THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Oaxaca

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Oaxaca

• Monte Albán — is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the Valley of Oaxaca, where the latter's nor
• Benito Juárez — Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872. A Zapotec, he was the first Indigenous president of Mexico and the first democratically elected Indigenous president in
• Hierve el Agua — Hierve el Agua is a set of petrified waterfalls and mineral pools formed by spring water over thousands of years. Visitors can swim in natural pools and walk along the cliff edges.
• Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca — Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca is inside Santo Domingo and displays Zapotec and Mixtec artifacts. Its collections include the Tomb 7 treasures from Monte Albán.
• Rufino Tamayo Museum — The Rufino Tamayo Museum houses a collection of pre-Hispanic art assembled by the famous Mexican painter. It is located in a restored colonial building.
• Tule Tree — The Tule Tree in Santa María del Tule is one of the widest trees in the world. It is a Montezuma cypress estimated to be over a thousand years old.