Oaxaca City – Tours and walking around.
Oaxaca Overview || City Tour Part 1 || City Tour Part 2 || Murals || Oaxaca Bike Part 1 || Oaxaca Bike Part 2
We rented bikes at Continental Istmo and rode to the Tule Tree and to a resevoir. There are bike paths, but the drivers don’t necessarily see you. The Tule tree is 1200-3000 year old Cypress tree with a trunk diameter of 42m. It is a sacred tree of the Zapotec.
We then saw Hierve el Agua and a Mescal Distillery with Oaxaca By Locals. Heirve el Agua is a natural travertine rock formation looking like a water cascade. Created by fresh water springs that leave a calcium carbonate ‘water’ fall when the water evaporates. You can also swim in a warm mineral pool. At the site are alot of food venders for lunch. We then went to a Mescal Distillary to learn about how Mescal is made.
When our friends arrived we visited the Jardin Etnobotanico de Oaxaca which you can only see through a 11:00 free tour.
While we were there we also had the opportunity to see Lucha Libre TWICE! Pretty entertaining. Check this Facebook page for the next show!
A Trip to Oaxaca is not complete without a walk through Mercado 20 De Noviembre, Mercado Benito Juarez to see food and stuff!
Guide to the Tule Tree
Tule Tree
Branches of the Tule Tree
Bike path
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Dinner at Casa Oaxaca
Beer stop at Oaxaca Brewery
Oaxaca by Locals store front. Great place to chill and have a coffee too.
Hierve El Agua
Map
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Pool for a dip
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Mezcal Tour
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Jardin Etnobotanica
Maise bed
Pipe Cacti
Lucha Libre!
Lucha Libre
Mercado 20 De Noviembre
Mercado Benito Juarez
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Excelent lunch at Los Danzantes
This guy was a great waiter. Chicken Breast with 5 different Moles!
Cemetary in Xochimilco. Very busy.
Many small Restaurants serve breakfast. All are good and cheap.
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