This theater, constructed in 1903, is still a popular place for performances.

This museum, located in a building allegedly built by Hernán Cortés, includes a large collection of Zapotec Indian artifacts among other exhibits.

Monte Alban is the premier archaeological site near Oaxaca.It is a Zapotec site built and used over a thousand year period . It remained sacred even after it was abandoned.  One does not have to take...

The Zapotecs inhabited this ancient city after they were forced out of Monte Alban.

Like many museums in Oaxaca, this museum is open at night as well as the daytime. One can stroll around town to the Zocalo and then down Independencia and up to Morelos and visit this museum, as a...

This plaza, ringed with stores and an 18th-century cathedral, is the center of social activity in Oaxaca.

This museum has permanent exhibits of five well-known Oaxacan artists and also has a rotating collection of modern exhibits.

Visitors to this marketplace are advised to bargain with vendors to get low prices.

If you can't buy it here, you don't need it.  The Abastos is said to be the largest outdoor market in Mexico.  It is actually part inside and part outside -- 4 acres in total.  The market is open...

An ornate 17th-century cathedral.

This lavish cathedral sits on the town's zócalo.

A research facility and museum dedicated to the cochineal, which is used for dying things red.

This museum has its entrance just to the north of Sto Domingo churchs entrance. It is on the same plaza as the church and part of the same building, the attached old convent building. You might not...

Visitors to Vasquez's studio, located in a city where weaving is a popular occupation, can view the weaving process from start to finish.