• Mexico Guide

  • Introduction to Mexico
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Getting around
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
  • Public holidays

• Explore Mexico

  • Baja California and the Pacific Northwest
  • The north
  • The Bajío
  • Northern Jalisco and Michoacán
  • Mexico City
  • Acapulco and the Pacific beaches
  • Veracruz
  • Oaxaca
  • Chiapas and Tabasco
  • The Yucatán

• Cities

  • Acapulco
    
  • Cancún
    
  • Guadalajara
    
  • Mexico City
    
  • Monterrey
    
  • Oaxaca
    

Mexico Guide

Baja California and the Pacific Northwest

Puerto Peñasco

• Accommodation
• Eating

Not long ago, PUERTO PEÑASCO was little more than an inoffensive shrimping port, a mere handful of rudimentary houses. It was so unknown, in fact, that Al Capone used it as a secret base for his liquor-smuggling racket during Prohibition. In the past few years, though, the town has exploded into a resort area, and it is now filled with high-rise condominiums. As a major getaway for Arizona's beach-starved masses, Puerto Peñasco is tipped to become the next Cancún. And while this all-too-rapid transformation is bringing welcome economic growth, it is also wreaking ecological havoc, as construction work continues without regard to the environment.