The Monte Alban ruins and on-site museum lie 5 miles from Oaxaca city, perched on a mountaintop high above the surrounding valleys, commanding spectacular views on all sides.
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Tehuantepec is known for the beautiful, stately and strong, local women of Zapotec extraction and for its elaborate hand-embroidered traditional dresses, ceramics, gold jewelry. Continue reading Tehuantepec, Oaxaca Spectacular church located next to the Santo Domingo Cultural Center in Oaxaca City. Seat of the Dominican Order in Oaxaca since the 16th century. Continue reading Santo Domingo de Guzman Puerto Escondido has become a popular alternative tourism and surfing destination in Mexico. Zicatela Beach, right outside of town, is known as the Mexican Pipeline. Continue reading Puerto Escondido April 2011 With the inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage properties listings of the Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of the state of the Oaxaca, Mexico now boasts of a total 36 UNESCO World Heritage inscriptions. In a recent ceremony a plaque was unveiled testifying to the recognition given by UNESCO to the Yagul and Mitla caves of the Central Valley of Oaxaca, which encompass an area of some 5,000 hectares Continue reading Mexico and UNESCO Heritage Sites 
A Pacific coast destination near Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, this small fishing village was an important shipping port for regional coffee growers. Just north of town lies the laid-back beach destination of Zipolite, offering a series of small inns and bed-and-breakfasts. Continue reading Puerto Angel, Oaxaca The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History) has announced that Mexico has had two new sites entered into the UNESCO World Heritage List. With these two sites, Mexico achieves the distinction of becoming the Latin American country with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites. Continue reading Two New Mexican World Heritage Sites Oaxacan center for the production of colorful, hand-woven, woolen rugs. Teotitlan del Valle is most known for its beautiful Continue reading Teotitlan del Valle Santo Domingo Cultural Center and Regional Museum is located on Calle Alcalá, Oaxaca City, Mexico, in what used to be the Convent of Santo Domingo. Continue reading Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo Mazunte is a small Pacific coast community near Puerto Angel that is one of the main nesting spots for a variety of sea turtles that frequent these coasts. Visit the turtle sanctuary and the natural cosmetics factory. Continue reading Mazunte, Oaxaca The Guelaguetza is a festival of the sharing of cultures, traditions and communities that takes place in Oaxaca City and other Oaxacan communities in July of every year. In it the indigenous groups from seven distinct regions of the mountainous state of Oaxaca participate, each presenting colorful demonstrations of its dance with the brilliant and beautiful costumes of the region, and of its songs and music, with the use and integration of traditional instruments and voice. Continue reading The Guelaguetza in Oaxaca |
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