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About 227 miles away
One of the world's great cities, built on Aztec ruins, with Frida Kahlo's house, a stunning anthropology museum, and tacos everywhere.
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Hierve el Agua
Mineral cliffs like frozen waterfalls, with natural pools on a ledge above the valley, east of Oaxaca.
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- A day
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Mineral cliffs like frozen waterfalls, with natural pools on a ledge above the valley, east of Oaxaca.
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