Places to Explore

• Huatulco

  Development in the beautiful Bahías de Huatulco (Bays of Huatulco) continues to march forward. Four of the nine bays have been developed, but only Bahía Tangolunda, with its golf course and... (more)

• Mitla and the Textile Villages

  It gets far fewer visitors, but Mitla is, in many ways, as impressive as Monte Albán. Here you'll find splendid stonework that is referred to as greca because it resembles that of the ancient Greeks... (more)

• Monte Albán

  Southwest of Oaxaca City, a narrow, twisting road leads up to the mountaintop city of the "cloud people," Monte Albán. Seeing this massive ancient metropolis is a mystical experience, especially... (more)

• Oaxaca City

  With its magical concoction of sights, smells, and sounds both ancient and new, this mountain-ringed city of about 400,000 people, officially called Oaxaca de Juárez, embodies the bundle of contrasts... (more)

• Puerto Angel

  The state's leading seaport 100 years ago, Puerto Angel is today simply a tiny town on a small, somewhat buggy bay. The majority of the hotels are away from the beach, either tucked into a canyon or perched... (more)

• Puerto Escondido

  Puerto Escondido was the first beach resort on the carretera costera (coastal highway), and it remains the most popular. Playa Zicatela is famous for its waves, drawing surfers from around the world. A... (more)

• Zipolite

  Zipolite-lovers like to brag that this beach is what Puerto Escondido was 20 years ago, but that mantra doesn't even do justice to Zipolite's singular charm. No longer dismissed as just the home of a nudist... (more)