The city of Oaxaca (Oaxaca de Juárez) is located in the southern part of Mexico, in the mountains of the Sierra Madre del Sur, and is the capital of the province of the same name. Oaxaca was founded by Spanish settlers in 1532 during colonial conquest. Then Oaxaca was called Antequera. The city received its present name only in 1832, and since 1872 it officially became known as Oaxaca de Juárez after the national hero of Mexico Benito Juárez, who was born nearby.

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How to get to Oaxaca

In Oaxaca, there are two main bus terminals: Terminal de Autobuses de Primera Clase, where luxury companies UNO and ADO GL are based, first-class companies ADO, OCC and second-class Cuenca. The second terminal, Terminal de Autobuses de Segunda Clase, is based on second-class companies: Fletes y Pasajes and Estrella del Valle / Oaxaca Pacífico, which carry out long-distance routes. There is also a third terminal, Sur Bus Station, where Sur and AU companies are based.

Tickets are sold at the box offices located in the city center:

• on the street Calle 20 de Noviembre 103 (schedule: Mon.-Sat from 10:00 to 22:00, entirely from 8:00 to 16:00);
• on Valdivieso 2 (schedule: Mon.-Sat from 10:00 to 22:00, entirely from 8:00 to 21:00).

Buses leaving Terminal de Autobuses de Primera Clase to the coast of Oaxaca, follow a long route through the city of Salina Cruz. There are also faster ways to get to the coastal cities of Puerto Escondido (the fare 30 pesos, the journey time is 6 hours, the prices are indicated in June 2011) and Poshutla - by minibuses on the highway No. 131 and No. 175, respectively. Express Service organizes a bus service to Puerto Escondido 9 times a day from 5:00 to 21:00, Tran¬sportes Villa del Mar - 6 times a day from 6:30 to 17:00.

On auto

Highway No. 135D branches off the motorway No. 150D connecting Mexico City and Veracruz. The road runs from the northern part of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains to the city of Oaxaca. The road tax will cost 326 pesos, and the journey will take about 5-6 hours. For unknown reasons, some sections of road number 135D are numbered 131D. An alternative and free road is highway No. 191, which leads through Huahuapan de Leon, but the journey takes a couple of hours longer. Prices are shown in June 2011

The cost of renting a car varies from 500 pesos per day with unlimited kilometers. You can rent a car at the following points:

• Alamo. Located at the airport. Work schedule: Mon.-Sat. from 8:00 to 20:00; Sun. from 8:00 to 19:00.
• Center. Located on de Mayo 203. Working hours: Mon.-Sat. from 8:00 to 20:00; Sun. from 8:00 to 19:00.
• Es rent a car. Located at de Mayo 315.
• Hertz. Located at the airport. Working hours: from 7:00 to 19:00.

By plane

At Oaxaca Airport, regular direct flights from Mexico City (travel time 1 hour) are made at least 5 times a day to / to Mexicana, twice a day to / to Click Mexicana and Aeroméxico Connect, and daily to / from Aviacsa.

Continental flights are operated 4 times a week from Houston and Texas. Click Mexicana has flights to Tuxtla Gutierrez and Merida. A / c Avolar flies to Cuernavaca and Tijuana, and / to Alma de México - to Guadalajara and Tuxtla Gutierrez.

On small airplanes, accommodating from 7 to 13 passengers, you can make a dizzying half-hour flight over the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, located on the coast of Oaxaca. The fare in Huatulco will be about 1,300 pesos one way, and the ticket to Puerto Escondido will cost 1,000 pesos per Aerovega and 1,200 pesos per Aerotucán (prices are in June 2011). ±​​$ br >

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Climate of Oaxaca

Transport

The fare on city buses is 3, 50 pesos. From the Terminal de Autobuses de Primera Clase to the streets Juárez and Melchor Ocampo, located 3 blocks east of the main square of the city, Zócalo, the Juárez buses depart. Buses Tinoco y Palacios or JP García follow to Tinoco y Palacios, 2 blocks west of Zócalo.

