Monte Alban is the premier architectural site in Oaxaca.It is a Zapotec site built and used over a thousand year period . It remained sacred even after it was abandoned.  One does not have to take a...

This plaza, ringed with stores and an 18th-century cathedral, is the center of social activity in Oaxaca.

Visitors to Vasquez's studio, located in a city where weaving is a popular occupation, can view the weaving process from start to finish.

Like many museums in Oaxaca, this museum is open at night as well as the daytime. One can stroll around town to the Zocalo and then down Independencia and up to Morelos and visit this museum, as a...

This museum has permanent exhibits of five well-known Oaxacan artists and also has a rotating collection of modern exhibits.

The Regional Museum is what is now known as the Centro Cultural de Santo Domingo. There is an article on that separately.

This large cypress tree is said to be over 2,000 years old.

If you can't buy it here, you don't need it.  The Abastos is said to be the largest outdoor market in Mexico.  It is actually part inside and part outside -- 4 acres in total.  The market is open...

This lavish cathedral sits on the town's zócalo.

An ornate 17th-century cathedral.

A research facility and museum dedicated to the cochineal, which is used for dying things red.

This museum has its entrance just to the north of Sto Domingo churchs entrance. It is on the same plaza as the church and part of the same building, the attached old convent building. You might not...

There are English tours of the Ethnobotanical Garden on Thursdays between 11 am and 1 pm. They last about twice as long as the Spanish tours that are everyday and cost a bit more (100 pesos per person

This 17th-century church contains an interesting museum of religious art.