Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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You'll live an authentic and ancestral elaboration process of different Zapotec handicrafts done by incredible women. We'll visit 5 different places and women led families outside Oaxaca City where in each of them you will hear their story and about the origins of different oaxacan handcrafts. How they're made and even participate in the process!
We will visit Teotitlán del Valle where you will learn the weaving process of a wool rug using natural dyes and the women´s role throughout the process. We'll also see the elaboration of the bee's wax candles and how they're kept alive in their native traditions. Later we'll stop for lunch in the Tlacolula Market. Then we'll visit San Marcos Tlapaz...
Highlights
7 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
7 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch
Full-Day Zapotec Women in Oaxaca
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Teotitlan del Valle
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You'll live an authentic and ancestral elaboration process of different Zapotec handicrafts done by incredible women. We'll visit 5 different places and women led families outside Oaxaca City where in each of them you will hear their story and about the origins of different oaxacan handcrafts. How they're made and even participate in the process!
We will visit Teotitlán del Valle where you will learn the weaving process of a wool rug using natural dyes and the women´s role throughout the process. We'll also see the elaboration of the bee's wax candles and how they're kept alive in their native traditions. Later we'll stop for lunch in the Tlacolula Market. Then we'll visit San Marcos Tlapaz...
Highlights
7 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
7 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch
Itinerary
1
Teotitlan del Valle
Learn of the natural dying and weaving process from different native families around the valley as well as about the bee’s wax candles. You will see the natural and organic ingredients they use to obtain a big variety of colors and as well as the fibers they use to make their incredible designs in rugs. And the story of why the shell candles are still a part of the identity of the Zapotec heritage in this little town.
2 hours
2
San Marcos Tlapazola
We’ll visit the female cooperative of Las Mujeres del Barro rojo who narrate their story and show us the process of elaboration of the red clay using simple local ingredients.
1 hour and 15 minutes
3
Mercado Tlacolula
The lunch part of our tour is in this little local market where we can find a variety of their local goods as well as a delitious barbacoa, tlayudas, memelas, and more!
