Often – and rightfully – packed with locals, this casual restaurant serves heaping plates of the most delicious seafood in La Paz. Try the molcajete mariscos, essentially a mortar (sans pestle) overflowing with fresh fish, octopus, sea snails and shrimp. Throw that on a tostada, add hot sauce and wash down with a Tecate. Perfection.
Mariscos El Toro Güero
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23.48 MILES
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The most beautiful in a series of beaches north of La Paz, Playa Balandra is an enclosed cove with shallow azure water that's great for toddlers. Kayaks…
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1.31 MILES
La Paz's waterfront, with its wide sidewalk, tiny beaches, tourist pier, benches, sculptures by local artists and unimpeded sunset views, is the city's…
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Museo Regional de Antropología e Historia
1.49 MILES
This is a large, well-organized museum chronicling the peninsula’s history (in Spanish) from prehistory to the Revolution of 1910 and its aftermath.
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Unidad Cultural Profesor Jesús Castro Agúndez
0.75 MILES
The Teatro de la Ciudad, part of this large cultural center, is the main performance venue in La Paz.
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Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe
0.39 MILES
La Paz’ largest religious monument; its 12m-tall altar is grandiose.
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Biblioteca de la Historia de las Californias
1.34 MILES
Across from the Jardín Velasco, La Paz’s former Casa de Gobierno is now the Biblioteca de la Historia de las Californias, a history library.
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1. Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe
0.39 MILES
La Paz’ largest religious monument; its 12m-tall altar is grandiose.
2. Unidad Cultural Profesor Jesús Castro Agúndez
0.75 MILES
The Teatro de la Ciudad, part of this large cultural center, is the main performance venue in La Paz.
1.31 MILES
La Paz's waterfront, with its wide sidewalk, tiny beaches, tourist pier, benches, sculptures by local artists and unimpeded sunset views, is the city's…
4. Biblioteca de la Historia de las Californias
1.34 MILES
Across from the Jardín Velasco, La Paz’s former Casa de Gobierno is now the Biblioteca de la Historia de las Californias, a history library.
5. Museo Regional de Antropología e Historia
1.49 MILES
This is a large, well-organized museum chronicling the peninsula’s history (in Spanish) from prehistory to the Revolution of 1910 and its aftermath.
11.95 MILES
The most beautiful in a series of beaches north of La Paz, Playa Balandra is an enclosed cove with shallow azure water that's great for toddlers. Kayaks…
23.48 MILES
A treasure trove of shallow azure inlets and sorbet-pink cliffs, Espíritu Santo is one of La Paz’s gems. It’s part of a Unesco World Heritage site…