--- title: La Paz, Mexico Is One of the World’s Greatest Places description: Find out why La Paz, Mexico is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. canonical: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079262/la-paz-mexico/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-07-20T10:33:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:50:43.243Z og:title: La Paz, Mexico: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:description: Find out why La Paz, Mexico is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places og:url: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079262/la-paz-mexico/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58331f34ee5adc5c/698a1e0ed0753357f9e6c13c/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-La-Paz-Mexico.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: La Paz, Mexico: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: La Paz, Mexico: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why La Paz, Mexico is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58331f34ee5adc5c/698a1e0ed0753357f9e6c13c/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-La-Paz-Mexico.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # La Paz, Mexico Laid-back vibes at the seaside by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  On the waterfront in La Paz, Mexico. On the waterfront in La Paz, Mexico.Greg Vaughn—VWPics/Redux The Mexican seaside city of La Paz is two hours north of the popular Cabo San Lucas and its busy resorts, but with its laid-back vibe, it might as well be a world away. Visitors can take a relaxed stroll on the malecón, a three-mile-long pedestrian walkway right along the Sea of Cortez, lined with ocean-inspired sculptures and open-air cafés. The newly opened Baja Club Hotel, by boutique Mexico City developer Grupo Habita, occupies a colonial-era former private mansion. Epic marine-life encounters are the main draw to La Paz and its surrounds—these are the waters Jacques Cousteau referred to as “the world’s aquarium”—and there are plenty of boat excursions to choose from. On uninhabited Espíritu Santo Island, just offshore, the glorious Camp Cecil de la Isla has luxe canvas tents with a canopy of stars overhead. With new American Airlines direct flights from Dallas and Phoenix, La Paz is primed to welcome many more guests this year. _—Terry Ward_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079262/la-paz-mexico/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079262/la-paz-mexico/"},"headline":"La Paz, Mexico","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:33:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:50:43.243Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079262/la-paz-mexico/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58331f34ee5adc5c/698a1e0ed0753357f9e6c13c/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-La-Paz-Mexico.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58331f34ee5adc5c/698a1e0ed0753357f9e6c13c/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-La-Paz-Mexico.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079262/la-paz-mexico/","name":"La Paz, Mexico"}}]}] ```