If you happen to surf (on the web, that is) to the Rocky Point Times Newspaper's website , you will come face-to-face with three grand announcements about Puerto Penasco, Mexico, also known as "Rocky Point". Number one: no passport is needed to get in! Number two: there is actually a Burger...
Food, folks and cheap booze: pencil them in on your calendar for your next long weekend and head to Puerto Penasco. This is the kind of town where Saturday night stretches out for week at a time. Set a course to El Mirador, AKA "The Strip," Puerto Penasco's downtown that straddles the main...
Whether called Rocky Point (the name given by Lt. Robert William Hale Hardy of the British Royal Fleet) or Puerto Penasco, this fast-growing city in Sonora, Mexico is known for beautiful beaches, exotic marine life, and hearty partying. Though originally a fishing village, Puerto Penasco, situated along...
Puerto Penasco, Mexico, formerly a small fishing town nestled against the Sea of Cortez, has been best known as a spring break party spot for college students in Arizona and New Mexico. But the secret of what was once called Arizona's beach is out. Development in Puerto Penasco is booming and attracting...
For ages the community known as Puerto Penasco to Mexicans has been called "Rocky Point" by Americans. (It was 1826 when retired Lt. Robert William Hale Hardy of the British Royal Fleet was sailing along the coasts of Sonora and Baja California searching for pearls and precious metals. He christened...