Oaxaca is one of the most beautiful states in Mexico, a place blessed with majestic destinations that receive daily praise from its guests. Discover the panoramic views of the city, enjoy its natural landscapes and get to know its colorful towns that host and share its ancient traditions with hospitality. Discover the main tourist routes and dare to explore everything that the state has for you.

Routes Map

Oaxacan greatness is not limited to the capital. The neighboring towns have archaeological zones, colonial and Porfirian buildings, community museums, handicrafts and natural beauties, etc., to such an extent that tourist routes have been formed to make it easier for visitors to explore this vast amount of attractions.

Valles Centrales is the geographical and cultural region of the center of the state of Oaxaca. It is a set of three river valleys located between the Mixteco Nudo, the Sierra Juárez and the Sierra Madre del Sur. These three valleys make up a kind of "Y", each of whose arms has a specific name: to the northwest is the Etla valley; to the east, the valley of Tlacolula; and to the south, the valley of Zimatlán-Ocotlán or Valle Grande. On some occasions, the region is called the Valley of Oaxaca, because the city of Oaxaca is located there. The Central Valleys were the geographical area where the Zapotec culture developed, whose main urban center was Monte Albán. After the abandonment of this city by the Zapotecs, a constellation of small city-states that had remained under the rule of the Zapotec metropolis had its time of flowering. Towards the end of the pre-Columbian history of Mesoamerica, Los Valles received the influence of the Mixtec culture and later fell under the rule of the Mexica. The Valley of Oaxaca has always been distinguished by its textile and pottery production, which although in past decades was common throughout the region, today it has become a specialized activity, typical of a few towns. The textile production that processed cotton and wool has currently been limited to this last fiber, with which blankets, shawls, girdles and blouses that are dyed with aniline and in some places traditionalist with substances are made natural, as in Teotitlán del Valle. Within the pottery, the Atzompa pottery is famous, which is glazed in green and the San Bartolo Coyotepec black clay pottery with its characteristic unglazed pieces, with a metallic sound, for whose firing old ovens are used. In addition, baskets, huaraches and mats woven with reed or palm are produced, among other crafts.


Monte Albán-Zachila Route

DISTANCES AND APPROXIMATED TIMES OF ROUTES FROM OAXACA CITY TO:

PLACE KM TIME
ATZOMPA
6 15 MIN
MONTE ALBÁN 10 20 MIN
ARRAZOLA 12 15 MIN

CUILAPAM DE GUERRERO

14 19 MIN
ZAACHILA
(Día de mercado: Jueves)
17 25 MIN


Tule-Mitla Route

DISTANCES AND APPROXIMATED TIMES OF ROUTES FROM OAXACA CITY TO:

PLACE KM TIME
SANTA MARÍA EL TULE 12 15 MIN
TLACOCHAHUAYA 23 40 MIN
TEOTITLÁN DEL VALLE 28 40 MIN
LAMBITYECO 27 35 MIN
TLACOLULA
(Día de mercado: Domingo)
30 45 MIN
SANTA ANA DEL VALLE    
YAGUL 36 50 MIN
MITLA 44 60 MIN
HIERVE EL AGUA 80 2 HRS


Ocotlán Route

DISTANCES AND APPROXIMATED TIMES OF ROUTES FROM OAXACA CITY TO:

PLACE KM TIME
SAN BARTOLO COYOTEPEC 12 15 MIN
SAN MARTÍN TILCAJETE 21 30 MIN
SANTO TOMÁS JALIEZA
25 35 MIN
OCOTLÁN DE MORELOS
(Día de mercado: Viernes)
33 40 MIN


Route of the Dominican

DISTANCES AND APPROXIMATED TIMES OF ROUTES FROM OAXACA CITY TO:

PLACE KM TIME
SAN JOSE EL MOGOTE 17 25 MIN
SAN AGUSTIN ETLA 21 35 MIN
VILLA DE ETLA
(Día de mercado: Miércoles)
15 23 MIN
YANHUITLAN 104 60 MIN
TEPOSCOLULA 149 2 HRS.
YOSOCUTA DAM   2:30 HRS.
TAMAZULAPAM   2:20 HRS.


Route Sierra Juárez

DISTANCES AND APPROXIMATED TIMES OF ROUTES FROM OAXACA CITY TO:

PLACE KM TIME
SAN ANDRES HUAYAPAM   20 MIN
GUELATAO 60 90 MIN
CALPULALPAM   95 MIN
IXTLAN DE JUAREZ 62 95 MIN