Rosarito Beach, located 30 miles south of San Diego on Mexico's Baja, has grown from a 1920's prohibition-era retreat to a year-round family resort destination. The area is one of Mexico's fastest growing resort and retirement destinations. Many Americans are drawn to the large number of modern beach communities around the City of Rosarito Beach with it's relaxed festival atmosphere, gorgeous sunsets, boutique shopping and restaurants.
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The Rosarito Beach Hotel and Resort is a landmark ocean side luxury condo-hotel overlooking Baja's Gold Coast. The City of Rosarito Beach has grown around the hotel since it first opened in 1925. The resort's last upgrade occurred in the summer of 2008, with the addition of a 17-story, 271-suite tower comprising of one-bedroom and three-bedroom suites available as owned units. Owners may participate in a shared-revenue rental agreement with resort management.
Room features include balcony views, cable TV and Internet with two- and three-bedroom suites including a small refrigerator and desk. Oceanside activities include volleyball, swimming, surfing and fishing from a quarter-mile wooden pier extending from resort property. Groups of vaqueros (cowboys) offer gentle, guided beach horseback excursions from the hotel's waterfront.
Rosarito Beach Hotel
Boulevard Benito Juarez # 31
Rosarito, Baja California Mexico
1-800-343-8582
rosaritobeachhotel.com
Las Rocas Resort and Spa is built upon rocky bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean just north of Puerto Nuevo, Mexico. Standard rooms include a private terrace with 180 degree water views, cable TV and telephone. Ocean front master suite penthouses offer two floors each with fireplaces, a spacious living room, private Jacuzzi and two baths.
Facilities include an outdoor pool and separate infinity pool, two restaurants and two bars with one overlooking the bluffs. Private gardens and a fountain terrace cover the grounds between the hotel and the top of the bluffs. The Las Rocas Spa offers original treatments using local resources such as seaweed, jojoba oil and baja sea salt.
Las Rocas Resort & Spa
3850 Carretera libre Tijuana-Ensenada
Rosarito, Baja California Mexico
1-866-445-8909
lasrocas.com
The Calafia Hotel is an authentic old world Mexican village resort away from the party atmosphere of downtown Rosarito. The historically-themed Calafia offers both contemporary Mexican and classically-styled rooms with garden and ocean views.
On-site dining facilities include the Titanic Room, offering contemporary Mexican cuisine in a romantic setting adorned with actual furniture, props and memorabilia from the motion picture. Outdoor cocktails and dinner is served in Las Gaviotas, a covered terrace perched above the breaking surf. Spa services include massage, reflexology and aromatherapy. The Calafia offers customized wedding packages with indoor and outdoor ocean-view banquet facilities, gazebos and a chapel.
Calafia Hotel
Km 35.5 Carretera Libre
Tijuana - Ensenada
Baja California, Mexico
661-614-9815
hotel-calafia.com
