Oaxaca and Surroundings

After the breakfast your city tour starts through the colonial center of Oaxaca which is declared world culture heritage by the UNESCO. During your tour you get to know the most important and most famous sights like the beautiful cathedral and the Zócalo, the main square of the city. Use the rest of the day to discover the colorful colonial city on your own initiative. Overnight stay.

After breakfast you are off on the way to Monte Albán, the most distinguished archeological site of the region. Already a long period of time ago Aldous Huxley, the American writer, was fascinated by the Zapotec city that is situated on an artificially flattened mountain. It's definitely going to impress you, too. Discover the site´s impressing temples, pyramides, the ball game court and several relief panels.  Afterwards you return to Oaxaca. Overnight stay.

In the morning after your breakfast we take you to the archeological site Mitla. On the way you stop over at the world's widest living tree, the Tree of Tule. In its stem you can identify interesting formations which are explained by your guide. After visiting Mitla you keep going to the limestone waterfalls Hierve el Agua which are waiting to offer you a refreshing bath in the mineral water with a breathtaking view on the waterfalls and the surrounding area. Relaxed and refreshed you are taken back to the hotel. Overnight stay.