Los Cabos
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* Optional Tours Sample Itinerary Calendar of Events
Optional Tours
Here are just a few of the exciting excursions Discount Vacations can arrange to enhance your vacation.Your Discount Vacations Destination Representative will help you choose and then make the necessary arrangements.



 
Sample Itinerary
Discount Vacations gives you the freedom to create your dream vacation.Here's a sample to get you started. Summary : 7-night Itinerary

Day1
After arriving at the Los Cobos Airport you'll be transferred to your hotel. Los Cabos is one of the crown jewels of the Mexican Riviera. Check-in at your hotel, explore its many amenities and enjoy dinner.

Day2
After breakfast at your hotel, head for the Sea of Cortez, where you can discover the abundance and diversity of the local marine life . Most hotels provide snorkeling or diving equipment or you can make a reservation with a dive shop and enjoy a full day of underwater exploration.

Day3
Spend the day at the beach. Most resorts offer watersports such as sailing, windsurfing, and parasailing. Take advantage of your hotel's activities - kayaking and tennis lessons are three of the many optionss offered at most hotels.
Tonight enjoy a night out on the town. Clubs offer mariachi, folklore shows, and Mexican dancing. There are also many discos with drink specials where you can dance the night away.

Day4
Hiking tours are very popular way to take in the diversity and scenery in the foothills of the surrounding mountains. Most tours include eco-guides, round-trip transportation, lunch and drinks. Check with your hotel's guest services department or concierg.

Day5
Today would be a good day for some sailing.Cabo San Lucas Marina has 288 berths for sailing enthusiasts. Sailboat trips are available to the famous natural stone arch separating the Gulf of California or Sea of Cortes from the Pacific Ocean.

Day6
In the mood for a little golf? In just a few years, Los Cabos has become a major golf destination in Latin America. Los Cabos hosts the PGA Senior Slam and has earned its place in the international golf community. Its 207 holes designed by personalities such as Jack Nicklaus, Roy Dye and Robert Trent II, the sea horizon and the desert landscape make this destination unique.

Day7
This is a great day to spend on the beach with that novel you packed. You also might squeeze in some last minute shopping or one last visit to a restaurant you enjoyed.

Day8
Enjoy a leisurely morning. Check out of your hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight home.
 
Calendar Of Events
Here's a sample of festivals, holidays and special events.You may want to plan your vacation around events that interest you.
Month List of Events
January January 1: New Year's Day
January through March is for whale watching - Humpback whales return to Banderas Bay.
January 6: Day of the Kings (Dia de los Reyes). Traditional Mexican gift giving day for children, in honor of the Three Kings' visit to the baby Jesus. Mexican celebration honoring the Three Kings' visit to the baby Jesus. Traditionally a gift-giving day when children receive toys and gifts.
February February 5: Constitution Day: Official speeches and ceremonies are conducted nationwide on this national holiday.
February 14: Friendship Day (Dia de Amistad). Love and friendship is celebrated this day.
March March 21: Benito Juarez's Birthday: Mexico observes a national holiday to honor one of the country's most revered presidents and leader of the 19th-century Reform movement.
March through April: Semana Santa - Holy Week The biggest holiday of the year in Mexico, the celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ begins Palm Sunday and culminates on Easter Sunday.
April April 30: Children's Day
May May: Fiestas de Mayo: Fiestas de Mayo: During the entire month of May, the residents honor their city with the Festivals of May, which include parades in the downtown area, bullfights, soccer games, dancing, street music, and a gala featuring amusement park rides, children's performances, exhibits, and foods.
May 1st: Labor Day.
May 5th: Cindo de Mayo. French defeated at Pueblo in 1862.
May 10th: Mother's Day.
September September 16: Mexican Independence Day (1810) National holiday.
October October 31: Halloween Currently emerging as a holiday in Mexico.
November November 1: Dia de Todos Santos, Dia de Muertos - All Saints Day. Homage is paid to the souls of departed children. It is said that the dead descend from the heavens on this day, so families leave candied skulls, skeletons and the deceased's favorite food and drink on special altars.
November 2: Day of the Dead: On this day the departed adults return from heaven. The families of the deceased hold graveside vigils during the night. Favorite food and drink, especially tequila is left on the tomb or on a specially constructed altar in their home. Sweets in the shapes of death symbols are found in bakeries and kitchens across the country. Cemeteries are decorated with marigolds, the Aztec sacred flower of death.
November 5 - 28: Fine Arts Festival! Music, dancing, poetry and ballets.
November 20: Anniversary of Mexican Revolution. Parades celebrate the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1917.
December December 1-12: Perigrinations for the Virgin of Guadalupe Numerous processions take place to the Church of our Lady of Guadalupe. Businesses, hotels, restaurants, neighborhood and civic associations make up the processions that include floats, singing, fireworks and dancing. Traffic is rerouted around downtown, so avoid El Centro buses.
December 12: Anniversary of the Founding of Los Cabos and Virgin of Guadalupe's Day Los Cabos was founded by Don Guadalupe Sanchez Torres on this day in 1851, and it is the day to celebrate the honored Virgin Guadalupe on the anniversary of her miraculous appearance to a peasant in Mexico. Processions culminate with the central plaza filling with people celebrating this traditional Mexican holiday.
December 16 - 24: Posadas Celebrated during Christmas week, Mexican families, businesses and neighborhoods throw Christmas parties called Posadas. A traditional posada is a re-enactment of Joseph and Mary's search for lodging (a posada) in Bethlehem. Guests carrying candles arrive in a procession to a designated house asking for lodging in song. The host is to refuse several times before the request is granted and the party starts.
December 25: Christmas Day (Navidad).
December 31: New Year's Eve Often celebrated with a big dinner and the traditional 12 grapes and and their corresponding hopes for the coming year.
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