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Oaxaca Guidebook Viva Oaxaca An Insider's Guide to Oaxaca's Charms |
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Contents Getting around the city and region The 12 best things to do in Oaxaca ----------------------- Si-Oaxaca.com Oaxaca at your fingetips: Capulalpam named Oaxaca's first Pueblo Magico Day of the Dead 2007 Semana Santa with striking new photos New culinary experience: STONE SOUP! A great way to help Oaxacan children Oaxaca news, analysis, and updates Commentary: It's time to come back to Oaxaca! Flash! A great new restaurant to check out! Commentary: Who speaks for Oaxaca? |
 Santo Domingo Church photo by Elissa Rubinstein Viva Oaxaca is the guidebook we wish had been available before our first trip to Oaxaca. We've tried to include just about everything useful that we've learned during our many stays there. Hundreds of visitors to Oaxaca have used Viva Oaxaca to make the most of their time in this beautiful, colorful colonial city. Now you can too. We want to provide visitors to Oaxaca with the most useful, insightful and up-to-date information about the city of Oaxaca and the many attractions that surround it. Click on Contents or the picture above to see what you'll find in our handy guidebook, Viva Oaxaca. As you check out the sections of this website, please remember that they are just small samples of what you'll find in the full guidebook to Oaxaca, Viva Oaxaca. Viva Oaxaca is the perfect guidebook for first-time visitors, and offers a great deal of detailed information for repeat visitors too. We've personally checked out Oaxaca's best and most interesting restaurants, hotels, B&Bs, shops and other attractions to save you time and effort. Our reviews and recommendations are based on our own firsthand and independent experience and evaluations. Unlike most guidebooks, we don't accept any promotions, ads, favors or inducements, so we're free to give you accurate, unbiased, and reliable recommendations. New feature: Be sure to check out the OAXACA NEWS section of this website. You'll find up-to-the minute reports about events in Oaxaca including the protests of 2006 and Oaxaca's recovery. Then click here for destinations and events including Day of the Dead, the Night of the Radishes, Christmas Eve, Semana Santa, what's happening in and around Oaxaca right now, and what events are coming up. You'll also find descriptions and pictures of destinations such as Hierve el Agua, mountain villages, Tlacochahuaya, Huatulco, and a mezcal distillery. Viva Oaxaca is available at Amate Books, Alcalá 307 #2, in the heart of Oaxaca. Amate is by far the best source for books about Mexico in English in Oaxaca (and, according to a widely read, widely traveled, and expert friend, one of the best in Mexico). It's a great place to deepen your understanding of Oaxaca and Mexico. New: You can now browse Amate's shelves at www.amatebooks.com. You can also find Viva Oaxaca at friendly Librería Universitaria, at Guerrero 104, just a half block east of the zócalo. The guidebook is also for sale at the lovely Las Mariposas B&B, Pino Suarez 517, at Becari Language School, M. Bravo #210, at Oaxaca Spanish Magic Language School, at Berriozabal #200, and at Maria Bonita Restaurant, at Alcala # 706B. We strongly recommend getting your copy of Viva Oaxaca before your trip. It will help you figure out the best times to come and the best places to stay, and to line up activities such as guided trips, cooking classes or language classes in advance. If you're in doubt, please click on "Why buy Viva Oaxaca?" ¡Que disfrute Oaxaca!--Enjoy Oaxaca!
Colossal sand painting of Frida Kahlo at Oaxaca's Government Palace museum
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The 2008-2009 edition is available now! The brand new 2008-2009 edition of Viva Oaxaca is available now for purchase online and in Oaxaca. Viva Oaxaca 2008-2009 is bigger--with 18 more pages of information and photos--and better than ever, with many new restaurant reviews, new and carefully selected hotels and B&Bs, more fun and fascinating things to see and do plus a city map, where to get the best coffee, chocolate, pastries and mezcal, where to find safe and savory street food, Spanish classes, cooking classes and dance classes, massage and temazcal, health and medical matters, and as always, places to avoid. See what other travelers say about Viva Oaxaca. You can read more about Viva Oaxaca in the Book Contents section on this page, and more about Oaxaca in the Oaxaca at your fingertips section. Or, to order your copy of the 2008-2009 edition, click here or on the picture below:
If you have questions about Viva Oaxaca, or about Oaxaca, please email us at: sioaxaca@aol.com. Viva Oaxaca gives first-time and returning visitors to Oaxaca a wealth of useful information, including the best things to see, great places to stay, wonderful places to eat, and detailed information on how to get around the city and its surroundings. It's an invaluable guide to the city and nearby attractions. ---------------------------------- More Website Features! Great new calendar of Oaxaca events, maintained by Margie Barclay Upgrade (March 31, 2007): After several good recent meals there, we've removed La Olla restaurant, at Reforma #402, from Viva Oaxaca's "Disappointments" list. Oaxaca Children's Fund Donations Oaxaca Children's Fund Recurring Donations New: To help Oaxacan artisans during a time of need, we're now featuring selected Oaxacan crafts and craftspeople. Click here for details. |
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