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Tour Monte Albán

Name: Tour Monte Albán
Brand: Oaxaca Dreams
Price: 30 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (73 reviews)

By Oaxaca Dreams

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Ages 0-90, max of 20 per group

Duration: 9h

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English, Spanish

Air-conditioned vehicle
Entry/Admission - Zona Arqueológica de Monte Albán
Entry/Admission - Ex Convento de Cuilapam de Guerrero

What's not included

Lunch
Tips
Entry/Admission - San Antonio Arrazola

Departure details

Traveler pickup is offered.
The passenger should be ready at the lobby 10 min before pick up time.
Vicente Guerrero 105, OAX_RE_BENITO JUAREZ, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico A few steps from the zocalo, almost in front of Elektra. A plaza with black wood doors.
Hotel pickup is offered. View the hotel list on our checkout page to see if yours is included among the pickup points.

Return details

Returns to original departure point

Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infant seats available

If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 158563P3

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
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
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

What you can expect during your visit

Regular temperature checks for staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Temperature checks for tour participants upon arrival
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Contactless payment for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Face masks provided for travelers

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Itinerary

You'll start at
Vicente Guerrero 105
Or, you can also get picked up
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1
Zona Arqueologica de Monte Alban
Stop: 2 hours - Admission included
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2
San Antonio Arrazola
Stop: 45 minutes - Admission excluded
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3
Casa Frida de mi corazón
Stop: 60 minutes
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4
Ayuntamiento San Bartolo Coyotepec
Stop: 60 minutes
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5
Chocolates La Soledad
Stop: 20 minutes
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You'll return to the starting point

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By: Oaxaca Dreams

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Fanta_Se1

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Immersive day exploring beyond the city - highly recommend!

Excellent day spent touring Agua el Hierve, the Tule tree, Mitla, regional weaving, panderia and chocolate shops an…

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Private tour of hierve el agua

Our driver. Luis, was wonderful. He spoke excellent English and told us many fascinating things about the region.

Spudmire

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Perfect Oaxacan Day Out

What an incredible day out. We spent the day travelling around Oaxaca and seeing six incredible sites. All were var…

cptnfntsy9

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A solid day trip around the central valley of Oaxaca.

There's much to learn about Oaxaca, her history and customs; and this tour is a really wonderful introduction. Our …

Stefan852

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Great day out with Eloy and Oaxaca Dreams

We had an awesome day out visiting Monte Alban and local craft workshops with Oaxaca Dreams. Our tour guide Eloy wa…

Hannehougaard

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Monte Alban with guide

We had a great experience at Monte Alban with Eloy Cruz as our guide. He speaks both spanish and english, fantastic…

AgnasWestinghouse

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Super fun!

This was well worth every penny. It’s a long day of sightseeing and our guide Luis was great. I was amazed by how m…

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Last Minute Trip Cancellation - AVOID!!!

Do not book with this tour group. They will charge you then cancel 12 hours before a trip if they don’t think they …

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Highly Recommend

Good itinerary, knowledgeable guides, and a good price! I took 3 different Oaxaca Dream day trips and all exceeded…

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More Like a Oaxacan Nightmare

Beware! They are very misleading and will make false promises! I booked both a 10/31 cemetery tour and a comparsa …

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Oaxaca Trip

Highly recommended, very professional, friendly and punctual. We took the Monte Alban and the Hierve el Agua tours,…

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Muchos gracias for an amazing tour, Adir!

We were fortunate enough to experience a full day tour with Adir that covered Hierve el Agua, a hand loomed textile…

michele22_10

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Great tour

The tour guide did a great job of explaining all the sites in detail. He explained in English and Spanish. I wish w…

MelissaN1046

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My mom and I had a great time!

