Oaxaca Trip Overview
We will visit the Zapotec town of Santiago Matatlán, known as the world capital of mezcal. We will visit a mezcal palenque, where you will learn about the process of making this mystical drink. And as through the generations the process of making Mezcal has been preserved.
The palenque is decorated with murals of urban art, phrases and colors of the evil of love. Our visit includes a Mezcal tasting. We will visit an agave field, where you can take the best photos.
In our second stop, we will visit the agave fields aboard a barrel, enjoy the music and make a stop to learn about the process of making Pulque.
Mitla is an obligatory stop, a city that achieved the evolution of Zapotec architecture. Its name means “place of the dead”. Mitla, is now one of the 6 magical towns of Oaxaca.
We will make a stop to taste Oaxacan food (not included)
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Oaxaca, Mexico
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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We will visit the Zapotec town of Santiago Matatlán, known as the world capital of mezcal. We will visit a mezcal palenque, where you will learn about the process of making this mystical drink. And as through the generations the process of making Mezcal has been preserved.
The palenque is decorated with murals of urban art, phrases and colors of the evil of love. Our visit includes a Mezcal tasting. We will visit an agave field, where you can take the best photos.
In our second stop, we will visit the agave fields aboard a barrel, enjoy the music and make a stop to learn about the process of making Pulque.
Mitla is an obligatory stop, a city that achieved the evolution of Zapotec architecture. Its name means “place of the dead”. Mitla, is now one of the 6 magical towns of Oaxaca.
We will make a stop to taste Oaxacan food (not included)
Itinerary
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Stop At: 70440 Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
45 kilometers east of the city of Oaxaca is located a small town called Matatlán that, due to the number of palenques, has been named “world capital of mezcal.”
Santiago Matatlán is a name derived from the Nahuatl words; Matlatl, which means network and Tlan which means place, so Matlatlan means “place near networks.” The population depends economically on the production of mezcal and the cultivation process of the maguey mezcalero (Agave potatorium). This is where most of this liquor is made and in the short journey you can see fields and fields of agaves that grow for that purpose. In the town it is possible to visit family stills to see ancient techniques to make this traditional liquor where you can observe the production process, from the cooking of the maguey “pineapples” to their grinding, fermentation and distillation.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Fábrica de Mezcal Artesanal El Rey de Matatlán, Carretera Internacional Cristobal Colon Km 26.5 70461, San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oax., Mexico
Our mezcal has been handcrafted since 1980. In the house of Mezcal El Rey de Matatlán, we continue with the tradition of producing Artisanal Mezcales, just as our grandparents did.
We make Organic Mezcales, such as Tepextate agave, Agave Tobala, Maguey Cuish, Arroqueño agave, maguey coyote as well as Madrequixe. We produce the very famous Mezcal de Pechuga. They are Mezcales of limited Production.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Camino Nacional, Los Presidentes, Zona Arqueologica de Mitla, San Pablo Villa de Mitla 70430 Mexico
San Pablo Villa de Mitla is a town and municipal seat in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, famous for being the site of the archaeological ruins of Mitla. It is located 46 km from the city of Oaxaca.
Main ceremonial center after Monte Albán, the word Mitla or Mictlán is of Nahuatl origin and means “Place of the Dead” or “Underworld” in Zapotec. It is called “Lyobaa” which means “Burial place”, which already remained in Mexica in Mitlan, “place of the dead” and already Spanishized only Mitla.
The archaeological complex and the current town are Zapotec, Mitla was inhabited from the classical period (100 to 650 AD) reaching its maximum growth and apogee in the post-classical period (750 to 1521 AD).
Duration: 2 minutes
