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Oaxaca Guidebook Viva Oaxaca An Insider's Guide to Oaxaca's Charms |
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Getting around the city and region The 12 best things to do in Oaxaca ----------------------- Website features SITE MAP FOR EASIER NAVIGATION Capulalpam named Oaxaca's first Pueblo Magico Gueleguetza tickets on sale now Semana Santa with striking new photos New culinary experience: STONE SOUP! Oaxaca news, analysis, and updates Commentary: It's time to come back to Oaxaca! Flash! A great new restaurant to check out! New: Preview handmade Oaxacan crafts online! Oaxaca's world-class international festival of organ and ancient music Click here for more information. Commentary: Who speaks for Oaxaca? Albuergue Infantil Josefino--a shelter for orphaned or abandoned children A great way to help Oaxacan children
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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. Thousands 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 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 promotions, ads, favors, kickbacks or inducements of any kind, so we're free to give you accurate, unbiased, and reliable recommendations. A note about money: your 401-K may be struggling, but your dollars will go a long way in Mexico. You can check current rates here. Enter USD for dollars and MXN for pesos. Our comments about recent travel advisories and negative news stories about Mexico Be sure to check out the Oaxaca updates and Oaxaca News section of this website. You'll find up-to-the minute reports about events in Oaxaca and a history of 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. The guidebook presents many options for getting to outlying destinations. If you want to make sure that your tour will come off without a hitch, we highly recommend the experienced, fluently bilingual guide Pablo Gonzalez Marsch (cellphone 044 951 134 7391, email marsch@prodigy.net.mx). 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. The guidebook is also for sale at the lovely Las Mariposas B&B, Pino Suarez 517, at Becari Language School, M. Bravo #210, and at Oaxaca Spanish Magic Language School, at Berriozabal #200. We strongly recommend ordering a 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? and on Readers' comments. ¡Que disfrute Oaxaca!--Enjoy Oaxaca! Important upcoming events Oaxaca's great dance festival--the Gueleguetza As soon as the Gueleguetza ends, Oaxaca hosts two weeks of classical music (July 27-August 8). World class musicians come to Oaxaca to give master classes, direct student concerts, and give concerts of their own. As soon as it's available, the schedule will be posted on Margie Barclay's very helpful Oaxaca calendar. SITE MAP FOR EASIER NAVIGATION Visitors since November 10, 2008
A sweet drink from a smiling Samaritana, Easter season, 2009
Panteon of Xoxocotlan, Muertos, 2008 |
Great new edition-- lower price plus free updates! The current edition of Viva Oaxaca is available now for purchase online and in Oaxaca.
This edition of Viva Oaxaca 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 and tutors, cooking and dance classes, massage and temazcal, health and medical matters, and as always, places to avoid. Unlike general purpose guidebooks, Viva Oaxaca is small and light enough to tuck in your pocket or purse. Bonus updates! When you buy Viva Oaxaca, we'll provide you with a link to our continuing updates about Oaxaca--brand new restaurant reviews, places to stay, activities, destinations and more. Most recent update 6/17/09. 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 Website Features sections. Or go directly to our sitemap for easier navigation. To order your copy of the current edition and get access to our ongoing updates, click here or on the picture above: If you have questions about Viva Oaxaca, or about Oaxaca itself, please email us at: sioaxaca@aol.com. Check out our Site Map for easier navigation around this website. 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 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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