A colonial-and-Indigenous food capital, with the Zapotec ruins of Monte Albán on a hill above the valley.
Oaxaca is, for many, Mexico’s culinary heart — mole, mezcal, and markets — wrapped in a walkable colonial city with a deep Zapotec and Mixtec heritage.
Above the valley sits Monte Albán, a mountaintop Zapotec capital with sweeping views and 2,500 years of history.
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