amigobaja
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hacienda santa veronica hotel
Do you have any stories about this old place ?
I'm a day early to meet up with a small group to do a rip to the tip the next 3-4 weeks. This place is huge and no one here. I ate dinner at 4 since
they kept two people here waiting to take care of me.
My search only brought up one result some kind of GPS event that David K put on or was involved in back in 06.
Although the grounds and rooms are very clean its sad to see how tired the place has become. With the beautiful bar, restaurant pool, spas and tennis
courts i'll bet this place rocked in its day.
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Can you give more info? Where is it? Rates? etc...
Facebook.com/Gerald Beltran
Casas & Condos for rent in La Paz...$100US per/month.....Daily & weekly rates also.
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Quote: Originally posted by amigobaja  | Do you have any stories about this old place ?
I'm a day early to meet up with a small group to do a rip to the tip the next 3-4 weeks. This place is huge and no one here. I ate dinner at 4 since
they kept two people here waiting to take care of me.
My search only brought up one result some kind of GPS event that David K put on or was involved in back in 06.
Although the grounds and rooms are very clean its sad to see how tired the place has become. With the beautiful bar, restaurant pool, spas and tennis
courts i'll bet this place rocked in its day. |
Hmmm... I don't recall putting on any GPS event? But, maybe I mentioned one hosted by Kacey Smith (aka The Lizard Lady), author of the Baja GPS Guide.
She did rides out from Santa Veronica.
Gerald, it is east of Tecate, and south of the El Hongo toll booth, on the AAA map from 2010:
[Edited on 11-9-2021 by David K]
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Can you post up some photos as well?
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I have not been there, but they have a Facebook page and here is the photo section: https://www.facebook.com/SantaVeronicaHacienda/photos/
Here is a slide show showing the hotel grounds, rooms, pool, etc: https://www.traveloka.com/en-au/hotel/mexico/hotel-hacienda-...
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Cool looking place, resembles MSR a bit with the pool.
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Yes indeed... thanks for participating! I like websites over FB pages, too. So many Mexican places only have FB pages, it seems. Easier to edit them,
I guess and get replies?
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Back in the day they would have amateur bullfights. A place where gringos could go and get their a$$ kicked by baby bulls. Made for a great sunday
afternoon in the sun.
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Or the fact they're free perhaps?? 
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
Yes indeed... thanks for participating! I like websites over FB pages, too. So many Mexican places only have FB pages, it seems. Easier to edit them,
I guess and get replies? |
And then go to TripAdvisor for the unvarnished truth.
It’s a nice looking hotel, someone needs to buy it, spruce it up, and hire good staff.
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Stayed there many times. Summer weekend can get crowded around the pool with locals. Winter is slow. I occasionally seen moto events staged there.
Lots of singletrack in the area.
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Back in the late 80s and early 90s I spent a lot of time there both camping and in the hotel part. Back then you either got an electric heater or the
room had a fire place with a stack of wood. On Sunday the restaurant would have a buffet in the morning, not bad.
During this same time period Lou Peralta ran Baja Promotion races out of there. I think he ran about three a year along with maybe two in San Felipe
One time my brother and I stopped by for lunch and the lady said they just got some New York steaks that were great. So we ordered them. They were
like eating shoe leather, toughest meat I ever tried to eat. About a month later same thing and I thought maybe now they would be OK. Nope same same.
I never ordered a steak again at that place.
They still run the Tecate Enduro race and I think it may be out of there. I know it was a couple of times I was down for it. Also I think Kacey Smith
did her GPS ride out of there.
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
You recall whether they did anything about the bulls' horns before turning them loose on a bunch of amatures? (I.e. to avoid a goring).
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Probably got dehorned, and neutered, making them into a steer, not a bull. Dehorning relatively easy with a conical branding iron, burn the budding
horn, then break off stub with your boot. Relatively painless, maybe not so much for the newly minted "steer."
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| Quote: Originally posted by cactuspete1970 | | Back in the day they would have amateur bullfights. A place where gringos could go and get their a$$ kicked by baby bulls. Made for a great sunday
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In the late 1960s, I watched Peter Rombold bullfight somewhere near Tecate. It may have been Santa Veronica?
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-amateur-matador-se...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-18-sp-874-st...
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I haven't been there in a while, but it was a great place to stage a dirt bike trip from. You could leave your vehicles there for $5/day. It has
rooms, restaurant and a bar. No one I know has ever gotten ripped off there. It was about as tired as most stuff in Baja is.
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Even tho the place is tired it has a large staff that were very friendly and helpful. The website says to call to get the best room rates. When I
called the person said I had to call someone else so instead I went on a booking site and booked my room for 57 bucks per night. Naturally when I
showed up the front desk had no idea about the booking so after a short wait while they confirmed my room all was good. The next day one of my
traveling partners showed up and I met him in the lobby. He did not have a reservation and was quoted over 90 bucks. After a little back and forth
plus pulling up the online site he received his room for the 57 bucks. They said they still will arrange bloodless bullfights for group events. How
about a Bajanomads bull fight event. But I'd per to see some blood. Nomads not bulls.
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| Quote: Originally posted by John Harper | | Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
You recall whether they did anything about the bulls' horns before turning them loose on a bunch of amatures? (I.e. to avoid a goring).
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Probably got dehorned, and neutered, making them into a steer, not a bull. Dehorning relatively easy with a conical branding iron, burn the budding
horn, then break off stub with your boot. Relatively painless, maybe not so much for the newly minted "steer."
Nothing like the smell of burning horns and flesh when branding. Fresh calf fries in the corral for lunch, a little fire with the good old cast iron
skillet.. Go wash up in the horse trough before lunch!
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When we had cattle my wife did the steers! She enjoyed it! Most of our’s were polled so we didn't have to dehorn them.
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| Quote: Originally posted by bent-rim | | I haven't been there in a while, but it was a great place to stage a dirt bike trip from. You could leave your vehicles there for $5/day. It has
rooms, restaurant and a bar. No one I know has ever gotten ripped off there. It was about as tired as most stuff in Baja is. |
This is how I know the place. We used to leave our trucks there while we went on dirt bike rides. Mostly day trips, but we did do a 3-dayer to Mike's
once.
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Wow, the website photos are so beautiful!
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