Things to do in Oaxaca
A real day-by-day plan, the places travellers rate highest, and one button to make it your own.
Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Oaxaca, the most populous municipality in Oaxaca, and the fourth most densely populated municipality in Oaxaca, only being less densely populated than San Jacinto Amilpas, Santa Lucía del Camino, and Santa Cruz Amilpas. It is in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín, extending to the banks of the Atoyac River.
Source: Wikipedia (Oaxaca City), CC BY-SA
Highlights travellers rate highest
Oaxaca Street Food Tour
Catedral Primada de las Américas de Santo Domingo
Mole Negro
Day 2 on the trip
Open in Google MapsConstitution Plaza
Las Tlayudas de Mina y Bustamante
Café Old Dutch🍺
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6 days in Oaxaca, planned day by day
Built from real, bookable activities — flights, stays and experiences included at around €932.
- 1
Arrival & Zócalo evening
Settle into the Old Town base and ease in with a walkable historic-centre stroll.
- 2
Market & Mole Cooking Class
Shop a working market then cook a classic Oaxacan mole from scratch.
- 3
Monte Albán Ruins Tour
Half-day archaeological tour of the Zapotec hilltop capital.
- 4
Hierve el Agua Day Trip
Full-day trip to the petrified waterfalls and mineral pools.
