Oaxaca City
Looking for cheap street food? Look no further. Dozens of good, clean comedores (food stalls) fill this large market where wait staff will thrust menus to within an inch of your nose as you stroll past.
The biggest treat for carnivores is the smoky Pasillo de Carnes Asadas (Grilled Meat Passage) on the east side, where a dozen stands specialize in grilling tasajo (beef) or cecina enchilada (slices of chili-coated pork) over hot coals.
Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca
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Got two hours? You'll need it for the Museum of Oaxacan Cultures, housed in the beautiful monastery buildings adjoining the Templo de Santo Domingo. This鈥
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The former capital of the Zapotec people is today an illustrious ruin, but for over a thousand years it served as the second-largest ceremonial site in鈥
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Gorgeous Santo Domingo is the most splendid of Oaxaca鈥檚 churches, with a finely carved baroque facade and nearly every square centimeter inside decorated鈥
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Second only to Monte Alb谩n in their importance, though not as old, the ruins of ancient Mitla date from the final two or three centuries before the鈥
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Centro de las Artes de San Agust铆n
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Pretty San Agust铆n's large, early-20th-century textile mill has been superbly restored as the Centro de las Artes de San Agust铆n (CaSa), a spectacular鈥
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Visitors flock to the village of El Tule to behold El 脕rbol del Tule, which is, by some counts, the fattest tree in the world. California's General鈥
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Traffic-free, shaded by tall trees and surrounded by elegant portales (arcades), the 窜贸肠补濒辞 is the perfect place to start soaking up the Oaxaca atmosphere鈥
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Finely carved facades adorn the colonial Iglesia de La Compa帽铆a on the opposite side of the 窜贸肠补濒辞 to the cathedral.
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A 19th-century wonder of marble and murals, the State Government Palace occupies the 窜贸肠补濒辞's southern flank. The large, very detailed stairway mural 鈥
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Oaxaca鈥檚 cantera stone cathedral is suitably massive and old, but in a city as culturally rich as Oaxaca, it is arguably only the third most impressive鈥
5. Museo de los Pintores Oaxaque帽os
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Changing exhibitions by artists from Oaxaca and elsewhere 鈥 often provocative contemporary work.
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The 18th-century baroque Templo de San Felipe Neri is where Benito Ju谩rez and Margarita Maza were married in 1843; Margarita was the daughter of Antonio鈥
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This textile museum promotes Oaxaca鈥檚 traditional textile crafts through exhibitions, workshops, films, presentations and a library. Themed selections鈥
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Housed in the restored Ex Convento de San Pablo (a 16th-century Dominican monastery), the impressive San Pablo Center stages concerts, films, exhibitions,鈥