Malecon Loreto

... it all began, and the well-preserved mission church, adjacent historical museum, nearby plazas, quiet pedestrian streets, and seaside malecon (promenade) give it the look of the perfect Mexican seaside town.  Besides the church and museum there's ...

... evening by all the boys out in their cars with stereos blaring doing 'bog laps' up and down the malecon/beachfront. We did a trip out to the Loreto Bay Mrine Protected Area, and had some good snorkeling saw loads of starfish, sealions, and rays, then ...

Posada San Martin for N$250 per noche, From Mexico Highway One, Loreto is an unimpressive wide spot in the road with a few llanteras and what appear to be mostly dirt roads. However, once you turn off the highway this community of 10,000, the earliest ...

... of real live growing-in-the-desert cacti! Then we asked the driver to drop us at a restaurant for lunch on the "Malecon"...Spanish for Boardwalk, only made of brick. It was a great restaurant although very eclectic! Called the Mediteranneo it has a ...

Great moment on the malecon tonight.  America, one of the biggest teams in the country won a crucial match, leading to the usual motorised cavalcade - flags, horns, lots of people hanging out of cars, kids riding on bonnets.  At the same ...

... locals are actually wearing coats. Now then about Loreto. A very spanish mission town, on the Sea of Cortez with a lovely Malecon ( promenade) for night time strolls.  The week we have been here the town is celebrating 312 since the founding ...

... hotel right on the waterfront.  I know, a tough life, but someone has to do it!!!  Loreto has a beautiful waterfront, with a long malecon (boardwalk) that is perfect for stroller cruising and taking in the beauty of the Sea of ...