Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) is a newly discovered paradise for tourists going to Sonora. During the early 1930’s it became known as refuge of fishermen and people seeking adventure. Located 100 kilometers (62 miles) from U.S border, Rocky Point has the advantage of being a “Free zone”, which means the visitors enter without having  to complete time-consuming paper work and immigration procedures. No wonder tourist from Arizona, Nevada, New mexico, and California claim Rocky Point as a favorite destination.

The beauty of this place is unique. Its solid rock formation of volcanic origin has become the symbol of the locals. Rocky point has an average temperature of 35C in the summer and 18C during the winter, making this place a perfect spot to enjoy the sea, sun, beaches, bays and inlets. There is no limit to activities in Rocky Point, whether one takes a walk on its beautiful beaches, where gentle waves invite swimmers, windsurfs, sails, scuba dives, and simply reclines to enjoy a beautiful view. In addition, there is ample availability of restaurants, diners and nightlife.

Eco-tourism finds in Rocky Point unique landscapes. During low tide, sea level fluctuates up to 6 meters, leaving exposed an assortment of sea life, sea shells, starfish and crabs. Puerto Peñasco is also slated for upcoming marina and other boat-related developments as part of the country’s ‘Escalate Nautica’ efforts, which call for a chain of ‘tourist-class’ marinas sprinkled up and down the Baja coast in an effort to promote nautical tourism.

For all of the features just mentioned, Puerto Peñasco, or Rocky point as foreigners call it, is a favorite tourist destination spot. Come and see for yourself the beauty of this mexican paradise and you will be really amazed.

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At the getaway to Sierra Gorda, rising up is the peak of San Bernal (La Pena de Bernal), a gigantic 350 meters high rock, the third highest in the  world. Pena de Bernal is located is San Sebastian Bernal, a small town in the mexican state of Queretaro. This rock is said to bring the inhabitants on the town a long life, the average life span of Bernal residents is said to be a staggering 94.7 years.

This enormous rock constitutes the setting element between the indigenous communities of the region and the encounter point with the meztizo society that erected the village of Bernal placed on the valleys and more fertile plazas towards the south and the Occident of this axial point of the territory. The rock of Bernal is a intrusive ingenious formation, it was exposed at a time, by way of a great monolith, by virtue of long processes of natural elements and erosion,which underlies in tuneless form to a sequence riolitic volcanic of tertiary age. For its height, it is considered the third higher monolith of the world, reason for which is not so difficult to understand its place like significant landmark in the regional landscape.

The characteristics of this rock, unique in the country, grant it a considerable attractiveness, no only for the villagers, but also for the growing number of visitors that arrive to the place. Those of a more adventurous nature will find magnificent natural landscapes for rappelling, mountain climbing, scaling or extreme sports, for that adrenaline rush and a unique experience to boot, climb the monolith Pena de Bernal and admire the beautiful view of the city of Queretaro.

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