Oaxaca, Mexico Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The state capital OAXACA sprawls across a grand expanse of deep-set valley, 1600m above sea level, some 500km southeast of Mexico City. Its colour, folklore, numerous fiestas, the huge extent of its indigenous market and its thoroughly colonial centre combine to make this one of the most popular, and most rewarding, destinations for travellers, many of whom come here to study. Even the increase in package tourism and the pedestrianization of Macedonia Alcalá, the main thoroughfare from the zócalo to the cathedral, a street now lined with high-class handicraft and jewellery shops, have done little … more »