Must-see attractions in Oaxaca

  • Centro Cultural San Pablo

    Oaxaca City

    Housed in the restored Ex Convento de San Pablo (a 16th-century Dominican monastery), the impressive San Pablo Center stages concerts, films, exhibitions,…

  • Museo Textil de Oaxaca

    Oaxaca City

    This textile museum promotes Oaxaca’s traditional textile crafts through exhibitions, workshops, films, presentations and a library. Themed selections…

  • Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

    Bahías de Huatulco

    Let it not be said that the age of great church building is dead. Crucecita’s pale-orange colonial-style ecclesial dame dates from – ahem – 2000, but,…

  • Bahía Principal

    Puerto Escondido

    Puerto Escondido's central bay is long enough to accommodate restaurants at its west end, a fleet of fishing boats in its center (Playa Principal), and…

  • Templo de San Felipe Neri

    Oaxaca City

    The 18th-century baroque Templo de San Felipe Neri is where Benito Juárez and Margarita Maza were married in 1843; Margarita was the daughter of Antonio…

  • Playa Santa Cruz

    Bahías de Huatulco

    Santa Cruz Huatulco's small beach is easily accessible but often crowded, and its looks are marred by the cruise-ship pier – especially when one of the…

  • Iglesia Preciosa Sangre de Cristo

    Teotitlán del Valle

    From the plaza, steps rise to this handsome 17th-century church with a fine broad churchyard and colorful 18th-century frescoes inside. It was built atop…

  • Templo de Santo Tomás

    Oaxaca

    Born in the tiny village of San Pablo Guelatao 60km northeast of central Oaxaca, future Mexican president, Benito Juárez was baptized in the nearby town…

  • Bahía Chahué

    Bahías de Huatulco

    The beach here, 1km east of Santa Cruz Huatulco, is wide with soft sand, but offers little in the way of shade, plus the surf can be surprisingly strong…

  • Galería Quetzalli

    Oaxaca City

    A leading serious commercial gallery, handling some of the biggest names, such as Francisco Toledo and Guillermo Olguín. It has a second exhibition space,…

  • Corredor Turístico

    Bahías de Huatulco

    One of Huatulco's more recent developments is a wide terraced walkway that leads from Crucecita to the Santa Cruz harbor. The path then carries on west…

  • Arte de Oaxaca

    Oaxaca City

    This commercial gallery presents a wide range of quality art, and includes a room devoted to surrealist painter Rodolfo Morales’ work.

  • Museo Comunitario Balaa Xtee Guech Gulal

    Teotitlán del Valle

    Facing the Mercado de Artesanías on the central plaza, this interesting community-run museum displays local archaeological finds as well as exhibits on…

  • Iglesia de La Compañía

    Oaxaca City

    Finely carved facades adorn the colonial Iglesia de La Compañía on the opposite side of the Zócalo to the cathedral.

  • Bodega Quetzalli

    Oaxaca City

    The second exhibition space of leading commercial gallery Galería Quetzalli.

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