CONTENTS--What you'll find in Viva Oaxaca
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Up-to-the-minute news about what's happening in and around Oaxaca

Why buy Viva Oaxaca?

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New sections in the current edition of Viva Oaxaca:

Best places for coffee, chocolate and pastries

Medical Matters including English-speaking doctors and dentists

Disappointments--places to avoid

Bookstores and the Bilingual Lending Library

Buying music

Laundry

Internet

Hair and nails

Feathered dancer entertains on the Alcalá
Dramatic feathered dancer entertains on the Alcalá

Visitors to Oaxaca, Mexico, can find attractions to please almost any taste. The city offers classy art galleries and museums, beautiful examples of regional crafts, hotels from exquisite 5-stars to inexpensive B&Bs, restaurants featuring Oaxaca's world-famous cuisine as well as international fare, Spanish classes, cooking classes, plus colonial buildings, the always-interesting zocalo, plus great weather and warm, friendly people. The state of Oaxaca offers intriguing destinations for independent sightseeing, guided tours, and eco-tours--archaeological sites, lively markets for food and crafts, tranquil mountain villages, maguey farms and mezcal distilleries, plus beautiful bays and beaches. Viva Oaxaca is a practical, portable, fact-filled insider's guide to Oaxaca's sights, sounds and pleasures.


 

Click underlined entries to see brief samples from the guidebook, Viva Oaxaca

 Introduction to Oaxaca

 Best times to come--calendar of events

What to see and do in Oaxaca

Out and about--nearby destinations

Where to stay

Where to eat--restaurants, coffee & pastries, street food

Oaxaca City Map

Entertainment

Arts and Crafts

Shopping and bargaining

Getting to Oaxaca

Getting around the city and the region

Take some Spanish classes!

Eco-tourism

Mezcal--Oaxaca's answer to tequila 

What you'll need in Oaxaca

A note about water

Medical matters

The dozen best things to do

Facts, figures and handy things to know

Manners

Market days

Helpful websites

Disappointments

A note about giving