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Its centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of green-stone churches, painted houses and pedestrian streets.\r\n\r\nMost people come for the food: mole in seven colours, tlayudas, chocolate, chapulines (grasshoppers) and mezcal. The markets are the place to start, and cooking classes are popular.\r\n\r\nThe city is busiest in July for the Guelaguetza dance festival and around the Day of the Dead, when the cemeteries fill with candles and marigolds. 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Eat your way through the Benito Ju\u00e1rez and 20 de Noviembre markets.\r\n\r\nTake a cooking class, and a mezcal tour to the palenques (distilleries) around Santiago Matatl\u00e1n. Climb up to Monte Alb\u00e1n, the Zapotec capital on a flattened mountaintop.\r\n\r\nDrive the Tlacolula valley for the giant Tule tree, the Mitla ruins, the Sunday market at Tlacolula and the weaving village of Teotitl\u00e1n del Valle.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Monte Alb\u00e1n | Zapotec ruins\r\nMarkets | Benito Ju\u00e1rez and 20 de Noviembre\r\nMezcal tours | Village palenques\r\nCooking class | Mole and more","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Oaxaca","hw_hub_city_free_title":"And what it costs nothing to do","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Walking the Centro, the Z\u00f3calo and the pedestrian Alcal\u00e1 is free, and so is looking inside Santo Domingo church. The markets cost nothing to wander.\r\n\r\nThe Jalatlaco neighbourhood has street art, and the Cerro del Fort\u00edn viewpoint looks over the city.\r\n\r\nFree walking tours run most days; tip the guide.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The Centro | Free\r\nSanto Domingo church | Free\r\nMarkets | Free to wander\r\nCerro del Fort\u00edn | Views","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Oaxaca","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking","hw_hub_city_food_body":"In the 20 de Noviembre market, pick meat in the smoky grill aisle and eat it with tortillas and salsas for about \u20ac5 to \u20ac8. Tlayudas, large crisp tortillas, cost \u20ac3 to \u20ac6, and mole with chicken \u20ac5 to \u20ac10.\r\n\r\nTry tejate, a cold maize and cacao drink, hot chocolate, and chapulines.\r\n\r\nMezcal is everywhere; sip it slowly with orange and worm salt. 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Some sites, such as Hierve el Agua, close at times because of local disputes, so check before you go.\r\n\r\nDo not drink the tap water; use bottled or filtered water, which most hostels provide. 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