Must-SeeOaxaca
About 86 miles away
Mexico's food capital, with mole and mezcal, a beautiful colonial center, and the Zapotec hilltop city of Monte Albán.
1 Sight
Puerto Escondido
Oaxaca's surf town, home of the Mexican Pipeline at Zicatela, with calm coves for swimming and glowing plankton in a nearby lagoon.
- Best Time to Go
- Nov–Apr
Our full guide to Puerto Escondido is being written. It's on the Southern Mexico list as Worth a Detour.
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Must-SeeMexico City
About 281 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.
1 Sight
Must-SeeTeotihuacan
State of Mexico
About 290 miles away
A vast ancient city an hour from Mexico City, with the Pyramid of the Sun on its Avenue of the Dead.
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