{"id":4956,"date":"2019-05-16T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspiretraveleat.com\/?p=4956"},"modified":"2021-09-11T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T22:38:06","slug":"11-unique-best-things-to-do-in-puerto-penasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiretraveleat.com\/11-unique-best-things-to-do-in-puerto-penasco\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Best Things To Do In Puerto Penasco"},"content":{"rendered":"
Puerto Penasco, also known as Rocky Point, might be the most underrated place I have ever come across. I would rather go to Puerto Penasco over San Diego or the beach cities in LA, and San Diego is my favorite city in the US.<\/p>\n
It is closer, more of a fun cultural experience and literally 5-10x more affordable. If you have never been and are wondering about going there or California or there in general… go now!<\/p>\n
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Rocky Point is also nice because you truly feel like you are immersed in a different country and it isn’t some overly Americanized city. It has the culture, poverty, hustle and bustle and everything else to make you feel like you are a 5 hour flight over the border not just a one hour drive.<\/p>\n
If you live in Arizona, time and cost efficiency are what really set it apart from going to California or flying somewhere else in Mexico. For a perfect 3-4 day itinerary for Puerto Penasco click here!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Taking Puerto Penasco over California you can spend less than 1\/4 the amount on your beach vacation rental, 1\/2 the cost on drinks, 1\/4 the cost on adventures and 1\/5th the amount on food.<\/p>\n What separates PP over California even more is the water temperature and cleanliness. The water is often crystal clear blue and nice and warm for a swim, where in California it’s often pretty cold that many people never go in. Furthermore, there is so much to do in Rocky Point that you can pack every day if you went for a whole week let alone a weekend.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As someone who travels a lot and sometimes takes incredible places for granted, I really enjoy little Puerto Penasco and I wanted to share some of this amazingness with you! If you are from the Phoenix area then check out Top 17 Things To Do in Phoenix<\/a> or 9 Ways To Escape The Phoenix Summer Heat.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It turns out most places at the downtown port stop serving food at 10pm. We were struggling to find a place to eat until we came across this street meat utopia a block up from the main port road on street 1 De Junio.<\/p>\n The street opens up to 10+ pop-up street vendors with little plastic chairs and tables set-up on the street to give you one of the coolest most authentic dinner settings I’ve had in some time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Everyone in our group LOVED the food and had so much fun just sitting down outside with basically an all-you-can-eat feast for about $40 total between the 6+ of us. It was such a great time and cool experience so you absolutely have to go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wait wait… not what you’re thinking. If you have been to Mexico you know they have “looser” pharmacy laws and cheaper prices thus there are a plethora of cheaper legal medicines that you can purchase down there.<\/p>\n You know, legal things like 1\/4 price allergy medicine and tiger balm etc… there may be prescription medicines down there too but you didn’t hear it from me, I just heard it from an older boy… Anyways… I did find this Peyote rub, which is supposed to relieve pain! I’m not sure if it works yet but was worth the $10 to find out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This actually probably is my favorite thing to do in Rocky Point. US State Fairs cost about $200 for two people for the night when you’re all said and done. The AZ State Fair has $10 beers, $10 rides and $5-10 to play games.<\/p>\n With that said… you are in luck in Mexico. It isn’t near the size of a state fair but I think two of us rode every ride and played every game spending only like $25. The rides were a little sketchy since the clasp on the roller-coaster was self adjustable and cost $.50 but hey… I had fun!<\/p>\n The rides were so cheap we were literally just giving ride tickets to kids who were hanging around. What’s more is we were the only non-locals there so it definitely had an awesome authentic vibe and experience. We also played all of the fun games winning a ton of prizes and just giving them to the kids.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Such a silly thing to mention I know but shopping in other countries is my favorite thing to do. I love seeing the different fruit, food and alcohol options. Furthermore the price of things is always amazing, you go shopping like a king with $50! <\/p>\n The second we get there we go right to the Super Ley to buy tons of goodies that are a fraction of the price that they are in the USA. There is every snack you need as well like sodas, chips, vegetables and more that are all very cheap so that you can stock up on your trip!<\/p>\n A pineapple is $.50 compared to $3 in the US; 1800 Tequila and Kahlua are half price; mangos are 1\/4 the price; seafood and meat are less than 1\/2 price; mexican beers like Dos Equis or Tecate are cheap; and my favorite Corralejo Reposado is $40 in the US and $7-9 in Puerto Penasco. <\/p>\n I’m kidding, kind of. I don’t want you to break the law but if you somehow get caught speeding I will share my speeding ticket story. Tip: the main place police are located is when you are coming back from PP into Sonoyta just as you come over the hill within a KM or near the Red Cross stop sign… that’s where they got me once but not the last two times… fool me once…<\/p>\n Anyways, here is the story… They pulled me over speeding (it was over a hill and the speed limit sign just came up to reduce speed) and to their benefit they were extremely nice. He said he didn’t speak English really and asked if I spoke Spanish, we both were SOL.<\/p>\n His coworker showed me the speedometer and said I had to pay them now or down at the station, $80 or $100 I believe. I said that I would have to go down to the station because I didn’t have $80+ cash and would have to pay credit card. He asked how much cash I had… I said I had $40, he said that would work, took my $40 and on I went… best speeding ticket I’ve ever had!<\/p>\n With all of that said, this is not the way to handle a speeding ticket. You should always go down to the police station and pay there vs. allow police corruption. While I make jest of the situation here, police corruption is no laughing matter so handling things at the police station is always best to end this practice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are the bessssst bars in Rocky Point, especially down in the Old Port. With pretty affordable drinks you can hop around downtown to all the different unique themed bars. They have clubs, gorgeous patios, bars with swings inside, bars with slides and even bars with two-story beer bongs!<\/p>\n If you are ready for a drinking good time this is one of my favorite places to do it! Some of my favorites downtown are Sharkbite, BooBar, Manny’s and Tekila Bar. With that said, all of them down there are a good time so just hop around!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another great thing about being in a new country is the shopping! If you have been to Mexico you know you can get lots of cheap trinkets like knock-off sunglasses, purses or fun items like things for your bar, t-shirts and other household goods.<\/p>\n Puerto Penasco has a great little street of shopping so be sure to take in the hustle and bustle of the area truly giving you that “wow we are in Mexico” feel. If you are lucky you might be able to find the giant fireworks and firework bombs behind the curtain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nStreet Food Road – 1 De Junio<\/h2>\n
Buy Drugs…<\/h2>\n
Go To The Fair<\/h2>\n
Go Grocery Shopping<\/h2>\n
Haggle A Speeding Ticket<\/h2>\n
Bar Hop The Best Bars In The Southwest…ish<\/h2>\n
Shopping At the Old Port Downtown<\/h2>\n
Kayak With Sea Lions At Isla San Jorge or “Bird Island”<\/h2>\n