Your personal guide to Oaxaca, México
Adventure is the word that describes the post of today. If you are here I suppose you like to explore and enjoy your trips to the limit, we can make this happen with our tours. Oaxaca is full of places for tours, and we have the best tours in Oaxaca for 2024. Enjoy nature, culture, … Read moreBEST TOURS IN OAXACA THAT YOU NEED TO EXPERIENCE THIS 2024
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 … Read moreTHE MAGICAL AND COLORFUL JALATLACO DISTRICT
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 … Read moreESSENTIAL PLACES OF OAXACA THAT YOU NEED TO VISIT
Founded before Monte Albán, Dainzú was an important settlement in the Classic period of Mesoamerica, it is located in the region of Central Valleys, in this region the ball game was widely practiced. If you have not seen the Ball Game post I invite you to see it: WHAT IS THE (“JUEGO DE PELOTA”) BALL … Read moreARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF DAINZÚ
Played since 1400 b.C., this prehispanic game was practiced in a lot of Mesoamerican cultures. Do you want to know more? WHAT IS THE “JUEGO DE PELOTA” WHY IT WAS PLAYED? WHERE WAS IT PLAYED? THE “JUEGO DE PELOTA” IN OAXACA WHAT IS THE BALL GAME? It is a game that arose before the arrival … Read moreWHAT IS THE (“JUEGO DE PELOTA”) BALL GAME?
Monte Alban was the capital of an empire that ruled all of Oaxaca and parts of Guerrero. It is one of the most important and recognized archaeological sites in Oaxaca and currently a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here I tell you all about this majestic archaeological site. WHERE DOES THE NAME OF MONTE ALBÁN COME … Read moreMONTE ALBÁN, THE MOST POWERFUL CITY OF OAXACA
Oaxaca is full of culture, gastronomy, nature, color and art, a very traditional style of art and very known in Oaxaca is the black clay, in this post I am going to tell you about this incredible type of clay made with hands of oaxacan craftsmen. THE BLACK CLAY IS THE ONLY TYPE OF CLAY … Read moreTHE BLACK CLAY (BARRO NEGRO), THE ESSENTIAL CLAY OF OAXACA?
There are a lot of cultures in Oaxaca, that makes it multicultural, one of them is the Zapotec culture that with the Mixtec are the most famous. ORIGINS The Zapotecs are the most old group of Oaxaca, this culture surged and had their apogee in the Central Valleys but they also inhabited in other big … Read moreTHE ZAPOTEC CULTURE
