Welcome to
Oaxaca
Mexico
Oaxaca is Mexico's most culinarily and culturally rich destination — a small colonial city in the southern highlands that has become one of the world's great food cities while preserving one of the country's most vibrant indigenous cultures. The seven moles, the tlayudas, the grasshopper tacos, and the mezcal produced in surrounding villages are essential eating, and Oaxaca's mercados are among the most atmospheric in Latin America. The city also hosts the most elaborate Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, and the surrounding valleys are dotted with Zapotec and Mixtec archaeological sites, making it one of the most rewarding destinations in the entire country.
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Ethnobotanical Garden
A living library of Oaxacan plants rooted in centuries of indigenous knowledge.
Hierve el Agua
Petrified mineral waterfalls frozen mid-pour over a dramatic Oaxacan canyon.
Mercado Benito Juárez
Oaxaca's beating market heart, stacked with mole, mezcal, and tlayudas.
Mitla
Pre-Aztec stone mosaics so precise they've puzzled architects for centuries.
Monte Albán
A 2,500-year-old Zapotec capital perched dramatically above the Oaxacan valley.
Oaxaca Textile Museum
Oaxaca's living archive of Indigenous weaving traditions, told in thread and dye.
Rufino Tamayo Museum
Rufino Tamayo's personal pre-Columbian collection housed in a 16th-century colonial mansion.
San Bartolo Coyotepec
The village where black clay pottery has been made for centuries.
Tule Tree
The widest tree on Earth, standing in a quiet Mexican village churchyard.
Zócalo
The beating heart of Oaxaca, where daily life plays out in perpetual motion.
Why should you go to Oaxaca
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