Side Trips

Oaxaca has a plethora of side trips for vacationers to take part on. Many of the side trips are close to Oaxaca, which makes them fairly easy to access.

Oaxaca Side Trips by location

This list of Oaxaca side trips groups them together by distance and direction from Oaxaca.

Side Trips to the South of Oaxaca

San Bartolo Coyotepec -7 ½ miles south of Oaxaca on highway 175.
Ocotlán de Morelos – 20 miles south of Oaxaca on highway 175.

Side Trips east of Oaxaca

Santa María El Tule -Only 5 miles east of Oaxaca on highway 190
Teotitlán del Valle – 17 miles east of Oaxaca along highway 190
Yagul – 20 miles east Oaxaca
Mitla – 30 miles east of Oaxaca

Side Trips west of Oaxaca

Monte Albán – 5 miles west of Oaxaca
Arrazola – 8 miles from Oaxaca, Near Monte Albán
Atzompa – about 3 miles from Oaxaca, near Monte Alban

Oaxaca Side Trips by Activities

This list provides a summary of each side trip, as well as grouping it with other similar trips.

Goods, Trinkets, and Shopping

Many of these villages have specialty goods that they sell.

Arrazola – Wood carving village
Atzompa – Green glazed pottery
Ocotlán de Morelos – Massive Market
San Bartolo Coyotepec – Black Pottery

Oaxaca Cultural centers

Mitla – Modern Mitla is a set of ruins of an ancient Zapotec religious center.

Monte Albán – Monte Albán is a massive Zapotec cultural center with pyramids and temples.

Yagul – Zapotec ruins, similar to Monte Albán

Miscellaneous Side Trips

Santa María El Tule – Santa María El Tule is rumored in the region to be the “biggest tree in the world.”