Eat, Stay & Play at Rosarito Beach

Getting There

Rosarito Beach is 30 minutes from San Diego along the Tijuana-Ensenada Toll Road.  If driving, cross the border into Mexico at San Ysidro and follow the signs that read “Ensenada-Rosarito Cuota.” 

Eat

• Villa Ortega
  Serves world-famous succulent Puerto Nuevo lobster in an upscale restaurant with a “Titanic” theme.   
• Chabert’s
  Five-star gourmet dining in the Rosarito Beach Hotel’s original mansion with furnishings from the 1920s and 1930s. 
• Portofino
  Upscale Italian dining with a relaxed fishing village theme. 
• El Nido
  Founded in 1971, this rustic restaurant serves deer chorizo and quail eggs.

Stay

• Rosarito Beach Hotel
  Founded in 1925, this is Baja California’s landmark ocean front resort. 
• Hotel Calafia
  Historical landmark with panoramic ocean view, terraces, spa, art gallery, bars and shopping. 
• Grand Baja Resort 
  Mediterranean “castle” with great ocean views, and close to Puerto Nuevo Lobster Village.
• Las Rocas Resort and Spa
  Romantic 74-room ocean-front resort with infinity-style pool.

Play

• Xploration
  Movie park featuring exhibits where visitors can experience the magic of movie making.  Parts of the movie Titanic were filmed here.
• Popotla
  A working artists’ colony featuring professional, high-quality galleries.  Local and national artisans create in mediums such as painting, sculpting, textile weaving and jewelry making. 

For more information....

Visit the Rosarito Beach Tourism Trust at www.rosarito.org or call (800) 962-2252.  

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