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TR A VEL

for a weekend or a week. You
can make it a stop en route to
southern Baja. Make sure you
take your time when you are
there to chat with the locals
and take in the beauty of the
valley.

Getting There
From San Diego, take Highway
94 all the way to the Tecate
border. After a “mandatory”
taco stop at any of the restau-
rants, continue south on High-
way 3. This nice road has been
multiple courses arrive and en- There is a pool and jacuzzi for paved and maintained, making
joy. The soft white lights lining soaking. The property also has for comfortable driving to
the tree will enchant you. a permanent food truck. You Valle de Guadalupe. This drive
can walk over for an afternoon should take you about 2 hours.
Accommodations: snack or dinner. The other option is to cross the
Options for accommodations Bruma Winery recently border at the San Ysidro cross-
vary from wineries hosting opened its boutique hotel lo- ing and take the toll road to
rooms, small boutique hotels, cated on the winery grounds. Ensenada. Just north of town
cottages, and even a hotel that El Cielo Winery Resort is Highway 3 that will take you

features rooms that look like is another luxury boutique approximately 12 miles inland
huge wine barrels. Lodging is property with villas surround- to the south entrance to the
changing and growing on a ing two lake reservoirs. Villas, Valley.
monthly basis. What is written designed like a house with A stop at the Museum of
today will probably change by three separate apartments Vine and Wine to acquaint
next year. inside, offer either a balcony yourself with the area is a
Adobe Guadalupe or patio facing the lake. This stellar idea. Here you will find
Vineyards and Inn is a horse pet-friendly property has air maps as well as information to
property. Designed by Iranian conditioning, a pool, and 24- help navigate your visit. You
architect Neil Haghighat, it is hour guard service. can brush up on your Mexican
a celebration of the Caspian Valle de Guadalupe has history at the same time.
Sea’s beauty celebrated in Valle much more to offer, you just There are so many more
de Guadalupe style. With six have to go there and check wineries and new ones open-
guestrooms all named after it out for yourself. You could ing all the time. Come with an
archangels who “await to guard start by going down for the open mind and taste the flavor
your heavenly night’s rest”. day and then return next time of the valley.

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