, written, and photographed by two mouthy gringas who have worked in the tourism industry of this area hosting media, and producing U.S. sales for over 20 years. Due to the unfair media coverage the coastline is receiving, and the resulting decline in U.S. visitors, these Gringas have joined an army of U.S. citizens who reside in the area, to dispel the lies.
These fun-loving visitors from Orange County, who also have a beach home in the area, were enjoying a beautiful summer day in Puerto Nuevo, in July, 2010. Note they are alive.
On this particular weekend we spotted more U.S. tourists than we have seen in a long time. This may be due to the positive media coverage the area has received in the L.A. Times and Long Beach Press Telegram, where the writers informed their readers that life seems to be back to normal on this section of the Baja coastline.
If you are considering visiting the area, we encourage you to do so with common sense you use in your own home town. We also ask you to take the Travel Advisory noted in our Safety Section exactly as it was intended, to tell you how to travel safely in the area.
The warning is not telling you not to travel to the area, but rather to remind travelers to always use caution, and common sense in unfamiliar territory.
We think it is funny how crazy the media is acting about the Mexican mafia and their danger to the average tourist to this area. As we grew up around the Irish and Italian mafias on the east coast, and the Black, Asian, and Hispanic gangs in the U.S., we feel confident we can give you some sound advice on traveling through this area.
Some
of the funnier stories we have heard about safety in this area are coming from those who come here
regularly. One fella wrote on a web blog that he was scared to come to
this area too because he had to drive through LA to get here!
One
of our husbands said something one of our visiting journalists liked,
"What self respecting mafia man is going to shoot you for no pay?" So
the moral to the story is, if you have no business with the mafia, your
travels should be carefree!
Tasty Puerto Nuevo style lobster, or as the local’s say, "langosta", is the reason millions of travelers come from all over the world to visit the famous Mexican lobster village of Puerto Nuevo. 
Travel Note
Many regular travelers flock to Puerto Nuevo 
