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Tour to artisan towns of Oaxaca
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
$863.54
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
We will pick you up at your hotel to start our tour to San Martín Tilcajete where we will admire the process of making alebrijes, the most emblematic crafts of Oaxaca. Then we will go to San Bartolo Coyotepec, a town of artisans characterized by the elaboration of black clay pieces, we will learn about the process of making clay figures.
We will also go to Teotitlán del Valle, place of the famous wool rugs dyed with natural dyes. In this place we will know the process of elaboration of the rugs.
Finally, we will visit the thousand-year-old Tule Tree, this is the tree with the largest trunk diameter in the world. Located in the town of Santa María del Tule.
At the end of the tour, we return to the city of Oaxaca.
We will also go to Teotitlán del Valle, place of the famous wool rugs dyed with natural dyes. In this place we will know the process of elaboration of the rugs.
Finally, we will visit the thousand-year-old Tule Tree, this is the tree with the largest trunk diameter in the world. Located in the town of Santa María del Tule.
At the end of the tour, we return to the city of Oaxaca.
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Tour to artisan towns of Oaxaca
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 9 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
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San Martin TilcajeteSan Martín Tilcajete is one of the two towns in Oaxaca that are dedicated to carving in wood those beings so recognized for their great color: the Oaxacan alebrijes. San Martín Tilcajete is a small town dominated by one-story houses and green mountains in its surroundings. Wherever you walk, you will see signs of family workshops that are dedicated to making alebrijes. Learning how these figures are made and buying them is the main activity of the place.
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This is a town full of customs and deep-rooted traditions, where mysticism, essence and warmth that shelters a town are contained, where its inhabitants transmit, teach and inherit generation after generation. Black clay from Coyotepec immediately comes to mind when mentioning Oaxacan pottery. It is one of the most famous pottery towns in Mexico. It is also the largest in Oaxaca, with some 700 homes actively producing.
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Teotitlan del ValleThe town of Teotitlán del Valle (“place of the gods”, in Nahuatl), is famous thanks to the quality and beauty of its woolen textile products: rugs, jackets, bags, sarapes, tapestries, “corridors”, carpeting, curtains and dresses, made on large wooden looms and decorated with natural dyes, whose designs range from traditional Zapotec and Mixtec fretwork and taps to reproductions by contemporary painters.
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Among the natural beauties of Oaxaca, one of the most extraordinary is the gigantic and unique juniper called "El Árbol del Tule", which has a height of 40 m., a diameter of 52.58 m., a weight of 509 tons, and approximately 2,000 years old. It is located in the town of Santa María El Tule, just 12 km from Oaxaca City, where there is also a small 18th century temple with baroque altarpieces.
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Tour to artisan towns of Oaxaca
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
$863.54
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!