Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca: 17 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

Oaxaca

17 places with their own page in the municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, in the state of Oaxaca.

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Places to visit in Oaxaca de Juárez

Cities · 1 Towns · 1 Nature reserves · 1 Viewpoints · 1 Landmarks and museums · 13

Cities

Oaxaca de Juárez · City
Oaxaca's capital: a green-stone colonial centre on UNESCO's list with Monte Albán, famous for moles, markets, mezcal and the July Guelaguetza.

Towns

Viguera · Town
Locality in Oaxaca de Juárez at 1,622 m, north of the capital; it grew from 260 people in 1900 to 8,506 in 2020.

Nature reserves

Parque Nacional Benito Juárez · Nature reserve
A national park of pine-oak forest on the hills just north of Oaxaca city, with marked trails, birdwatching, zip lines and views over the valley.

Viewpoints

Cerro del Fortín · Viewpoint
The hill over Oaxaca City: stairs up to the Guelaguetza auditorium, a Juárez statue with city views, a planetarium and forest trails.

Landmarks and museums

Acueducto de San Felipe del Agua · Landmark
Oaxaca's 18th-century stone and brick aqueduct, best seen where its tall arches leap the Jalatlaco ravine at La Cascada in Xochimilco.
Andador Macedonio Alcalá · Landmark
Oaxaca's green-stone pedestrian street, car-free since 1985, running five blocks from the Zócalo to Santo Domingo past museums and galleries.
Barrio de Jalatlaco · Landmark
Oaxaca's first Barrio Mágico: cobbled lanes, adobe and cantera houses, street murals and the 18th-century church of San Matías.
Barrio de Xochimilco · Landmark
Oaxaca's old Nahua-founded barrio north of the centre: aqueduct arches with doorways beneath them, pedal looms, a weekend organic market.
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad · Landmark
The 17th-century baroque basilica of Oaxaca's patron Virgin, with a screen-like stone facade, a 1686 organ and nieve stands in the plaza.
Central de Abastos · Landmark
Oaxaca's huge wholesale market, a 21-hectare maze of produce, chiles, mole, pottery and food stalls; Saturday is the big day.
Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca · Landmark
A 2.3-hectare garden of plants native to Oaxaca on Santo Domingo's old convent orchard, famous for its columnar-cactus walls; guided tours only.
Mercado 20 de Noviembre · Landmark
Oaxaca's food market, two blocks south of the Zócalo: mole, tlayudas, pan de yema with chocolate and the smoky Pasillo de Humo grill aisle.
Mercado Benito Juárez · Landmark
Oaxaca's oldest covered market, an 1894 iron hall a block from the Zócalo selling mole, quesillo, chocolate, crafts and fresh juice.
Museo Textil de Oaxaca · Landmark
Free textile museum in an 18th-century cochineal merchant's house in Oaxaca's centro, with rotating shows of huipiles, rebozos and dyes.
Museo de Arte Prehispánico de México Rufino Tamayo · Landmark
Painter Rufino Tamayo's gift to his home city: about 1,350 pre-Hispanic pieces shown as art in five rooms painted in his own palette.
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Landmark
Oaxaca's grandest Baroque church, with a gilded interior and a former Dominican convent that now holds the Museo de las Culturas and Monte Albán's Tomb 7 gold.
Zócalo de Oaxaca · Landmark
Oaxaca's shady, car-free main square, laid out in 1529, with an art nouveau bandstand, café arcades, the cathedral and the Alameda de León beside it.