The city of Cove is in the state Mexican of Baja California. It is the head of the municipality of the same name and is located at 31 ° 52 'north latitude and 116 ° 37' west longitude. The city is located approximately 80 km from the Mexico-Mexico border.United States facing the Pacific Ocean and was founded by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. It is important to note that the Ensenada municipality, which is the largest in Mexico and one of the largest in the world and has two national parks located to the southeast of the municipality, the Constitución de 1857 National Park (Sierra de Juárez) and Sierra National Park. from San Pedro Mártir where the National Astronomical Observatory is located. Ensenada is the spearhead in scientific research, both basic and applied, and has been declared by the local council as a City of Knowledge.
Context
Ensenada has a dry Mediterranean climate Rainfall is scarce and is concentrated in the coldest months, from November to February, in which the average temperature is 13 ° C and rarely reaches frost. On the other hand, the warmest months, from June to September, are also the driest, and have an average temperature of 22 ° C. Due to its coastal location, the city has a climate especially affected by the cold current of California and by the fact that the oceanic temperature reaches its maximum summer levels in August and September, not in June and July as it happens in the interior of the continents. due to the slow warming suffered by the water masses with respect to the terrestrial ones. It is due to this fact that the end of summer and the beginning of autumn is commonly the warmest time in the city (characteristic of the Mediterranean climate, and especially in its Californian version). The Santa Ana winds are responsible for raising temperatures at any time of the year, when the wind direction changes and brings warm air from the interior to the coast. Precisely due to the greater weakness of the marine tempering influence in late summer and during autumn, it is in these months that the highest temperatures occur most frequently (between 25 and 30 ° C usually).
To get
By car
The scenic highway connects Ensenada with Tijuana and the border with San Diego. The car ride takes about an hour and a half.
The main avenue in Ensenada is Reforma. It connects the north of the city with the southern part, eventually becoming the transpeninsular highway that ends in Baja California Sur.
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Boat
Ensenada is the only high-altitude port in the state of Baja California and is part of various commercial routes that link it with several cities, including La Paz, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Acapulco and Lázaro Cárdenas, as well as internationally with San Diego, Long Beach , and Los Angeles, California; Puerto Quetzal, Valparaíso, Honolulu, Panama, Lima, Yokohama and Hong Kong.
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Ensenada is one of the few municipalities in Mexico that are multidiverse, as it has mountain ranges with snow peaks such as the Sierra de San Pedro or the Sierra de Juaréz; it has deadly deserts like the Desert of Death (where the movie Resident Evil 3: Extinction was filmed); It has islands like "Guadalupe" or "Santo Ángel de la Guarda" recognized for having tropical climates and there are also the famous Mediterranean beaches scattered throughout the city. Finally there are the pine forests scattered towards the center of the municipality and Mediterranean areas where it snows and the famous grapes of the "Valle de Guadalupe" grow.
- To the south of the city is one of the few marine geysers in the world, called La Bufadora. La Bufadora consists of a cave between rocks at sea level, in which the current of water enters when the tide rises, when this cave fills with water, it is expelled by the air from inside the cave, thus expelling sea water as a large geyser at heights of up to about 20 meters. The force is such that it produces a peculiar sound, as if it were that of an angry animal.
There is a legend about the 'bufadora': Legend has it that once, a group of gray whales were looking for food, and a calf approached the cave because she saw that there was food, then it got stuck in the cave, she tried to communicate with her relatives, but they did not listen to her, she tried to breathe through her hole, the calf grew and grew and still waits to be taken out of the cave, she tries to breathe, along with the water and the air the water shoots out , the calf is condemned to stay there.
This marine geyser is considered the highest in the world. Others exist in Australia, Tahiti and one in Japan that is artificial just like one in Hawaii.
The scenic paved road offers you a beautiful panoramic view of Ensenada Bay, its beaches and the island of Todos Santos. Before arriving at La Bufadora, there are established merchants, which sell handicrafts representative of the State and the place, such as those made from sea shells and other types of representative souvenirs of the Bufadora. There are restaurants where tourists can try the fish tacos so typical of the region; as well as handicrafts made with blown glass.
