Oaxaca City Tours, Tickets & Excursions

Learn how to make traditional Oaxacan dishes from a local chef with this interactive private cooking experience. Gain the knowledge and discover the heritage of Oaxacan cuisine, as you’re shown ancient methods and utensils. Make recipes from across the region in a wood stove, including empanadas, arroz con leche, mole, and more.

This is a real long day trip tour If you are staying a few days in Oaxaca, this is the tour you need to do It takes more than 10 hrs, because we cover several places you need to know in Oaxaca The first stop is the legendary Tule tree, with more than 2 thousand years The second stop is to visit a traditional rug workshop in Teotitlán del Valle, recognized for housing great masters rug artisans And then, we visited Mitla Archeological site, one of the most beautiful and enigmatic places in Oaxaca. Finally we visited Hierve el Agua!! One of the natural wonders in Oaxaca, the petrified waterfalls of Hierve el agua. On the way back to the city, we visited a traditional mezcal distillery. There you can get free mezcal samples.

We will get to know an important part of Oaxaca, its culture, history, art and gastronomy. We take a tour with a professional team, we will visit 6 special places. We visit the petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua, where we have 2 hours of free time. We visit the beautiful archaeological zone of Mitla where we will take a tour of 40 minutes to 1 hour with a certified guide. We eat in a buffet restaurant with traditional local food. We visit Teotitlán del Valle where we will see the house - workshop of a wool rug artisan. We visit a factory, outlet or palenque of mezcal to have a tasting of this traditional alcoholic beverage of the state. We visit the famous tule tree located in Santa María el Tule, recognized among other things for its thickness or width and years of life.

Discover the tastes and textures of Oaxaca during a cooking workshop right in the heart of the city. Join a small group and visit a local market to gather ingredients for your class. There's no set menu, so the group can select which traditional dishes to make. Learn about the origins of each dish and several techniques during your hands-on class. Your tour end with the delicious meal that you've created.

If you visit Oaxaca, you must visit Hierve el Agua. Hierve el Agua is a natural scenery of petrified waterfalls. The first thing we do on the tour is to go directly to Hierve el Agua as our first stop. We stay there for 3 hours to have enough time to enjoy the natural wonders of Hierve el Agua without rushing. There you can go hiking with local guides, or enjoy the spas that are there. After visiting this wonderful place, on the way back to the city we visit one of the most popular mezcal distilleries in Oaxaca. There you can do a mezcal tasting completely free of charge, and taste the different flavors of mezcals that exist. The tour lasts approximately 7 hours, and includes entrance fees to Hierve el Agua

Monte Albán is an archaeological site in Oaxaca and this half-day guided tour is the perfect way to learn more about its history, the ruins and the first inhabitants. Close the travel guide and enjoy a guided adventure with commentary throughout the tour. To save time, the tour travels between sights in an air-conditioned vehicle, so you can cover much more ground than on a walking tour.

Discover the highlights of Oaxaca on a full-day sightseeing tour. Visit the archaeological complex of Monte Albán, founded in 500 BC, the former convent and temple from the 16th century, and stop at local artisan workshops to see the process of making handmade figurines. Learn about the rich history and culture of Oaxaca from your guide as you explore.

Bypass the taxi lines and get from Oaxaca City to Puerto Escondido with ease by opting for this private transfer service. Choose a pickup time to suit your schedule—something you couldn't do if traveling on public transport—then, enjoy a comfortable and scenic ride directly to your chosen Puerto Escondido location.]

Visit Hierve el Agua, a mezcal producer, and the Zapotec town of Teotitlán del Valle on a full-day tour from Oaxaca. Head to Teotitlán del Valle to learn about Zapotec weaving traditions and explore the town. Next, enjoy plenty of time to walk down to the swimming area at Hierve el Agua and take a leisurely dip in the warm spring waters. Finally, visit a mezcal producer and sample several varieties of mezcal. Your tour includes guide, mezcal tasting, entrance fees, and round-trip transport from Oaxaca.

Foodies know that every meal is precious when traveling, so don't risk wasting time on a bad meal. You'll walk and eat your way around Oaxaca on this 4.5-hour tour. Sample over twenty different local dishes at the markets and street food stalls. Learn about Oaxacan culture through its food, and get a close-up look at a side of the city many travelers miss.

This small group culinary tour takes you through Oaxaca, sampling local corn products and learning about its importance in regional cooking. You’ll also try mole, visit a young artist’s gallery, check out the market, and more. This is a small group, so you'll keep costs down, but you’ll still have an intimate group.

