From $104 per person
6 hours · English, Spanish · Up to 12 · Free cancellation
One or two palenques near Santiago Matatlán, agave fields, tastings and an Oaxacan lunch. Transport leaves from a city meeting point; listed group maximum 12.
From $40 $36 per person
2 hours · English, Spanish · Up to 10 · Free cancellation
City tasting with six or more mezcals, snacks, a cocktail and audiovisual production explanations. Listed maximum 10 guests; adults 18+.
From $58 per person
11 hours · Spanish, English · Free cancellation
Tule, Teotitlán, Mitla, about two hours at Hierve el Agua and a distillery. Meeting at Oaxaca by Locals, Cosijoeza 110A.
Nine guides for a two-to-four-day mezcal trip to Oaxaca. Start with the drink if the labels confuse you, or jump to the trip guides for dates, distances and costs.
100% agave by law, 35–55% alcohol, three production categories (Mezcal, Artesanal, Ancestral), six agaves from Espadín to Tobalá, and what a bottle costs in Oaxaca.
Five stages from the field to the still: harvest, pit-oven cooking, milling, open fermentation, distillation in copper or clay. Read it before a palenque visit.
One agave in Jalisco against dozens in Oaxaca, both bottled at 35–55%, and why “smoky versus smooth” is only half the story.
Four things on one label: brand, agave, category, maker. Named bottles show the differences: Banhez Ensamble at 42%, Real Minero clay-pot Espadín, Mezcal Vago aged in clay.
Three days is the right length. Day plans built on real tours, 2026 event dates (Guelaguetza 20 and 27 July, Día de Muertos 31 October–2 November), the 6.5-hour ADO bus from Mexico City, the MXN 135 airport van, gate fees and hotel rates.
Yes: US Level 2 for the state, no restrictions for Oaxaca City or Monte Albán. Where to stay, why DiDi sends a regular taxi and Uber does not exist, where the May 2026 blockades hit, and the tourist-help desk at Av. Juárez 703.
Thirteen villages with road km and minutes from the Zócalo: Matatlán 46 km, Santa Catarina Minas 43 km, Sola de Vega 87 km. Which palenques take visitors (Real Minero: MXN 750, Monday–Saturday, Spanish only) and how the MXN 25 colectivo works.
In Situ on Vicente Guerrero 413 (Monday–Saturday, 2–11 pm), El Cortijo’s producer-run mezcalería and cocktail room, and the Mezcaloteca relocation.
17–28 July 2026 at the CCCO, MXN 80, 400-plus stands, 132,000 visitors. The 2024–2026 dates in one table and the July calendar around it.
The home page compares every tour on the site by price, hours and rating; the Centro tasting is the two-hour starting point, the Mezcal Journey the full palenque day.