Baja Wine & Sun offers a relaxing tour through the beautiful wine country surrounding Ensenada that lasts approximately 3 1/2 hours. It includes transportation outside of Ensenada, wine tasting at all three wineries and a bilingual tour guide.
The first stop on the tour is a visit to the second oldest winery in Mexico: Bodegas De Santo Tomas; situated in the city center, they have preserved the original building and have turned it into a dedicated art exhibit. From there you will take a trip through the city only to the Cavas Valmar, a young winery with a production of wines that may surprise you.
The tour will end by visiting L.A. Cetto, a local favorite which offers a wonderful tasting room and makes for a perfect finale to the tour. You will have the option of staying to enjoy the scenic area for the rest of the evening.
To keep in mind
Value-added Tax or IVA is from 8% to 16% , is added to almost all sales, you should see it at the bottom of sales receipts.
Since Ensenada is a highly touristic city and is located on the border zone, expect prices to be shown on both pesos And dollars. In some places, they even hand you a menu written in English with listings in dollars.
There are a lot of exchange houses throughout the city, expect a few cents of difference between them.
Is a short car ride, drive time from San Diego to Ensenada is about 1.5 to 2 hrs
Once you cross the border, within a minute you will be on a highway straight to Ensenada. You have the option to change to a toll-free road, but we highly recommend the scenic highway, with just three pay booths of around 2 dlls you get insurance and road assistance. We suggest to avoid driving at night since there are no street lights, besides only at daytime you get to enjoy the impressive ocean vistas that truly name it a scenic highway.
Ensenada shares weather conditions with San Diego, CA. Annual rainfall is about 12 inches and you should expect rain in winter time, although is rare to experience extreme conditions. There are over 250 sunny days per year, being July thru October the hottest months. Since Ensenada is located on the coast of Baja, expect drier conditions as you go inland.