Oaxacan food is nationally and internationally recognized. In this tour you will be able to taste the real traditional food! Oaxaca's markets are the best places to try traditional Oaxacan cuisine. Explore the flavors and smells of Oaxacan cuisine from the most traditional places.

Something that we have identified from others, are our Guides, all of them are part of the Lescas family and we want to share what we like about our beautiful Oaxaca, fun, ambitious and knowledgeable about the history and traditions of Oaxaca, we believe that the guide It has the ability to transmit the passion and come to appreciate everything from a different vision

Discover the highlights of Oaxaca on this private guided walking tour. See the city’s most important and significant sights including the Church and Convent of Santo Domingo, the Museum of Cultures, Maco Museum, Alameda Park, and Benito Juárez Market. Ideal for first-time visitors, this tour explores the city that’s known for mezcal and alebrijes art.

Quality and experience in our transfers, they are safe transfers, with service with a professional driver in professional tourist transfer. Our vehicles are fully disinfected and our drivers are vaccinated and respectful of health protocols.

Discover one of Oaxaca’s natural minerales, the gigantie tree of el Tule which is over 2000 years olg, we Will continue to Teotitlan del Valle where you can admire the wool carpets; we continue to the ceremonial center of Mitla, outstandingly beautiful for ist magnificent fretwork made of countless polish stones, our journey continues to hierve el agua, where you wil have the opportunity to admire the beautiful petrified wather falls: our last stop is a mezcal destilley.

Learn all about the Day of the Dead in this private tour in Xoxocotlan. Your guide will give you an in depth look at this mystical celebration, where the dead are revered. This is a private tour for you and your party, so feel free to ask lots of questions and go at your own pace while you take in the festivities.

Receive personalized attention on this private full-day tour of Hierve el Agua and Teotitlan del Valle. After being met at your hotel you'll be taken to Hierve el Agua to enjoy three hours of hiking, swimming, and admiring the views of the petrified waterfalls. After, enjoy a mezcal pick-me-up at a distillery, then head to the markets of Teotitlan del Valle, where you can learn about (and buy) traditional handicrafts.

Our tour is planned by a team of gastronomy lovers. The team developed a complete platform where what we are looking for is that any lover of food and unique culinary experiences enjoy the culinary heritage of Mexico to the fullest. We planned this experience with two years of research, if you take this experience you will meet people who preserve the gastronomic culture of Oaxaca, the vendors always offer us a unique experience of living the flavors in an incomparable way, because the producers themselves will talk to us and share with us of his wisdom.

Explore Monte Albán, a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Oaxaca, on this all-day guided tour. The ruins offer a glimpse into Zapotec and Mixtec culture. Also, visit an alebrije workshop to watch artisans carve and paint Mexican folk art sculptures and stop to see black clay ceramic pottery being produced. Plus, enjoy a buffet of traditional Oaxaca food (not included in the price).

Get your trip to Oaxaca off to a good start and pre-book a private transfer service. Meet the driver at Oaxaca International Airport (OAX) after collecting your luggage and proceed to your vehicle. Next, enjoy a quick transfer to your Oaxaca accommodation, without the hassle of making multiple stops.

Experience the rich flavors of Oaxaca on a private tour through the area. Start off your day walking through agave fields at a local distillery and learn how mezcal is made. Then, it’s time for a delicious 4-course meal prepared by an award-winning chef who combines the flavors of Mexico, Peru, France, Italy, and Japan. Conclude your day at a textile workshop where you can see master weavers create beautiful rugs.

If you prefer to see art in bustling streets rather than stuffy museums, you'll love Oaxaca and this half-day bike tour. In a small, intimate group you'll cycle around three city neighborhoods where you'll see colorful murals, posters, and stencil art by local artists. Visit workshops and learn about Oaxacan culture while seeing the sights and getting some exercise.

100% private tour: Oaxaca is full of culture, tradition, gastronomy, markets, artisanal mezcal, ancestral mezcal, alebrijes, textiles, a variety of types of ceramics such as: black, red, green clay, it also has archaeological sites such as: Monte Albán, Mitla, yagul, Atzompa, dainzu, but if you are looking for natural landscapes we have: Hierve el agua, San José del Pacifico, Sierra Norte, forests, crystal viewpoints, ecotourism, etc. Reserve and personalize your tour with guides certified by the Mexican Secretary of Tourism, with transportation and operators with license plates and a federal tourism license, issued by the Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation. All collaborators have the National Tourism Registry of Mexico.