We invite you to get the Oaxaca Mio Magazine at the hotel o restaurant you vist. This will help you to plan and organize your trip in the city of Oaxaca, Puerto Escondido and Huatulco bays.

The Oaxaca International Airport has connections to Houston, Tx, to Mexico City, Huatulco , and Puerto Escondido .

The following Airlines fly in and out of Oaxaca:

• Continental : 
• Mexicana : 
• Aeromexico

HOW TO GET THERE
The capital of the State is the City of Oaxaca, located in the Central Valleys approximately 325 miles southeast of Mexico City. There are three highways from Mexico City ­ the Panamerican (190), Highway 131 and the new Super Toll Highway (135D). Although the distance is about the same, the driving time via the first two is nearly double that of the Super Highway ­ average ten hours versus five on the toll road. The reason for the difference is that the first two take "natural" routes through the mountains while the toll road was blasted out where necessary to make a route with fewer curves which permits high speed driving.

HOW DO I GET FROM THE MEXICO CITY AIRPORT TO OAXACA BY BUS?

There are many bus services connecting the two cities ­ most of them via the Toll Road with a transit time of six hours. Prices start at around US$27 one way, up to about US$45 for the super luxury UNO Line.

By Bus line ADO has different classes of busses: You can also use the Ticket Bus service for buying tickets to and from Oaxaca: Tel: 01.800.702.8000.

By car: ROUTE: MEXICO CITY-PUEBLA-OAXACA

From Mexico City take toll road 150 to Puebla ; continue on the Autopista Puebla Cordoba150-0 (toll road), until you reach the intersection with the Superhighway Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca, and continue on this road until you reach Oaxaca City . This trip will take approximately 5 hours.

There is currently no train service.

Oaxaca has two places declared by UNESCO as belonging to the Cultural Heritage of Mankind: the archaeological site of Monte Albán and the Centro Historico of Oaxaca City. These prehispanic and colonial riches are without compare in Mesoamerica.

The Zapotecs believed that an unknowable and all-powerful supreme force with neither beginning nor end governed the world. They believed that man and nature together formed the maximum divinity, an inseparable unit whose relationship should be of mutual respect, balance, and appreciation. A solar calendar of 365 days marked the passing of the years and of the seasons, while another, a ritual calendar of 260 days, ciphered the secrets of life and the periods in which the world was destroyed and renewed, as if shaken by a purifying cosmic fire.

The decline of the Zapotec culture was followed by the booming of the Mixtecs, who in their turn, were displaced by pressure from the Aztecs, without any culture dying out. These people erected ceremonial centers, citadels, and burial sites. The most easily visited archaeological sites in the Central Valleys are Mount Albán, Mitla, Yagul, Lambityeco, Dainzú, and Zaachila.

Oaxaca is rich in traditions and customs and has the largest ethnic population found in the Republic of Mexico. Oaxaca is customarily divided into seven regions: La Cañada, La Costa, La Sierra (sub-divided into the Sierra Norte and the Sierra Sur), La Mixteca, El Papaloapan, El Istmo, and Los Valles Centrales. Located in this last region is the capital of the state, Ciudad Oaxaca de Juárez (Oaxaca City).

There are three principal beach/resort areas on the Pacific Coast ­ Surfer's paradise of Puerto Escondido, Puerto Angel with its famous/infamous Zipolite Beach, and the new "planned" resort of Bahias de Huatulco. There are airports at Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, about 120 kilometers apart, with Puerto Angel slightly above the halfway point along the coastal highway (Fed. 200). There is bus service from Mexico City via Acapulco (a long ride of some 12 or more hours at a cost of or from the city of Oaxaca in tourist, first or second class buses( 6-10 hours depending on route and destination at a cost of , as well as air taxi service (20-30 minutes at a cost of around US$125 one way).

Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The port of Salina Cruz and the cities of Tehuantepec and Juchitan are accessible by bus from the city of Oaxaca (4-5 hours at aprox)