Private Oaxaca Tours: Culture, Artisans and Markets
Below, explore the variety of private Oaxaca tours we offer. Each route is crafted to highlight the variety of food, handicrafts and culture in the city or the villages near Oaxaca city. All the village tours last around 6 hours and include transport.
City tour with food market, an artistan cooperative and a chocolate mill!
Experience a three-hour private walking tour in central Oaxaca city, including tasting local specialties in three markets and a chocolate mill, visiting an artisan cooperative, a cultural center and contemporary printmakers. This tour will also help you navigate the city to make the best use of your free time.
Private cultural experiences surrounding Oaxaca city
Black pottery, alebrijes, backstrap looms and more
Our private tour southwards includes visits to artisan workshops where you can see demonstrations of black pottery in San Bartolo Coyotepec, carved and painted wooden figurines in San Martin Tilcajete, back-strap loom textiles and embroidery. Hands-on experiences can be arranged: try your hand at shaping clay or painting your own alebrije and sample local specialties at a village restaurant with a diverse menu including mole, memelas and Tlayudas.
Tule tree, Weavers, Tlacolula market and mezcal distillery
The tour to several villages eastwards of Oaxaca includes visiting a family workshop in Teotitlan del Valle where you can see demonstrations of carding, natural dyes and weaving, lunch at the Tlacolula market, famous for its pit-baked lamb barbacoa, followed by a tour and tastings at a craft mezcal distillery and the 2000 year-old Tule Tree (with the widest girth in the world).
Atzompa pottery, textile looms, Villa de Etla market and a cultural center
West from Oaxaca city we can visit the museum and handmade paper art workshop at the CASA cultural center in San Agustin Etla, lunch at the Villa de Etla market famous for its tamales, quesillo and other specialties, and visits to artisan workshops demonstrating filigree pottery in Atzompa and shuttle loom textiles in Xochimilco.
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