| Monte Alban - Half Day Tour |
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We pick you up at your hotel and head straight for the Monte Alban ruins, about 15 minutes from the city. The ruins are quite expansive and usually takes at least 2 hours to explore, expecially if you hire a guide, (which is recommended). After visiting the ruins we go to Arrazola which is the "Green Pottery" town. In Arrazola you can find inexpensive, yet beautifully crafted pieces of green pottery which makes this town the perfect place to buy those souvenirs for those back home. |
- Duration: 4.5 hours approx. Monte Alban information
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| Monte Alban - Full Day |
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The above plus Cuilapan where you can appreciate a beautiful yet unfinished Dominican convent that will take you back in time straight to the Spanish conquest. After that we take a lunch break and then head to San Bartolo Coyotepec to visit the birthplace of Oaxaca's own black pottery.
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- Duration: 8.0 hours approx. Monte Alban information
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| Mitla - Half Day Tour |
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From your hotel we first hit the Tule Tree, a 2 thousand year old Ahuehuete said to be the oldest in the world. From there we go to the Zapotec weaving town of Teotítlan del Valle to observe the age old traditions of loom weaving and natural color creations. Then we go to the archaeological ruins of Mitla, the spiritual center of the Zapotec society. By the time we finish there, it's time for lunch at the Rancho Zapata Mezcal Factory where you can have a brilliant lunch, see the mezcal making process and sample the many different types of mezcal, (and maybe even eat a worm or two!) |
- Duration: 6.0 hours approx. Mitla information
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| Mitla - Full Day |
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On top of what is mentioned above we also take you up into the sierra madre mountains to the petrified water falls of Hierve el Agua. Don't forget your bathing suit as you can take a dip in pools of natural spring water whilst enjoying an incredible view of the valley. |
- Duration: 8.5 hours approx. Mitla information
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| Zaachila - Only Thursdays |
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Thursday is market day for the town of Zaachila, the red pottery town. If you have never been to an indigenous market in Oaxaca, I got to tell you it is an experience that you will never forget. The smells, the colors, the people, all just seem to come together and transport you out of the world you were in and put you someplace else. Someplace new. After the market we go the ex-convent of Cuilapan. Now as if you weren't "wowed" enough in the marketplace, this 16th century construction will wow you more. Do you know how it was to be in Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest? No? Well, stepping into this ex-convent is literally like stepping into a time portal and you truly feel as if you were back in the 1600's when Christianity was just being introduced to the indigenous population here in Mexico. Now... coming back to the present day, after Cuilapan we go to to San Bartolo Coyotepec to check out the black pottery and perhaps see a demonstration of how it is made. Good chance to purchase one or two things for gifts or for the house. |
- Duration: 6 hours approx.
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| Ocotlan - Only Fridays |
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From your hotel, we go to the Ocotlan Marketplace, just as big if not bigger than the Tlacolula market. Then we take off to San Martin Tilcajete to see how they make Oaxaca's famous woodcarvings, (alebrijes). From there it's off to San Bartolo Coyotepec which is the birthplace of Black Pottery. Not even a 15 minute trip from there is our forth stop, Santo Tomas Jalietza, where you can observe how the women use backstrap looms to create all kinds of woven goods such as belts, wallets, handbags and many other things. |
- Duration: 6 hours approx.
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