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Top 10 Historical & Heritage Tours in Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Discover the best top things to do in Oaxaca, Southern Mexico including Monte Alban, Atzompa, Yagul and Mitla Archaeological Sites Day Trip, d Oaxacan Artesanies Tilcajete, Sto Tomas Jalieza, Ocotlán y Sta Catarina Minas, Waterfall Hikes History And Zip Lines In San Juan Lachao, Amazing Archeological Site including City Tour, Paths of Mezcal, Artisan workshops tour, Magic Route, Monte Alban Guided Half Day Tour, City Tour Santo Domingo/Alcalá/Exconvento de Santa Catalina /mercados/chocolate, Mixtec Empire-Magic of colors and flavors (from Thursday to Sunday we visit Mitla).
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1. Monte Alban, Atzompa, Yagul and Mitla Archaeological Sites Day Trip
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Enjoy a full-day trip from Oaxaca and see the main archaeological sites in Oaxaca. You'll first visit Monte Alban, which is the major urban center built by the Zapotec culture. Then, you'll see Atzompa and Yagul. Finally, visit Mitla which highlights Zapotec architecture. Your tour includes round-trip transport and a guide.
Inclusions: Professional guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only), Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities, Admissions in Monte Alban, Atzompa, Yagul and Mitla.
Reviewed By ariele387
Notified me about the hierve el agua being closed and substituted a mezcal tour, but didn't say anything about el tule being closed also until he was asked during the tour. Probably spent 2 hours at gift shops because there's nothing to do. I felt I was tricked into this tour. Tour guide had very poor English, he would spend 5 mins talking about something in spanish then speak English for 20 secs. Terrible experience.
2. d Oaxacan Artesanies Tilcajete, Sto Tomas Jalieza, Ocotlán y Sta Catarina Minas
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
Visit three towns outside of the city of Oaxaca and discover the craft makers Oaxaca is famous for! This half-day trip takes you by coach to San Bartolo Coyotepec, Santo Tomás Jalieza and San Martin Tilcajete with a knowledgeable and friendly guide. You’ll learn about the history of each town in Oaxaca’s Central Valley as you get out to explore on foot, and meet the artisans who make the beautiful ceramics, belts, textiles, wood carvings and other handicrafts famous in the region.
Inclusions: Local guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Professional guide
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By ariele387
Antonio is very passionate and extremely knowledgeable about monte alban. He demands you pay attention during this tour.
3. Waterfall Hikes History And Zip Lines In San Juan Lachao
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 9 reviews
Blessed are all for having the opportunity to come and visit this piece of heaven located in the Oaxacan Coast called Puerto Escondido, you can reach this enigmatic place by air or by road, it is only 50 minutes by plane from Mexico City, and 12 hours by car. When you arrive you will have the great surprise and admiration of what is offered by all the local people, famous for its 16 ethnic groups, but one apart, which is the afromestiza culture (The Black People) , you will enjoy 30 Tours that offers you, your Travel Agency Excursiones Turisticas de Valfred, as well as a variety of hotels, restaurants with excellent gastronomy, authentic crafts of Oaxaca and more, from your arrival we will visit you in your hotel to welcome you and explain this interesting Tour to visit the rural communities, The San Juan Lachao Village, take a hike, visit a waterfall and live the adrenaline with 2500 meters of zip lines with Tour Guides specialized on this.
Inclusions: National Park fees, Driver/guide, Local guide, Professional guide, Hotel drop-off, Hotel pickup, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Air-conditioned vehicle, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Transport by private vehicle
Exclusions: Drinks, Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase), Food and drinks, Food and drinks, unless specified, Lunch, Gratuities
Reviewed By Y4970VAeriks
The excursion with Valfred Excursiones Turisticas to the Coffee plantation 'La Passionaria' was a great experience. Alejandro has been a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable about the region's history and always providing us with very valuable information about the places that we visited on the way to the plantation. Alejandro es un guia muy agradable, muy simpatico y siempre dispuesto a ayudar. He entertained us with many stories and anecdotes related to the country. The visit to the coffee plantation was extremely interesting and we learned a lot. Fue un real placer y nosotros recomandamos Valfred Excursiones Turisticas a todos los que deseen visitar lugares interesantes alrededor Puert Escondido. Many thanks Alejandro!
4. Amazing Archeological Site including City Tour
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
you learn something more about the ancient history of Huatulco, you are going to find between the vegetation, fauna and flora the Area Archaeological Copalita is considered to be the largest city in the Oaxaca Coast and of great relevance as is the only vestige in the whole Pacific Ocean and was the first occupation of this precolonial settlement dating back to the middle preclassical period. During the tour you will be impressed with the visit to the amazing viewpoints of Huatulco, after we will go to the town Crucecita where you will visit to the church of the Virgin of Guadalupe, after that you will taste the best Oaxacan dishes, also you will meet the artisans of the pre-Hispanic looms and you will know different crafts made from black mud.
