Come with me to visit a district of Oaxaca that you’re not going to forget, full of colors, smells, flavors, and very photogenic. This is the Jalatlaco District (Barrio de Jalatlaco), a place quite “hidden” for tourists, but that every day is getting more famous. WHAT DOES “JALATLACO” MEAN? The name of this district that […]
Category: HISTORY
ESSENTIAL PLACES OF OAXACA THAT YOU NEED TO VISIT
Oaxaca is full of magic and wonderful places, full of culture, gastronomy and nature, today I give you 6 essential places of Oaxaca, that you can not miss in your next trip. MARKETS Markets are essential places to visit when you are in Oaxaca City. Here you will find, history, culture and gastronomy, reflected in […]
WHERE DOES THE NAME OF OAXACA COME FROM AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Hello everyone, welcome to Travel In Oaxaca, in this brief post I will tell you what does Oaxaca mean. WHAT DOES OAXACA MEAN? The meaning of Oaxaca is nose or tip of huajes, that comes from the náhuatl word, Huaxyacac. YOU COULD BE INTERESTED IN: OAXACA IS A LAND OF MAGIC WHERE DOES THE WORD […]
WHO WAS BENITO JUÁREZ?
Hello to everyone, welcome to Travel In Oaxaca, the 21st of March the birth of Benito Juárez is commemorated, Benito Juárez was a politician that revolutionized México and he was Oaxacan. Do you want to know more? Stay and here I tell you. WHERE AND WHEN DID BENITO JUÁREZ WAS BORN? Benito Pablo Juárez García […]
MACEDONIO ALCALÁ THEATER
Hello to everyone, welcome to Travel In Oaxaca, in this post I will tell you about the Macedonio Alcalá theater. In the last post I told you about Macedonio Alcalá, a great oaxacan musician, you can visit the post below ⬇️. WHERE IS IT LOCATED? This theater is located in the corner of Independencia and […]
WHO WAS MACEDONIO ALCALÁ?
Hello to everyone, in today´s post I will write about Macedonio Alcalá. WHEN WAS HE BORN? His full name was Macedonio Alcalá Prieto, he was born in 1831 in Oaxaca City. WHAT DID MACEDONIO ALCALÁ STUDY? He studied music since he was a little boy, he stood out for his talent and the government gave […]
THE MIXTEC CULTURE
In Oaxaca there are diverse cultures, all of them very important and they give diversity to the cultures, food and handcrafts of Oaxaca. Some of them stand out because of their level of development in the past, like zapotec and the one that I´m going to talk about today: the mixtec. ORIGINS As the zapotecs, […]
THE ALEBRIJES, DREAMS COME TRUE
The most fantastic dream can come true, and alebrijes are a sample of this. They are mystical figures product of the artist’s imagination, full of color, and mixing elements of various animals, whether real or mystical. Learn about their origin, and more in this post. WHERE, HOW AND WHEN DID ALEBRIJES ARRISE? The basis for […]
WHICH TREE IS THE WIDEST IN THE WORLD?
Santa María del Tule is the town that has the widest tree in the world and it is located in Oaxaca. This town is in the region of the Central Valleys, a region of Oaxaca where flavors, colors and cultures of the 7 regions converge and where the Guelaguetza is celebrated. The Tule is a […]
HOW AND WHERE TO SEE THE GUALAGUETZA 2021?
The pandemic has caused many social and cultural events to be cancelled, one of them the Guelaguetza, which since last year could not be done. It seems that this year it will not be possible to appreciate in person this great event that only happens once a year and only in Oaxaca. But will it […]