Buses running between the Terminal de Autobuses de Segunda Clase bus terminal and the city center follow the congested streets - and travel to them as quickly as you get to the center on foot.

Taxi for a trip around the city will cost 35-40 pesos.

Kitchen

The traditional dish of Oahak cuisine is Xóchitl, a soup made from squash, patisson flowers and corn. The dish can be sampled at the restaurant María Bonita, located at Alcalá 706B north of the city center.

To taste the delicious Mexican cuisine, you should go to the restaurant Los Danzantes. They specialize in duck dishes, and they also have their own brand mezcal (mezcal), a traditional Mexican drink made from fermented agave juice.

In the restaurant Casa Oaxaca, we prepare excellent tacos from duck with mole sauce and venison tamales. The restaurant is located in the city center on the Constitución 104A. A small restaurant La Olla specializes in Oaxaca delicacies - from tacos from cactus (cactus tacos) to shrimps, cooked in spicy sauce (camarones a la diabla). The restaurant is located on Reforma 402.

Entertainment, Excursions and Attractions Oaxaca

The city of interest is the church Ex Convento de Santo Domingo, built between 1570 and 1608, previously served as a Dominican monastery. As in other seismically dangerous regions, the church of Santo Domingo is surrounded by thick stone walls.

Not far from the church is the Museum of History and Culture Museo Regional de Oaxaca with collections covering the civilizations of Zapotec, Mishtek and Olmec, as well as the colonial and revolutionary periods of history. One of the impressive collections is the collection of jewelry discovered during excavations in Monte Alban in tomb No. 7 in the 1930s.

In Oaxaca you can visit the house-museum of the national hero of Mexico Benito Juárez - Casa de Benito Juarez .Benito was born in the modest village of Sapoteca Guelatao, located 60 km northeast of Oaxaca .Parents died when the child was 3 years old, and at the age of 12 Benito found a job in the house bookbinder Antonio Salanueva in Oaxaca .Master saw in the boy a great potential and helped to get an education .In the house of Salanueva, the bookbinder workshop and several memorabilia of Benito .The museum is open to visitors from Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00, from Saturday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 .Admission is 35 pesos, on Sundays admission is free (prices are in June 2011 .) .

The Rufino Tamayo Museum of Art with a collection of pre-Hispanic items was donated to the city of Oaxaca by its most famous artists Rufino Tamayo. The schedule of the museum: Mon.-Wed, Sat. from 10:00 to 19:00, a break from 14:00 to 16:00; Sun. from 10:00 to 15:00.

Surroundings of Oaxaca

One of the main attractions of Oaxaca is the archaeological complex of Monte Alban, located 9 km from the city and called by UNESCO a World Heritage site. Monte Alban is located on a low mountain range in the Oaxaca Valley and is a pre-Columbian settlement. Monte Alban was founded in 500 BC. e. Native American peoples Zapotecs and was the first city of Mesoamerica.

The second most important archaeological complex of the Oaxaca region is the settlement of Mitla (Mitla), located 40 km from the city of Oaxaca .Unlike Monte Alban, towering on top of the mountain, the town of Mitla was built in the valley valley .Archaeological excavations of Mitla can be conditionally divided into two parts: the northern one, where the San Pablo church is located, built by the Spaniards at 16 в ., and the southern, the main construction of which is the palace, often referred to as the column hall .The perimeter of the palace is 37 by 6, 4 meters and is surrounded by 6 columns of volcanic stone .Earlier these columns supported the roof .Not far from the palace are the tombs where the high priests and rulers of Zapotec's civilization were buried .

At 9 km from Oaxaca in the town of Santa Maria del Tule (Santa María del Tule) grows the tree El Árbol del Tule with the thickest trunk in the world. In 2011, the tree was included in the preliminary list of World Heritage properties. Photos Oaxaca (6)