Ready to explore Mexico like never before? Head to Oaxaca and book a tour with Zapotec Travel, one of Nat Geo's top picks.

Learn about the abandoned Zapotec city of Guiengola in Oaxaca, Mexico, featuring a society based on communal work that would ...

What's on in Oaxaca in February? A nudist festival, oceanside raving, mole and pet axolotls, amongst other things.

LiDAR was the key technology that enabled Ramón Celis to uncover the full scale of Guiengola. Unlike traditional ...

A recently published study has unveiled the true nature of Guiengola, a sprawling Zapotec enclave in the southern part of ...

While many of these recommendations are focused on the capital city Oaxaca, officially known as Oaxaca de Juárez, a handful are located throughout the state. We used our own personal experience ...

But it is the graphic art scene that stands out in this charming Mexican city. Muralism is a historic movement in Mexico. In Oaxaca, it finds contemporary expression in the form of street art.

"It's like a city frozen in time," said archaeologist Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of Canada's McGill University.

The best way to get around Oaxaca is on foot, especially if you're sticking to the tourist areas in downtown Oaxaca. To travel farther afield, buses or taxis are fairly affordable ways of getting ...

Hierve el Agua – Spanish for "the water boils" – are natural mineral springs located on a clifftop, about a 90-minute drive from Oaxaca City. Along with swimming in the warm springs ...