Lydia's Tours
Oaxaca
"Cultural Heritage of Humanity"
Oaxaca is one of the cities where all the historical periods of Mexico shine: pre-Hispanic, colonial, independent, modern, and contemporary are expressed with its natural elegance in every street, colonial building, museum, magical festival, colorful crafts, pre-Columbian ruins, and the many splendorous baroque churches that are to be found in every corner of the city.
March 1st to March 6th
$24,900.00 per person in double occupancy
Teotitlan del Valle
The beautiful wool carpets of Teotitlán have designs remarkably influenced by Zapotec and Mixtec cultures that reflect the local area’s history. Some rugs represent famous paintings and others with more modern designs. The carpets are woven on pedal looms with wool from the Oaxaca's Mixteca region. The artisans wash it, brush it, and make with it the thread, which is dyed with natural dyes made at home.
Mitla
The most outstanding of the archaeological sites of Mitla are the structures and the type of ornamentation that was used to decorate their temples. Made of mosaics, there is an apparent lack of human motifs that are very commonly found in the ornamentation of other cultures. Also highlighted is the mix of the Zapotec and Mixtec cultures. This site was discovered by archaeologist Leopoldo Batres during his explorations performed in 1901 and 1902.
Tlacolula Market
Walking through Tlacolula market is getting lost in an endless number of aromas, colors, and exquisite flavors, which amaze anyone who visits this amazing market.
San Antonino Castillo Velasco
In San Antonino Castillo Velasco, Zapotec women perform beautiful embroidery work.
San Bartolo Coyotepec
The economy of San Bartolo Coyotepec is highly dependent on the production of black clay pottery and tourism as a direct consequence. The black mud of San Bartolo Coyotepec in Oaxaca is world-famous. The manufacturing process of the black ceramic pieces is long and requires enormous skill on the part of the craftsman.
Monte Albán
Monte Alban was once one of the most important cities in all of Mesoamerica. It was founded in 500 BC and was inhabited for over 1,500 years, until around 800 AD. Unfortunately, its original name was lost, but some believe it was called Danibaan (Sacred Mountain) or Danibéeje (Jaguar Hill). At its peak, the Zapotec capital here was inhabited by an estimated 35,000 people. Monte Alban is also significant because it was one of the first sites with evidence of distinct social classes, with the lower classes living in the agricultural terraces on the sides of the mountain, and the civic and religious leaders living in the palaces on top of the mountain. The Zapotec elite had extensive contact with the rulers of Teotihuacan (ancient inhabitants of the Pyramid of the Sun near what is now Mexico City); the architecture, ceramics, and paintings in Monte Alban are uniquely influenced by Teotihuacan culture. Some of the stone carvings also show Olmec's influence.
Santo Domingo Church
Santo Domingo de Guzmán Church in the city of Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico) is an example of New Spain baroque architecture. The first construction projects for the building date back to 1551, when the Antequera City Council of Oaxaca gave the Dominican Order a total of twenty-four lots for the construction of a convent in the city.
Santa María del Tule
Tule Tree is the tree with the largest trunk diameter in the world. It is an ahuehuete (Taxodium mucronatum) with a crown circumference of approximately 58 meters and a height of 42 meters. With a trunk diameter of 14.05 meters, it is estimated that at least 30 people would be necessary with their hands clasped to be able to cover it and approximately 500 people can fit in its shadow.
San Martin Tilcajete
The alebrije are crafts made with the cardboard technique, which are painted with bright and vibrant colors.
Mezcal Factory
LEGEND OF THE MEZCAL: The goddess Mayahuel, granddaughter of the goddess Tzintzimitl, was a beautiful young woman. One night, Quetzalcoatl and Mayahuel meet to love each other; but when Mayahuel's grandmother wakes up and does not see her granddaughter, angry, she goes down to Earth to look for her and finds her with Quetzalcoatl. In the form of punishment, she tears Mayahuel and abandons his remains so that no one remembers him, Quetzalcoatl buries them, and from them sprouts the maguey/agave and from it ... the mezcal.
Of the 210 varieties of maguey that exist in the whole world, only in Oaxaca are 120, which does not make it a rich land if it does not overflow with subtlety. The mezcal of espadín (the most common variety) is produced in its different types: young, worm, reposado, or añejo, and of wild agaves such as the cazaño, madrecuixe, tepetaxte or tobala, and this is only to name a few.
Includes:
● Flights
● 5 nights of lodging in a 4-star hotel.
● Breakfasts.
● All the tours with bilingual certified tourist guide service.
● Tickets to all places that we visit.
● Private transportation service with travel insurance covering all transfers within Oaxaca and airport-hotel/hotel-airport/airport-Chapala.
● Travel coordinator service.
● Photography services.
Contact Us
San Antonio Tlayacapan, Chapala, Jalisco, 45915
Lidia +52 3315356022
Uriel +52 3317586797