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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Rosarito Beach Ripe for Development, Beaufort HoldsIts But It Remains Blessedly Laid-Back By SHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE ROSARITO BEACH aesice — IF YOU GO beach town hasn't turned into a hideous blot on the landscape It has everything it needs to make the transformation: nice beaches. good restaurants. de- rampant development of course, andwill probably even: tually loseout to the processes of But at the moment, it’s our choice as the best place to plant yourfrazzledcarcass in the Northern Baja. Detractors describe Rosarito Beach as a commercial strip with a few hotels anda beachtossed in which it is, basically. But it’s not what you'd call a metropolis, so the strip zoning is pretty innocuous. It’s close enough to Tijuana and Ensenadato do the frenetic shop: ping scene. if you so desire. runs along the border west then down to Rosarito. It'll cost major shopping areas for around $20. Check with the can also drive the free road Beach Hotel a bus to SanYsidro, rent a car in San Diego or doit the easy Mexic20 way @ Fly to San Diego. @ Takea taxi or shuttle from Or youcan choose to mellow out and melt downwith a stay at the ven erable Rosarito Beach Hotel whereservice is excellent, prices are reasonable, the sun is warm ish and the most important deci sion you'll make all week is whether to have salt with your the airport to the Amtrakstation $10-$20 round trip e the Tijuana Trolley from the Amtrak station to the Mexico border 50 round trip @ Take a taxi from the border to Rosarito Beach should be around $10, but never morethan $20. so figure $40 round trip. @ Check in to the Rosarito Beach Hotel for three days (two free drinks, two free meals on arrival) most inexpensive room. a night This all works out te night total of around for two including transportation which, as these things go, you can't beat with a stick. Many of the restaurant meals at the hotel are in ie 5-$6 range. and if you hit theb { happy hour, you can pickle every organ in your body margarita for under $10 a head. ming suit, toothbrush and a small find there's not a whole lot to do there. But that’s the whole idea If youtravel light — say a swim- bag ofclothes — getting to the Ro: sarito Beach Hotel is about as hardas falling off a lawn chair Youcould driveall the way, take Whenyou get to Rosarito you'll Simply drop in, curl up and turn into a rock lizard. When you do venture out. there's enough with By James T. Yenckel The gaming tables and slot ma- THE WASHINGTON POST chines don't much interest me — tent city in the midst of an empty onceI lose 20 bucks, I quit for the day. It’s the Las Vegas scene that reveled in its reputation as Amer is so fascinating. Outside the ‘Treasure Island casino, two tall capital of round-the-clock glitz Andnothinghints that it is in dan create a naval battle between a British frigate and a Caribbean Nevada desert, Las Vegas ica’s wildest city — the perennial ger of losing its title. Plush new resorts boasting the sort of fant rides and entertainment typically found in amusement parks have trans: formed Las Vegas into a desert Disneyland. No wonder the tourists keep pouring in masted sailing vessels nightly re. pirate ship; nearby at the Mirage avoleano erupts like Old Faithful, spilling towering flames downits steepslopes: at the MGMGrand, I boarded a rubberraft for a wet and wild merce, S.C., P.O. Bi 910 29901, 1-803-524-3163 However, Beaufort does host the Spring Tour of Homes one Friday and Saturday in Marchor April and afall tour of homes the second weekendin October S1.199 Many ofthe homes haveahisto- bell captain at the Rosarito in walking distance to keep you interested @ Thehotel The lobbysets the tone, almost Moorish in deco r. with tile and marble and so! ft shadows. Stop at the doorway and look upat the famous leggy seno- ry less glitzy and more substan tive than Tidalholm The Union took over Beaufort during the Civil War. andseveral mansions, including the Joseph Johnson House, wereusedas hos pitals by federal forces ‘Everything was confiscated says Lydia Carter, who is in charge of the John Mark Verdier House Museum, built in the rita, a mosaic welcoming all to the 1790s. hotel Thehotel is spreadout all over, with a large pool, excellent (and big) hot tub, andaccessto the long and veryclean beach. Rooms are garden view, $49 ocean view. $69; one-bedroom suite 9. two-bedroom suite, $109 and presidential suite. ). The one-bedroom suites are basically rooms with a small add edsitting area and small fridg e. so you're probably just as well o} ff getting an oceanviewregular. In additionto tennis courts and health facilities, the hotel has small electronic gamearcade for thekids. pool tables and pingpor 1g tables and a miniature go If course There are a dozen or so shops in andaroundthehotel, including a gift store, bottle she Op and leather goods store. Frida ay and Saturday nights, there is a Mexican fiesta with dances and folk music At times during th he week, if enough people e available. therewill be karaokein or ne of the two hotel bars $1,499 Geax The house, in the heart of downtown, was visited by the == SO RSMBN ER GHED)< Marquis de Lafayette in 1825 and used as a headquarters by the Union army during the Civil War It has been restored and fur nishedasit would have appeared in 1790. My favorite home in Beaufort THOMAS TRAVEL 399.9803 1-800-255-3230 nearTidalholm, is the Paul Ham ilton House — also called The PERmuMmmRld Oaks. It was built in 1853 and, as its names suggests. the grounds around it are graced by statu pat. Toledo 4 Marrakesh, ia, Gibraltar. Conse s ning ted by Bob Guy Sealats Remai esque oaks In addition to its magnificent nally scor mansions. Beaufort also has a de liciously dark, dank graveyard hunkered beneath oaks on the grounds ofSt. Helena’s Episcopal Church. 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You of a case in which someas buried alive, dt o be entombed with anax @ Continued from H-1 Rosarito Beach Hotel can be Shopping: You can take a taxi to Tijuana, spend theday and be driven around to the under to mind one of our next-door tourism. As you cross the bor- andRosarito on the coastal toll long Rosarito Beachis still about the same asit was a decadeback, It's growing. obtained bycalling (800) 343- der, look forsigns to Ensenada 3each is only about 15 miles south of the California border, bringing from God, so close to the United Getting There: If you're Tijuana. ago: As the crowflies, Rosarito neighbors’ more piquant declarations: “Alas. poor Mexico; so far Information: Reservation and rate information for the Beach almost without seeing i and youcanget lost ea KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE driving, you canget to Rosarito lightful old resorts, a calm and ca sual paceof life, ease of access efficient andfriendly service Above all, it has one attribute that should have made it a target simi befell him. I couldn't blame him. I. too. v reluctant to leave Bea For more r Age Well which peels off Avenida Agua Caliente, but traffic is snarly 1 jug of water loaf of bread and so he couldescape Zeke Wigglesworth It’s flat-out amazing that this little for H3 TRAVEL Sunday, January 28, 1996 PRINCE SCR Morris-Be Beehive Lic E= PRINCESS TOURS | |