- You will also be able to observe the sighting of the gray whale, which year after year comes to these Mexican waters. And finally, recreational activities can be carried out, since it is near the mountains of the Punta Banda peninsula.
In the surroundings of La Bufadora you can practice sport fishing, cycling, surfing, hiking, camping, horseback riding and observing flora and fauna.
Witnessing the visit of gray whales to Ensenada Bay is so amazing that it constitutes quite a spectacle in itself, for which the Sport Fishing Association has developed a special tour to admire them, which starts from the third week of December and until the end of March, which is the time when the whales pass through here.
You have to take one of the boats that leave the sport fishing docks at 10:00 am, to start the tour, which lasts approximately 4 hours.
They take you to Todos Santos Island, which is located one hour away from Ensenada Bay, and is the ideal point to observe the passage of whales, since one of its characteristics is traveling close to the coast.
Adult gray whales can be seen, which weigh 37 tons and measure up to 16 meters long; the head measures one fifth of the total length of the body and has 2 to 4 longitudinal folds at the throat. On each side of the jaw there are thick, elastic, white, closely spaced bristles, the number of which ranges from 138 to 180 on each side. They reach sexual maturity between 5 and 11 years of life.
Playa Hermosa is the main beach within the city, recently rehabilitated and remodeled with accesses and places of recreation.
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From the migration to this city of Chefs from prestigious gastronomy schools, and attracted above all by the diversity of marine species unique in the world and that reproduce in both seas of this municipality, the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez o Gulf of California, in addition to the magnificent quality of the vegetables, legumes and vegetables that are grown in these prodigious lands, many of them in the gardens of the restaurants that are located in San Antonio de Las Minas and the Valle de Guadalupe, from potatoes, onions and tomatoes from the San Quintín Valley, known as petit vegetables, carrots, squash, green beans, cherry or grape tomatoes, etc., and without forgetting the quality of the extra virgin olive oil and the excellent wines of various varietals, that are bottled in its large number of vineyards, has been the trigger for these chefs to have bet on the benefits that this municipality has to exploit and bring to the best levels a gastron I thought that little by little it has been gaining its own identity and personality.
The BajaMed concept, which is nothing other than the combination of the Mediterranean Climate with this Baja California Peninsula, has as its starting point being respectful of the local product so as not to depend on the products that sometimes do not reach this city, it has more and more followers. among the Chefs themselves and those interested in gastronomy.
This has been the attraction so that the best national and foreign television programs, as well as specialized magazines on the subject, have set their eyes on Baja California and in particular Ensenada to learn more about this nascent cuisine.
Among the typical dishes of Ensenada are the famous fish tacos, which are proud to be considered among the 10 "Street Food" dishes in the world, as well as shrimp tacos, clam cocktails, oysters, mussels. and the sea urchin and ceviche tostadas, in a distinctive and unique style.
The base of the new Baja Californian gastronomy and particularly that of Ensenada are fish and seafood, meat and poultry, among them the quail of Valle de Guadalupe, B. C.
French and Italian food has collaborated to a great extent to reach this gastronomic fusion since French pastry has left its grain of sand, so much so that one of the attractions of the Valle de Guadalupe in addition to the Wines is precisely the bakery and pastry. San Antonio de Las Minas is famous for its Apple Pie made from green apple, cinnamon, sugar and cheese.
Without leaving room for doubt, the wine industry, the most important in the country, has gone hand in hand with Ensenada gastronomy, since the pairing that occurs between the two makes the gastronomic pleasure enjoyed conquering.
The famous Margarita drink is the creation of a bar tender or bartender in this city, whose history is reflected in Wikipedia in another section.
In addition, an endless number of gastronomic events are held that regularly begin in mid-March such as Ensenada se dresses de Vino, the Mushroom Festival where restaurants participate in an event that includes all kinds of dishes with mushrooms, mushrooms and mushrooms, and at the Fish and Seafood Fair, etc.
A number of conferences, workshops and gastronomic exhibitions are also held throughout the year with the participation of the best Mexican chefs and international guests as well as sommeliers.
The tourist who comes to Ensenada and tastes its gastronomy is motivated to return and becomes the best promoter.