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La Paz City General Information

La Paz , Mexico is described as a sleepy little port city with scenic boardwalks and beautiful beaches. Unlike many other well known tourist destinations, La Paz has developed slowly and steadily, without dramatic changes over the last century. La Paz history dates back to its founding in the year 1535, by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortez.

La Paz is the state capital of the state of Baja California Sur, a short two hour drive from Los Cabos , 1 hour from Todos Santos and 1.5 hours from Los Barriles and the East Cape . La Paz also enjoys the benefits of a modern international airport with daily round trip flights from Los Angeles , Phoenix and many other destinations. While Los Cabos has grown very rapidly in the two decades, this same pace of development has created many problems, denying it the attraction La Paz has as a well planned and developed small city. La Paz is a city that can only be thought of as friendly, peaceful and very safe.

Although La Paz has traditionally enjoyed relative obscurity, compared to other Mexican port towns, times are changing with the word is beginning to get out to the rest of the world about this hidden treasure. Most recently two articles have appeared in the New York Times and Money Magazine voting La Paz , Mexico to be #1 among foreign destinations to retire.

La Paz still sees its normal share of tourists coming to visit the spectacular neighboring islands, outstanding sports fishing, diving and boating, but recently there has been a new foreign visitor in town, arriving to investigate opportunities for retirement , vacation homes, business and development. La Paz has always had a relatively small inventory of foreign based developments and housing complexes but with the more recent interest La Paz has seen we now enjoy 3 major multimillion dollar developments in progress and a host of new smaller developments that have brought some exciting new opportunities to the local market. These new exiting developments reflect the worldwide interest now being shown in La Paz.

Diamante Associates invites you to come explore the riches of La Paz, Mexico . We would be glad to help you with your travel arrangements and to show you around our home.

Some facts about La Paz the city

• La Paz is a relatively small port city with a population of approximately 250,000 people
• La Paz is located inside a beautiful natural bay with excellent protection for its numerous marinas
• There are many historic buildings and a fascinating history of over 450 years
• The city is surrounded with many remote islands and beautiful secluded beaches
• Fantastic weather all year round with a little rain in the months of August and September
• Dry desert climate with refreshing sea breezes at night
• Great boating , diving, fishing, beaches, ,mountain biking or just a great sunset walk on the four kilometer boardwalk on the waterfront
• All the amenities of a modern city including, international airport, supermarkets, medical services, high speed DSL internet, four marinas , movie theaters, great international cuisine, while maintaining a genuine small town feel
• Reasonably priced real estate and relatively low cost of living
• Drivable from California by R.V or car
• 2.5 hour flight from Los Angeles
• Ferry service for cars and pedestrians to the mainland of Mexico
• Two hour drive to Los Cabos, One hour drive to Todos Santos

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