Top Reasons to Go to Oaxaca

Sampling a little bit of everything: The state is a best-of-Mexico sampler: ruins, colonial cities, beaches, crafts, and gorgeous scenery.

Dining on some of the most delicious food the country has to offer: Oaxaca City's restaurants serve up the tastiest food you'll find in Mexico, hands down. Think cheese, mole, empanadas, tamales, soups, and rich hot chocolates.

Craft-shopping at the source: The villages around Oaxaca City actually produce many of the crafts you see in markets all over Mexico.

Experiencing Mexico's last coastal frontier: The Oaxaca Coast is the most unexplored and undeveloped of Mexico's shorelines.

Visiting a striking mountaintop city: Monte Albán, built by the Zapotecs, is one of the country's most important ruins.