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The Miahuatlán market during this season is filled with ingredients to make mole, chocolate, and tamales; dishes essential to the Day of the Dead celebration. We will also visit a 125 year old bakery still making the traditional bread for the season.

Cost per person: $185 USD/3,475 MXN

Includes:

• Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

• Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca City (2 hours each way). Pick up and drop off from your hotel or vacation rental (Centro, Jalatlaco, Xochimilico, Reforma, San Felipe)

• Big breakfast of at our favorite roadside comedor, which only uses wood fire for cooking

• Tour of weekly regional market, samples of local cuisine such as palo de chile, hoja de leon, plátano perón, and pan serrano

• During our market tour we will visit one of the oldest bakeries in town who are in full swing making the traditional bread for Day of the Dead

• Visit to a traditional mezcal palenque, learning about the process and history of the mezcal of the region directly from the producing families who have been distilling their mezcal in copper for 4 generations

• Learn about and see the biodiversity of different types of agaves used to make mezcal

• Tasting of traditional mezcal made on site

• A chance to purchase mezcal directly from the producers (price not included), our help packing it for travel

• Farm to table lunch of local delicacies prepared by a cocinera tradicional

• Drinking water and light snacks

• Donation to future community youth center