State of Oaxaca

Dainzú

Dainzú is a Zapotec archaeological site on the eastern side of the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, about 20 km southeast of Oaxaca City. Dainzú is [...]

Huatulco

Huatulco, formally Bahías de Huatulco, centered on the town of La Crucecita, is a tourist development in Mexico. It is located on the Pacific coast [...]

Juchitan de Zaragoza

Juchitán de Zaragoza (in isthmus Zapotec language "Xabizende") is an indigenous town in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of [...]

La Crucecita

La Crucecita along with Tangolunda and Santa Cruz comprise the resort area known as Huatulco in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the community [...]

Lambityeco

Lambityeco is a small archaeological site just about 3 kilometers west of the Tlacolula city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located just [...]

Mexican Riviera

The Mexican Riviera refers collectively to twenty cities and lagoons lying on the western coast of Mexico. Although there are long distances between these cities, [...]

Mitla

Mitla is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The site [...]

Monte Alban

Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, approximately 9 km west of Oaxaca City. The site is [...]

Oaxaca

Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name. Oaxaca is located in the [...]

Ocotlán de Morelos

Ocotlán de Morelos is a town and municipality in the state of Oaxaca, about 35 km south of the center of the city of Oaxaca [...]

Puerto Escondido

Puerto Escondido, a coastal paradise on Mexico’s Pacific coast, is a gem in the state of Oaxaca. Renowned for its stunning beaches and vibrant local [...]

Routes and trips: Make sure not to miss these attractions

A great trip to Mexico should include these destinations Most travelers will immediately think of Cancun whenever Mexico shows up on the list of possible [...]

Salina Cruz

Salina Cruz is a major seaport on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the state's third-largest city and is the [...]

San Bartolo Coyotepec

San Bartolo Coyotepec is best known for its black clay pottery. For hundreds of years, pottery has been made here with a gray matte finish, [...]

Santa María Huatulco

Santa María Huatulco is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Pochutla District in the east of the [...]

Teotitlán del Valle

Teotitlán del Valle is known for its textiles, especially rugs, which are woven on hand-operated looms, from wool obtained from local sheep and dyed mainly [...]

Tlacolula de Matamoros

The city is the main commercial center for the Tlacolula Valley area, and best known for its weekly open air market held on Sundays. This [...]

Tree of Tule

The Tree of Tule (El Árbol del Tule) is a tree located on the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule [...]

Yagul

Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated with the Zapotec civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site [...]

Zaachila

Zaachila was a powerful city in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico, 6 km from the city of Oaxaca. Zaachila (the Zapotec name), in Nahuatl - [...]