Santo Domingo de Guzmán Church (Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán) Tours and Tickets

Find culture, history and excellent souvenir shopping on this 4.5-hour guided tour of the city of Oaxaca. Explore by foot the ‘zócalo’ (town square) and city center, and visit the Temple of Santo Domingo de Guzman and the Oaxaca Regional Museum located in its former convent. Wander the stalls of 20 de Noviembre and Benito Juarez, two of Oaxaca's most popular markets, and pick up woven goods, crafts and tasty snacks like chocolates and chilies. Hotel pickup and drop-off by coach included.

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.

We begin our tour visiting the Temple of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, a monumental architectural complex of the Dominican Order, without a doubt one of the most beautiful examples of Baroque in Mexico. We continue on foot on the Tourist Walkway, from Santo Domingo de Guzmán and to the center of the City, where various museums, galleries, craft shops and restaurants are located. In the center we can enjoy Banda de Música and Marimba, which play in the Kiosco del Zócalo, we will visit the portals of the center, in the Jardín de la Constitución. We end with a visit to the November 20 market, where you can enjoy the rich cuisine of Oaxaca and the Benito Juárez Market, the most traditional, where you can buy the famous "Oaxaqueño Mole", Quesillo and Chapulines

Walk around the main square where you will admire the beauty of the Santo Domingo temple that was part of a convent, now transformed into one of the best museums of colonial and pre-Colombian art, and where there are valuable objects from Monte Alban archeological site; continue along the tourist walkway, (pedestrian street) admiring its green quarry buildings, you will find the Cathedral, built by the Dominican monks in the 16th century, you will see the outside of the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, an architectural jewel of the City of Oaxaca, later you will go to the chocolate mills to talk and learn about the ingredients for the preparation of this exquisite drink. Before finishing your tour, you will visit also the incredible market, one of the most typical in the region, where daily hundreds of people get together to offer their particular products, a tradition that goes back to the pre-Hispanic times.

★ Time-slip to Mexico 2000 years ago⁉ ★ ★ There is no difficulty in choosing souvenirs! This is a must-see tour for folk craft lovers ★ A tour to experience the culture of Oaxaca! Santo Domingo Church and Cultural Museum and finally the city of Oaxaca. It is a masterpiece of folk costumes and folk crafts that overflow in the city! A tour that you can enjoy the charm unique to Oaxaca where many indigenous people live.

Discover the historic center of Oaxaca and experience why it is considered the best leading city break destination in Mexico and Central America. We will visit some of the most emblematic places in the historic center of Oaxaca. Our tour will begin at the Temple of Santo Domingo. I will share valuable information about celebrations, traditions, typical food, our mezcal, and everything you need to know to enjoy a complete immersion in our culture. You will also have time to take photos and really enjoy the experience in a very historic city. Each place we visit will help you to love this fascinating city more and more.

Enjoy 2 days in Oaxaca. We will travel from Bahías de Huatulco to the city of Oaxaca at 6:00 am in an air-conditioned vehicle with a certified guide, approximately 6 hours to reach the first tourist attraction to visit. Enjoy the Mezcal tasting in a palenque where you will observe the Mezcal elaboration process. Discover the history of the archaeological zone of Mitla. Appreciate a spectacular view from the petrified waterfalls Hierve el Agua. Let's explore the thousand-year-old secret of the Zapotecs with the observation of the elaboration of artisanal textiles. We will appreciate the gigantic Tree of Tule and we will know the architecture and history of the ex-convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. We will walk and we will know the history of the Archaeological zone of Monte Alban and we will appreciate the process of elaboration of the Alebrijes. We will observe the process of elaboration of the black clay and we will visit a town in the San Jose mountains of the Pacific.

Since ancient times, Oaxaca city has been the heart of meeting of innumerable cultures that exist in the state, when the splendor of the cities of Mitla and Monte Albán irradiated the southeast of Mexico. It is a city of noble and friendly people, who have great talents, who invite the traveler, both national and foreign, to discover and live an experience rich in culture and tradition, and above all, makes them feel at home.

The tour is named The Historical Compass (Brújula histórica) after the configuration of Oaxaca's city center, full of churches located on the cardinal points, these are decisive places for the urban layout strictly connected to the city religious, political and mystical life over the centuries. We will be visiting buildings, streets and neighbourhoods where celebrations, wars, encounters and fascinating mysterious events have taken place. Walking through places embedded with legends and anecdotes belonging to tradition and popular culture of the city history. Digging into the city’s secrets we will focus also on relevant Oaxacan’s female characters and their actions as well as less known and less told stories from prehispanic and colonial periods. By the end of the tour you will have mapped the city in a historical way, eaten an ice cream and learned some new ways to taste mezcal.