My mom and I like to travel together. We've been traveling for over 10 years. This was our first time in Oaxaca and…

Raebeee

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opportunity to visit the unique location of Hierve el Agua and several other sites with a knowledgeable guide and drive

Great opportunity to visit the unique location of Hierve el Agua and several other sites with a knowledgeable guide…

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Jerry S

2 contributions

Great experience - Thank you Eloy

Booked the tour through a nice local lady that sold tours on the main square in Oaxaca. Super easy and friendly welcoming when we followed her a few steps from the zocalo to the sales office. Next day, we got picked up right in front of our Airbnb by Oscar, the shuttle driver and Eloy our fantastic guide. All day, we were in good hands visiting 4 different activities: 1. Monte Alban (prestigious ruines of the Zapotecan people), 2. The craftshop where locals are creating the famous Alebrijes in Arrazola - magical place with plenty of colours where we found the animal that represent us the best. 3. The manufacturing site in San Bartolo Coyotepec of the black clay (barro negro) where famous Doña Rosa invented the procedure for these beautiful decorative pottery. 4. Back in the center of Oaxaca, we had the pleasure to observe the making of the famous Oaxacan chocolate - trials included 🫠
The tour took from around 10 in the morning until around 5 in the afternoon. For lunch, Oscar and Eloy took us to a local oaxacan restaurant where a buffet of traditional food waited for us. Even if it is impossible to try everything, the quality of the food and the presentation was great.
We highly recommend to book this tour. Special thanks to Eloy - best guide]]!!! 🤩
P.s. we saw Eloy two days later in the street- he immediately recognized us and came over to greet us!!]

Written March 20, 2023

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Natalie

Elk Grove, CA1 contribution

Amazing cultural expierence

Feb 2023

My friend and I took 2 tours with Oaxaca Dreams. Both were fantastic. We especially liked our tour guides Adir and Eloy. Both were knowledgeable and passionate about the Oaxacan culture. We had an amazing experience!

Written February 25, 2023

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Sandra T

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Perfect first-day tour!

Guides Eloy and Oscar took us to see several of the things Oaxaca is known for: Monte Albán, an alebrije workshop, a black clay workshop, a chocolate shop, and a delicious restaurant. We learned so much at each place, and the timing was just right - relaxed time to explore. Highly recommend!

Written February 18, 2023

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Jen Ruvs

2 contributions

Great tour guide!

Jan 2023

The trip and tour guide was amazing! Our tour guide was local from the area and had a ton of knowledge. Everyone was extremely warm, knowledgeable, and fun. I would highly recommend to others visiting the area!

Written January 14, 2023

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Guide21291801632

Thank you for sharing your experience with us and letting us know that you enjoyed your tour, Best regards

Written January 23, 2023

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Ramiro G

5 contributions

The company good, the tour guide Eloy not so much.

The tour started great, the tour guide Eloy seems to be an amicable guy at the beginning.

Strike One. After a an hour or so in Monte Albán Eloy just finished the tour at half of the place and told us to rendezvous an hour later. When asked what the rest of the tour consisted in, he told us that he wasn't sure what the other pyramids were for and sent us to read the plaques with the descriptions. That's the whole point of having a tour guide lol.

Strike Two. When asked about the veracity of some information Eloy acted as he was offended while a person just asked if the info was collated or if the other versions of some story were true as well. So he started to ignore that person from that point on.

Strike Three. He was asked by some tour company to give a ride back to one of the people on our crew and he denied her that service being overbearing, and skipping the conversation ignoring her in front of the rest of the 16 people in the tour. After that my girlfriend and I help the lady to get to her hotel because of the rudeness that he showed to us.

Other than that, the tour is very complete, you go to pyramids, then to an alebrije shop and a barro negro pottery shop at the end. They also take you to some place in Zaachila to eat but I think that the Zaachila Gastronomical Market is better.

Written January 14, 2023

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Maira G

2 contributions

Great tour guides. Highly recommended!

