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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
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.
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Traveler pickup is offered
If your hotel is not on the list, please clearly write the place where you are staying, so that the operator can pick you up.
Your lodging must be within the city of Oaxaca.
San Martin Tilcajete, San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca, Mexico San 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. 120 minutes
71294 San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico 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. 60 minutes
Teotitlan del Valle, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico The 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. 60 minutes
El Tule, Sta Maria, Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico 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. 60 minutes
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Kim_P
19 Mar 2023
Enjoyed seeing the artisans at work too see the creative process. Javier was adaptable to our requests
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