Day of the Dead tours with the ICC

 

Zaachila
Date: October 27
Time: 10am-2pm
Price: US$40 per person

Field trip to the Market of the Dead in Zapotec town, Zaachila. Includes a visit to the famous ruins of Cuila’pan and a 16th century open chapel. The tour is given by an English-speaking guide and lunch is provided.

Market of the Dead
Ocotlan de Morelos
Date: October 28
Time: 9am-3pm
Price: US$40 per person

Visit one of the best indigenous markets in Oaxaca, as well as the neighboring towns of Coyotepec (black pottery), San Martin Tilcajete (wood-carved animals) and Santo Tomas Jamietza (black strap weavers). Lunch with your English-speaking Oaxacan guide, will be provided in the beautiful colonial house of famous painter Rodlofo Morales.

 

Mitla (the City of the Dead)
Date: October 30
Time: 9am-3pm
Price: US$40 per person

Visit the indigenous market of Tlacolula and the maginifcent tapestries of the famous weavers of Teotitlan del Valle. Lunch will be provided in the home of a well-renowned Zapotec weaver. We will also visit a mezcal factory and the famed ancient Tule tree.

Oaxaca (the City of the Dead)
Date: October 30
Time: 9am-2pm
Price: US$20 per person

Tour Oaxaca’s local market of the dead and build an altar in the beautiful colonial patio of the ICC and the Oaxaca Times. Join us in the fun!

Cemetery of Teotitlan del Valle
Date: October 31
Time: 3pm-8pm
Price: US$40 per person

Tour the cemetery of Teotitlan del Valle and visit the tombs of the "Little angels" and the famous candle maker Sofia Ruiz Lorenzo. You will share this ancient tradition with a local Zapotec family before having chocolate, bread of the dead, mezcal and tamalitos in the house of one of the best Zapotec weavers in town.


Walking tour of Oaxaca’s cemetery
Date: November 1
Time: 5pm-8pm
Price: US$20 per person

Join an English-speaking guide for this walking tour of Oaxaca’s local cemetery, where elaborate Day of the Dead altars are constructed from all seven regions of the state of Oaxaca.

Cemetery of San Felipe del Agua
Date: November 2
Time: 6pm-11pm
Price: US$40 per person

Visit the cemetery of San Felipe del Agua and enjoy a typical Day of the Dead dinner in the magnificent ICC colonial building in downtown Oaxaca.

The cost of each tour includes an English-speaking guide, lunch/dinner and transportation. If you are interested in combining several excursion, discounts are available. For tickets, reservations and further information, call 516 3443 or email info@oaxacatimes.com

All tours depart from the ICC and Oaxaca Times offices at M. Alcalá #307 in Oaxaca’s historic center.