MICHELIN Guide selection16 rooms facing Santo Domingo
Otro Oaxaca
Oaxaca City, Mexico
from €350 / night
Where to stay in Oaxaca
A colonial city and its mezcal valleys, and a Pacific coast built by architects
MICHELIN Guide selectionA house dating back to 1529
Casa Antonieta
Oaxaca City, Mexico
from €170 / night
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Mexico's great food city, the mezcal villages of its valley and a surf town on the Pacific where architects have built some of their most talked-about hotels. Six small stays, and how to move between the mountains and the sea.
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Oaxaca: good to know
The city or the coast?
The city for food, markets, mezcal and architecture; the coast for the sea and some of Mexico's most original small hotels. Four nights in each is a good first trip.
How do you get from Oaxaca City to Puerto Escondido?
By a short regional flight, or by road over the Sierra Madre, which is best driven by day. Flying in to one and out of the other avoids doubling back.
Can you swim at Puerto Escondido?
Not at Zicatela, which is a surf beach with strong currents. Calmer coves such as Carrizalillo are a short taxi ride away.