City overview
Los Cabos sits at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, where the desert runs straight into the sea and the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez at a granite arch called El Arco. The municipality pairs two very different towns: Cabo San Lucas, built around a superyacht marina and a swimmable town beach, and San Jose del Cabo, a colonial-era mission town with a gallery district and a bird-filled estuary. Between them runs the Tourist Corridor, a twenty-mile stretch of protected coves and resort golf. Jewish life here is young and concentrated: the Cabo Jewish Center opened its permanent building at Chanukah 2021, and its Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, glatt kosher restaurant, dairy cafe and mikvah make Cabo San Lucas one of the few beach destinations in Mexico where a kosher-keeping traveller can arrive without shipping in food.
Playa Palmilla
Cabo · Free
A mile-long Blue Flag beach with a protected swimming zone and a public boat launch, backed by the Palmilla headland.
Time needed
2 to 4 hours
Tips
Two parking areas, calm protected water and kayak and panga rentals make this the most family-friendly beach on the Corridor. Palapas are first-come on weekends, so arrive early or bring an umbrella.
Neighborhood
Palmilla, San Jose del Cabo
Activity providers
Kosher map of Cabo
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