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Ancestral Mezcal Experience + ceramics + Alebrijes + Market

Name: Ancestral Mezcal Experience + ceramics + Alebrijes + Market
Start: 2025-07-21T08:00:00Z
Location: Oaxaca de Juarez

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Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Location

Oaxaca de Juarez

Duration

8 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 6 guests

Language

English, French, Spanish

Other

Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Explore the ancestral craft of mezcal in Oaxaca. Savor flavors, witness its creation by master mezcaleros, and dive into local culture with ceramics, alebrijes, and vibrant markets.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

This is a unique experience, a place to meet the real mezcal producers. This community is not for commercial tourism. You will know the ancestral process of Mezcal, you will experience the flavors, smells, aromas of each mezcal. This drink made and produced by the authentic mezcalero masters of the region, you will taste one of the most emblematic drinks that identify the state of Oaxaca.

Be part of a magical journey that will lead you to discover the ancestral process that has given world fame to the distillate, whose formula, inherited for generations, is the best kept secret of the Mezcal Masters.

Also on this tour you will visit: Art, alebrijes. Market, culture. Crafts, ceramics.

This is not a tour, it is a unique experience with regional food in Oaxaca.

What You Get

All Fees and Taxes

entrance tickets to all visiting sites

Alcoholic beverages

Tasting of Ancestral Mezcal and Wild Agave Mezcal in Palenque

tips

personal purchases

Good To Know

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

What You’ll Experience

Santa Catarina Minas

Mezcal, Artisanal Mezcal & Ancestral Mezcal: WHAT MIX DO YOU RECOMMEND? WHAT IS ANCESTRAL MEZCAL? WHAT IS ARTISANAL MEZCAL? What is Tequila? What is Ancestral Mezcal? It is the highest quality of mezcal when you visit a traditional mezcal community in Oaxaca. With the highest quality standards. this is where you will have your experience. Differences exist? Yes, and in this experience you will have the answers. Whether it is to get started in the world of mezcal, or to continue the delicious path of learning more about this Mexican distillate, visitors often better understand the process, the quality of Mezcal Ancestral, when they visit this community of small producers of Mezcal Ancestral.

3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

Ocotlan de Morelos

In the town you can visit: The market where typical products of the region are found, the Temple and Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. The Municipal Palace has murals painted by Rodolfo Morales, a local artist.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

San Martin Tilcajete

Visit to the Alebrijes production workshop. The noble copal wood comes to life in the wise hands of Tilcajete artisans, who in the intricate shapes and designs of the polychrome alebrijes defy the limits of imagination and creativity. The fabulous alebrijes of San Martín Tilcajete, carved in the noble copal wood, are born from the dreams and vast imagination of the artisans, whose hands give life to these fantastic and unique beings, full of color, incredible and fine details. Visit the dream studio workshop where these multicolored creatures are born, learn how they carve and decorate these figures. You can buy alebrijes from Tilcajete

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Avenida Castillo Velasco

In Ocotlán de Morelos, there is a family pottery workshop that shares images of mermaids with the world, surreal figures in the form of zoomorphic or anthropomorphic pots. These pieces can be seen in the patio and in a room intended to show visitors the work of Manos que ven. The teacher José García shares his word with us, we ask him why his workshop bears that name and he answers: “I am blind, disabled… I got glaucoma and deprived me of my sight. I don't see anything at all, only that my touch and hearing have developed, and we are working as if I were seeing with my hands”.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

San Bartolo Coyotepec

Coyotepec is renowned for its distinctive black pottery, known as "black mud." Visit local workshops and witness skilled artisans creating intricate pottery using ancient techniques. The pottery is not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional, often used for serving.

40 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

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Pickup Details

We pick you up 10 minutes before the departure of the tour, at the reception of the hotel or at your home. If you arrive on your own, please, indicate it. The meeting point at the main entrance of the Ethnobotanical Garden, Reforma street in downtown, Oaxaca.

Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
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from $288.31

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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Central Standard Time.

Free cancellation (24 hours notice)

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July

2025

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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Central Standard Time.

Free cancellation (24 hours notice)

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

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Ancestral Mezcal Experience + ceramics + Alebrijes + Market

Experience Details

What You Get

Good To Know

What You’ll Experience

Santa Catarina Minas

Ocotlan de Morelos

San Martin Tilcajete

Avenida Castillo Velasco

San Bartolo Coyotepec

Meeting & Pickup

Cancellation PolicyCancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.Read more

Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Read more