Schools, activities, restaurants, healthcare, childcare and events — researched and written for English-speaking families living in, moving to, or visiting Cabo.
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What's on
Markets, workshops, sports days and community events across Los Cabos.
Thursday evenings from November to June: galleries open late in the Art District, with live music and street dining.
Every Saturday from November to May: organic produce, food stalls, live music and activities for children.
Statutory holiday on Monday 16 November 2026. Schools and offices closed.
The Los Cabos international film festival, 9-13 December 2026.
Pilgrimages through the night of 11-12 December, including a long-running walk to the sanctuary in Cabo San Lucas.
Explore Cabo with kids
Beaches, boat trips, farms, play centres and rainy-day options — with the ages each one actually suits.
Beaches
The Pacific beach Cabo families actually drive to — surfable, patrolled in places, and the one stretch of that coast where…
Beaches
Blue Flag beach on the corridor with calm water, a lifeguard stand, showers, toilets and the easiest snorkelling in Los Cabos.
Beaches
The main swimming beach in Cabo San Lucas town — calm bay water, a sandy bottom, lifeguards and a flag system.
Beaches
Gentle waves, a gradual sandy entry and shaded palapas — the corridor beach that works best with toddlers.
Schools & education
International, bilingual, Montessori and private schools — with curriculum, ages and what to expect from the application process.
Bilingual Schools
A bilingual, secular private school in El Tezal covering early years through elementary, with a sister school next door for the…
International Schools
The only full IB continuum school in Los Cabos, running the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma programmes in a bilingual…
Bilingual Schools
A bilingual school in El Tezal running maternal through high school, with Cambridge English certification and College Board…
Montessori
Montessori school in Colonia Mauricio Castro, San José del Cabo, running for around seventeen years.
Eating out
Not just "family friendly" — high chairs, space to move, and food a five-year-old will actually eat.
Breakfast & Brunch
Family-run Mexican restaurant off the tourist strip, open from 7:30am — but closed all day Saturday.
Breakfast & Brunch
Downtown Cabo San Lucas breakfast institution running since 2009, with high chairs and outdoor seating.
Ice Cream & Bakeries
European-style artisan bakery on Lázaro Cárdenas, open from 7am every day of the week.
Beach Restaurants
Tables set directly on the sand at Médano Bay, serving breakfast through dinner.
Family guides
Detailed, regularly updated guides to the decisions that actually take work.
Health & Wellbeing
Most families in Los Cabos have no private insurance. This is how the public system works — IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar, the general hospitals and…
Schools & Education
Mexican schools are registered level by level, not school by school — so a school can be properly registered for primary and hold nothing…
Health & Wellbeing
Mexico publishes a free federal register of professional licences. This is how to search it, how to read the result, the four things it…
Family healthcare
Where English-speaking families go, and which hospitals handle emergencies.
Hospitals & Emergency
Private hospital on the corridor at km 6.3 with a 24/7 emergency line, bilingual doctors and a dedicated children's clinic.
Dentists
Bilingual dental practice in the Zona Hotelera — all four named dentists work in English and Spanish.
Specialists
ENT (otorrinolaringología) and head and neck surgery listed in the published medical directory of BlueNetHospitals.
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Each area page pulls together the schools, activities, food and healthcare closest to it.
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Health & Wellbeing
Most families in Los Cabos have no private insurance. This is how the public system works — IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar, the general hospitals and…
Schools & Education
Mexican schools are registered level by level, not school by school — so a school can be properly registered for primary and hold nothing…
Health & Wellbeing
Mexico publishes a free federal register of professional licences. This is how to search it, how to read the result, the four things it…
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