Flavors of Mexico
Mexico City, Puebla, Oaxaca
Day 1.- Mexico City
Welcome at the airport and transfer to hotel.
Day 2 Mexico City
We´ll start our day visiting the Historical Centre, UNESCO World Heritage, for it´s beautiful buildings and colonial monuments.
Visit to San Juan Market where we´ll try Pre-Hispanic food and a Pre-Hispanic drink called Pulque, Drink of Gods.
Day 3. Mexico City / Puebla
The Spanish created one of the richest and most beautiful cities of Mexico, Puebla. It´s streets tell you stories and it´s churches whispered legends.
In our walk through the Historical Center we´ll taste a great variety of dishes and visit a chili mill to know about the traditional Mole Poblano.
Day 4. Cholula and Tonanzintla
We´ll go to the Holly city of Cholula, religious centre and the place where the Toltecas lived. Continuing to Santa Maria Tonanzintla, baroque church with an explosion of color, images and forms, clear example of the syncretism between the catholic religion and the indigenous culture.
Visit a Talavera factory, traditional handicraft of Puebla.
Day 5. Puebla / Oaxaca
Magical Oaxaca, everything combines in an adventure full of flavors and colors, landscapes and history; forgotten paradises and amazing beaches.
Fantastic alebrijes and the black clay pottery demonstrate the virtue of the craftsmen, while we fell in love with the taste of mole and mezcal
At lunch we´ll taste one of the seven moles of this place.
In the evening walking tour through the Historical Centre
Day 6. Oaxaca
We´ll departure to Monte Alban Archeological Site, the largest political, economic and cultural centre of this region. Continuing to Arrazola town, birthplace of the alebrijes, after we´ll go to Cuilapan de Guerrero Convent finishing in San Bartolo Coyotepec, birthplace of black clay pottery.
Day 7. Oaxaca cooking class
There is no better place than an Oaxacan market to seduce our senses, and here is where we start our day. Here we´ll buy the necessary ingredients for culinary experience.
Free evening
Day 8. Oaxaca – Mexico City
Return to Mexico City.
*Optional extension to Huatulco / Puerto Escondido beaches
Includes:
- 7 nights in 4* hotels, breakfast included
- 5 meals
- Transportation with A/C
- Guide
Not included:
- Tips
- Beverages
- Personal expenses
