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Oaxaca

3 Days in Oaxaca

8Stops2UNESCO Sites+26Travel Score

Day 1Arrival DayMediumCentro

Santo Domingo and the Cultural Museum

The gilded church, its convent museum and the ethnobotanical garden.

  1. AM

    Arrive and Settle In

    Check in, drop your bags and get your bearings.

  2. 15:00
    45 min

    Templo de Santo Domingo

    UNESCO

    Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán

  3. 16:00
    1.5 h

    Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca

    UNESCO

    Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán

  4. 19:30
    1.5 h

    Mole negro dinner

    Food

    Oaxaca restaurants

Good to Know

  • The ethnobotanical garden is by guided tour only; check the times

Day 2Day TripFullSantiago Matatlán

Yagul and a Mezcal Palenque

Prehistoric caves and a hilltop fortress, then mezcal made the old way.

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Day 3City DayMediumMonte Albán

Monte Albán · Benito Juárez and 20 de Noviembre Markets

The Zapotec capital on a flattened mountaintop over the valley. Chapulines, mole and the smoky grill hall.

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Day Trip

Mitla, El Tule and Hierve el Agua

The world's widest tree, Mitla's stone mosaics and petrified waterfalls.

Day Trip

Craft Villages

Rug weavers of Teotitlán and the black pottery of San Bartolo Coyotepec.

Day Trip

Tlacolula Sunday Market

One of Mexico's oldest and biggest weekly markets, on Sundays.

Half Day · UNESCO

Zócalo and the Cathedral

The arcaded main square and Calle Alcalá's galleries.

Half Day

Jalatlaco and Textile Museum

Painted streets, murals and the Textile Museum.

When to Go

This version is for Oct–Dec, Mar. The best months below come from GoGo's climate data.

Typical highs

Best monthsRain: wettest Sep (203 mm), driest Feb (6 mm)

Climate: NASA POWER