The process of booking was super easy. We called Maribel and she booked 3 of us on our chosen tour immediately. Communication throughout was the process was very good, with pick up times being notified the day before and any delays where advised promptly on the day. The tours themselves were very enjoyable and the guides where highly informative and professional. Our guide Eloi was very knowledgeable and made our trip to Monte Albán very enjoyable and educational. Adeer (?) our guide for Hierve el Agua was also very knowledgeable and funny helping us to enjoy the trip. Both ensured the tour was presented in perfect Spanish and English so no one missed any of the information. If you take a tour in Oaxaca, I would highly recommend Oaxaca Dreams!!

Written January 6, 2023

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Guide21291801632

Thank you very much for the recommendation! It was a pleasure to serve you. Best regards!! Oaxaca Dreams.

Written January 7, 2023

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G P

1 contribution

A Must Experience Tour!

Dec 2022 • Family

Out of all places for great food in Oaxaca, this was it! Our guide(Eloy) took us to various points of interest: Monte Albán, the making of alebrijes(hand carved wood figurines), lunch and the making of artesanías de barro negro(black clay). I was surprised to learn that our guide also speaks the native Zapotecan language. He was also very knowledgeable about the history of the structures in Monte Albán. 👍👍👍

Written December 29, 2022

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Guide21291801632

thanks for your recommendation, greetings from the Oaxaca Dreams team

Written January 5, 2023

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Lorrraine C

Greater Adelaide, Australia4 contributions

Great day out

Dec 2022

An excellent day of entertaining and educational commentary. Our guide was animated, enthusiastic and passionate about the history, culture and heart of Mont Alban and the Oaxaca area. The driver (Benjamin) made contact the night before to confirm our pick up at the hotel and arrived perfectly on time.
We would highly recommend this group as professional and knowledgeable.
The lunch was magnificent and a much welcomed surprise.

Thank you

Written December 23, 2022

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Guide21291801632

Thank you for recommending us, we appreciate choosing us to take you to know Oaxaca! Best regards

Written December 24, 2022

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Angela

North Wales, United States7 contributions

Lunch was from 3-4pm

Dec 2022

Our tour guide Angel was struggling throughout the day. His historical facts and details felt very flat and pre-recorded and he frequently would close his eyes while talking and seemed to be fighting off shoulder aches and headaches and seemed like he was either too sick or too tired to be working. The tour started late, likely out of the company's control (our group was stopped by local police and harassed) in addition to the usual lateness picking various groups up. The day had no heart and no coherent story. If the point is history of Monte Alban and then local artisans, then why is the tour of the church included? It significantly prolonged the day and delayed lunch with not much additional experience gained. Even with the late start, we felt forced to hit every site and spend the preset amount of time at each, but because of this, we didn't leave Monte Alban until nearly 2pm. Then despite that, we still went to the alibrije workshop and the church before lunch. Everyone in the group was famished and hypoglycemic. LUNCH WAS FROM 3-4PM. This is honestly the heart of issue with the tour. It wasn't until we saw another Oaxaca Dreams tour group at the same buffet and later at the black clay pottery factory in Coyotepec late in the afternoon that it sunk in that they didn't care how late we were eating and it was all intentional. The only good point about our guide was that when we asked where we could get something to drink he introduced us to tejate (but we were hoping to have had time to stop in the church parking lot for agua frescas but unfortunately the exit was a different location). This was a tough, challenging day with no heart in it.

Written December 12, 2022

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Guide21291801632

We appreciate taking your time to inform us about how your tour was, and we assure you that we will check on the issue of meal times since they are shared groups, but we will take it into account. As far as the guide is concerned, we will also talk to him and see what happens.

Written December 13, 2022

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Bruce H

Fresno, CA35 contributions

Monte Alban was amazing

Dec 2022 • Couples

It was a good tour . Sone recommendations. Waiting until 330 pm to have lunch is too long . We were picked up at 0800 am and waiting until after 3 pm to have lunch is not ok .

Written December 8, 2022

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Guide21291801632

Thanks for commenting, although it is a shared tour and we are subject to everyone's times we will try to see the schedules so as not to arrive so late at the buffet, Greetings

Written December 13, 2022

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