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Puerto Nuevo
Puerto Nuevo is internationally renowned for its restaurants that feature local lobster cooked to perfection and served with steaming bowls of rice, beans, and fresh hand made tortillas. Over a million lobsters are served in Puerto Nuevo Baja each year, to the visitors who come here from all over Baja and beyond. Lobster in Puerto Nuevo Baja California is a long-standing tradition for those visiting from the states.
Puerto Nuevo Baja is a real favorite for San Diegan's who can get there within 50 minutes from downtown. In Puerto Nuevo Mexico enjoy incredible ocean views in most of the restaurants. Locally known as the "Lobster Village". Puerto Nuevo is a great little village with plenty of little shops and arts and crafts stores. Once lobster season is on (October thru March), Puerto Nuevo celebrates its annual Beer and Lobster Festival and the Steak & Lobster Fest. Those lively, not-to-be-missed events will take place on Avenida Renteria, (Puerto Nuevo's main street) which will be shut down to traffic for the day. Puerto Nuevo Baja California boasts more than 35 side-by-side restaurants that all sell the same thing. fried lobster, beans, rice, flour tortillas, chips and salsa, which makes it difficult to choose which one to eat at. Prices for a Lobster feast in Puerto Nuevo will range from $15 all the way to $30 depending on the size of the lobster you decide to get. There are a few distinctive differences between all the restaurants some Puerto Nuevo Restaurants use fresh lobster and some use frozen Lobster. Lobsters in Baja also come in various sizes, however the best, most tender lobsters are the small Lobsters weighing around 1 pound. We offer a map and driving directions to Puerto Nuevo.