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Oaxaca Cultural Tour: Meet Artisans and Explore Local Life
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Oaxaca
Discover Oaxaca’s hidden gems with personalized artisan tours. Meet local artisans, explore unique towns, and savor authentic gastronomy. Book your unforgettable experience now.
Discover Oaxaca’s hidden gems with personalized artisan tours. Meet local artisans, explore unique towns, and savor authentic gastronomy. Book your unforgettable experience now.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- San Bartolo Coyotepec - A Zapotec community renowned for its unique black clay pottery. We’ll visit a workshop where an artisan still uses the ancient pre-Hispanic lathe, learning about the technique and the rich history of San Bartolo Coyotepec, a community that once supplied utilitarian pottery to the Zapotec empire.
- San Martin Tilcajete -…
- San Bartolo Coyotepec - A Zapotec community renowned for its unique black clay pottery. We’ll visit a workshop where an artisan still uses the ancient pre-Hispanic lathe, learning about the technique and the rich history of San Bartolo Coyotepec, a community that once supplied utilitarian pottery to the Zapotec empire.
- San Martin Tilcajete - Home to the magical alebrijes, fantastical creatures carved from copal wood by local artisans. Discover our tonas and nahuales, spiritual guides believed to accompany us through life. Participate in a copal cleansing, explore natural dyes, and immerse yourself in the enchanting atmosphere of this town.
- Santo Tomás Jalieza - A village celebrated for its extraordinary women who master the ancient art of backstrap loom weaving from the age of three. Witness the intricate process of weaving with cotton, using only their hands and waists. Stroll through a vibrant market filled with crafts or visit the homes of notable women in the community.
- Ocotlán de Morelos - Known for its delicious moles, the market here features “La Frida Oaxaqueña,” a traditional mole cook famous for her culinary skills and resemblance to Frida Kahlo. Enjoy a meal prepared by a traditional cook, integral to local patronal festivities known as mayordomías. Alternatively, visit a smoke kitchen to sample dishes cooked on a comal or over firewood. (Food not included)
- Santa Catarina Minas - Take a guided tour of an ancestral Mezcal distillery in one of the foremost communities for Agave or Maguey distillation. Meet a master mezcalero at his palenque and taste over 10 varieties of wild mezcals distilled in clay pots. Learn about the traditional Mezcal-making process, a heritage unique to this town.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Tickets
- Payment for booths on federal highways
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Cooler with Water
- Surcharges on fuel
- Guide
- Parking fees
- Private transportation
- Tickets
- Payment for booths on federal highways
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Cooler with Water
- Surcharges on fuel
- Guide
- Parking fees
What's Not Included
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Wild Mezcales Tasting ($100 MXN Mexican pesos per person)
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Wild Mezcales Tasting ($100 MXN Mexican pesos per person)
Additional Information
Dear traveler, we are a committed company focused on sharing the rich culture of the native peoples of Oaxaca. With us, you will have the opportunity to meet artisans in their homes and enjoy truly unique experiences in locations known only to locals. Our service is personalized, allowing you to choose from various tour options we offer. Visit the…
Dear traveler, we are a committed company focused on sharing the rich culture of the native peoples of Oaxaca. With us, you will have the opportunity to meet artisans in their homes and enjoy truly unique experiences in locations known only to locals. Our service is personalized, allowing you to choose from various tour options we offer. Visit the places you are most interested in with our assistance, and customize your experience. Ultimately, you will gain a genuine understanding of the towns and people of Oaxaca that captivate you, along with their gastronomy and landscapes.
Location
Oaxaca
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Garry_v
Oct 22, 2025
Best private tour - If you only do one tour while in Oaxaca, I recommend this one. Ricardo and David were excellent hosts, very knowledgeable and by the end like old friends. It never felt touristy. Highly recommended.
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Markusg373
Apr 3, 2025
Fantastic day visiting very talented Oaxacan Artisans - Our group consisted of two couples who were very interested in better understanding some of the renowned artwork found in the towns of Oaxaca. Our tour guide, Filiph (aka Fili) did an incredible job throughout the day in providing us with very engaging opportunities to see the artists up close and to really understand not only how they produce their art, but the history concerning how their form of art was created. Fili is a native of the area and his English was great. He was very passionate and very thorough in providing us with an in depth understanding of the artisan towns and local artists that we visited. We went to San Bartolo Coyotepec to spent time with a black pottery artist and after that we went to San Martin Tilcajet where we visited an art studio/school where there were many artists involved with making incredibly colorful hand painted alebrije pieces. We also went to Santa Tomas Jalieza where they hand make many textile products. Our last two stops included a great lunch stop where we all enjoyed excellent local Oaxacan dishes and we then visited a family run Mezcal producing distillery and we got a great appreciation of how this famous product was produced. It was a long day, but it was well worth every second and the four of us would highly recommend this tour.
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425ayleenp
Dec 26, 2024
An extraordinary and intimate glimpse into the magic of the artisan villages in the Oaxacan valley - Ricardo is the perfect tour guide. Not only is he incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about Oaxaca's rich cultural history, he is also a great conversationalist and I enjoyed our drive almost as much as the destinations. From the moment he picked me up at the hotel, I felt like I was on an adventure with a friend which, as a solo traveler, I deeply appreciated.
The experience was also beautifully curated. From Maestro Matias' intimate home studio in San Bartolo Coyotepec where I watched him mold a pot from clay to the colorful alebrijes workshop in San Martin Tilcajete to the women-run market in Santo Tomás Jalieza, I was mesmerized by the talent and spirituality of the ancestral practices. We stopped for lunch at the market in Ocotlán de Morelos and I had the most amazing mole enchiladas at "La Frida Oaxaqueña", and then ended the tour with a visit to a palenque where Maestro Alexis explained the techniques he learned from his elders (passed down through several generations) to make his signature ancestral mezcal. Not only did I taste several of his mezcal variations, his adorable little brother Victor served me sliced oranges sprinkled with the delicious salt of the agave worm (gusanos de maguey).
I will certainly go back to Oaxaca, and look forward to another tour with Ricardo. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!
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Mimi_s
Dec 25, 2024
Great day! - We had a wonderful guide who took us to some great places and a great lunch spot. As an additional treat the countryside was gorgeous. Great demonstrations of how the crafts are made.
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Tour06792467872
Jul 7, 2024
Tour of the crafts - The tour was amazing, we took the tour of the crafts where we met, the black mud, the alebrijes, looms, but what we loved the most was the mezcal, an incredible experience, I had already taken tours with other agencies in previous views, but what we lived with Ricardo we loved, we hope to see you soon, by the way we recommend the route of the crafts, worth every moment.
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