Inclusions: Entrada a la zona arqueologica, Guía Local Certificado de origen y cultura Zapoteca, Air-conditioned vehicle, Alcoholic Beverages, Bottled water
Exclusions: Tips, Lunch
Reviewed By tristad2014
Tomas was easily one of the best tour guides I've ever had. Incredibly knowledgeable, and super friendly he did everything to make the tour perfect. And the work being done at La Escobilla is so important, it's a great opportunity to support a wonderful cause. And of course the baby turtles are absolutely adorable!! I couldn't recommend it more!
5. Paths of Mezcal
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
They are small groups, exclusive of no more than 14 people per certified guide under NOM 08, our guides attend tourism with a great quality in the service of both information and friendliness.
Inclusions: Tickets and food (does not include drinks or tips)
Exclusions:
Reviewed By FUagain
On our trip to Oaxaca we we're very fortunate to find Balam and the Mexplorer Adventures! He really made our trip special! He took us to Monte Alban one day on a private tour. Balam's Depth of knowledge about history and culture and his ability to be genuine are un matched! By far the best tour guide We've ever had! We liked him so much we did a second tour to a Pulqueria! SO MUCH FUN! We HIGHLY recommend them and will be booking with them for Dia de Muertos in November! Thank you Balam for such a great time..... Annetta and Jim. :)
6. Artisan workshops tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
An experience that will take you to know the history, culture, crafts and gastronomy of Oaxaca in a single day.
Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle
Exclusions: Snacks, Entrance to the spa
Reviewed By Ontheroadtoconscious
My friend and I booked a tour to San Jose with Orlando. He told us that we would have a bilingual tour guide and we would have 2 excursions included. We were picked up for the tour on time. The tour guide barely spoke English but was very nice. We enjoyed the 3 hour ride to San Jose in a nice van. When we arrived we asked what time the first excursion began. At this point we were told that NO excursions were included. We called Orlando and the company directly, both were not cooperative. Orlando said if we wanted our money back we would have to return in the van right then. Obviously we weren't interested in turning around for another 3 hour ride. I have diligently tried since returning to communicate with the company so they would return some of the money that we paid them. Orlando required cash and collected 3500 pesos. Which is roughly $175. We paid $175 for a one way van ride. For comparison, if you ride in one of the local vans with other people it costs $7 per person. We were definitely scammed. And they promoted their great reviews on Tripadvisor.
7. Magic Route
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 4 reviews
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
Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Travel insurance
Exclusions: Breakfast, Dinner
Reviewed By mamisa1982
I joined the half day tour on 11 April. The bus came on time. Our guide señor Hugo was very informative. I really enjoyed the tour. Thank you!
8. Monte Alban Guided Half Day Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
We have quality service, our guides are certified but above all we have a lot of charisma and spark in what we like to do, to pamper the traveler in order to know the wonders of our state.
Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, travel insurance
Exclusions: Breakfast, Does not include Tickets or Admissions
Reviewed By 635klp
We didn’t want to do a full day tour so it was really easy to just use the shuttle option. Evelyn, who helped us, was very nice and I was so thankful to her and the driver when they helped me retrieve my phone after having left it in the van.
9. City Tour Santo Domingo/Alcalá/Exconvento de Santa Catalina /mercados/chocolate
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4.6 based on 10 reviews
Disfruta el recorrido por el Centro Histórico donde podrás apreciar la Iglesia de Santo Domingo, conocida por su inigualable belleza y la más destacable por su estilo barroco mexicano. Continuaremos por la calle de Macedonio Alcalá, conocida por ser una de las principales calles de la ciudad. Recorreremos el Exconvento de Santa Catalina, donde apreciarás su belleza arquitectónica y conocerás más de su historia. Sin olvidar visitar los mercados tradicionales conocidos por sus productos meramente oaxaqueños y finalmente conocerás el proceso de elaboración del chocolate.
Inclusions: Local guide, Hotel pickup
Exclusions: Gratuities, Hotel drop-off
Reviewed By ariele387
Antonio is very passionate and extremely knowledgeable about monte alban. He demands you pay attention during this tour.
10. Mixtec Empire-Magic of colors and flavors (from Thursday to Sunday we visit Mitla)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 84 reviews
places to visit: Teotitlán del Valle, Beeswax candles, Caves, and only Thursday to Sunday we will visit Mitla We will start the tour in Teotitlán del Valle, a place where the famous wool rugs dyed with natural pigments such as cochineal pigments are made and made by hand by artisan families, In this same community shell candles made with beeswax are made. our tour to the prehistoric caves of Mitla which are more than 2,000 years old and you can see cave paintings on their walls. We continue our tour, visiting a Mezcal distillery, in which you will learn the process of making the most popular drink in Oaxaca and you will be able to taste its different varieties. from Thursday to Sunday we visit Mitla Recommendations: go to breakfast beforehand, bring a hat, sunglasses, comfortable non-slip shoes or tennis shoes, bottle with water, light sweater, sunscreen, camera
Inclusions: Professional English- and Spanish-speaking guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off
Exclusions: Gratuities, Food and drinks
Reviewed By ariele387
Antonio is very passionate and extremely knowledgeable about monte alban. He demands you pay attention during this tour.
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