Los Barriles

Los Barriles ("The Barrels") is a town in La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico. As 2020, the town had a population of 1,674 people.

It is situated along Highway 1, 40 miles north of San José del Cabo and 65 miles south of La Paz. Punta Pescadero Airstrip is 9 miles to the north; Rancho Leonero, a vacation resort, is to the south. Adjacent to Buenavista, the rural towns straddle the head of Bahía las Palmas on the Gulf of California, where winter westerlies average 20 - 25 knots. Los Barriles is within the transition area of the Baja California peninsula's Sierra de la Laguna where the hills become sandy flats. Known for its flyfishing, Los Barriles is also Baja's kitesurfing and windsurfing capital. The town's port was closed on 2 September during the 2013 Pacific hurricane season's Tropical Storm Lorena. In 2006, the Shakespeare Theatre Association's annual conference was held in Los Barriles.