Typical food is an important part of a country’s culture. The way of speaking, the celebrations, the history, the traditions, beliefs and undoubtedly, also the food greatly define one nation’s and its citizens’ characteristics.

In Mexico , a country of great diversity, our food is an authentic mosaic of colors, flavors, ingredients, aromas... and Baja California is not an exception.

Culinary Tradition

Baja California ’s culinary tradition goes hand in hand with its history and its development; tourism vocation encouraged it to enrich itself from diverse sources until finding what would be its own profile. The state’s gastronomic feature has as its main foundation the culinary customs of the peninsula’s people, which found the sea as their main allied. That explains the reason several dishes are based on fish and sea food found in the cold and warm water within the region. Baja California ’s cuisine is spiced with a great variety of ingredients with the contribution of the most diverse groups of the country and the world. It can be said that the region’s culinary art is in constant evolution, and that experimenting is part of a brief though interesting process, capable of surprising anyone

Baja California ’s “ Gastronomic Route ” presents you with our new culinary attractions : the state’s most representative dishes, the region-produced products and delights, as well as the State’s most important parties, competitions and gastronomic events.

We invite you to discover and travel through the “ Gastronomic Route ”, to experience with all of your senses the peninsula food and to delight the endless flavors and aromas you may find in Baja California “The captivating north of the peninsula”.

The Authentic Bajacalifornian Tradition

An invitation to discover Baja California’s flavors and aromas through its most representative dishes, which you will enjoy in the different locations in the state