Casa Colonial

Restaurants

While we encourage you to try our chef Teresa's wonderful meals, we know visitors want to sample the city's many good restaurants.  Here are some particular favorites (that have web sites).

La Biznaga http://www.labiznaga.org/index.htm

Casa Oaxaca http://www.oaxaca-restaurants.com/restaurant-reviews.htm

Como Agua Pa' Chocolate http://www.oaxaca-restaurant.com/index_es.html

Marco Polo http://www.mexonline.com/marcopolo.htm

For overviews of restaurants, try

http://www.rickbayless.com/about/notebook/guide_oaxaca.html

http://www.oaxaca-restaurants.com/restaurant-reviews.htm

Cooking Schools

Seasons of My Heart is highly recommended for a day-long market visit and cooking lesson to learn about and experience  Oaxacan cuisine in a beautiful country setting. 

http://www.seasonsofmyheart.com/

Guides and Transportation

Nicolas Garcia is our guide and driver of choice.  He speaks excellent English and is knowledgeable and friendly.  We can easily arrange excursions with Nicholas, or any other guides and drivers, after you arrive.

nichoaxgarcia@yahoo.com.mx

http://www.rolantours.com.mx/

Toni Sobel, an American, is very knowledgeable, particularly for archeological sites.

http://tonistours.com/

Fine Art Galleries

Oaxaca's fine arts are in full blossom.  Here are some of the best galleries.

http://www.artedeoaxaca.com/

http://www.lamanomagica.com/

http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_oaxaca_main.html

http://quetzalli.com/ieng.html

http://www.allaboutoaxaca.com/galleries.htm

Folk Art Shops

There are many good shops in the city, not to mention going to the villages where weavings, woodcarvings and ceramics are made.  Casa Colonial's map and our advice is really all you need, but take a look at La Mano Magica's web site for fine high-end folk art in the city.

http://www.lamanomagica.com/

Our old friends the Santiago family in Teotitlan are among  the best weavers of the famous wool tapestry rugs.

http://www.artesaniascasasantiago.com/

Museums

These are good lists.

http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/oaxaca/oaxmus.html

http://www.visitmexico.com/wb2/Visitmexico/Visi_Museos_Oax

Spanish Language Schools

Many of our guests take Spanish language classes, for a week or a month...here's a start on finding the right school for you.

http://www.aseseo.com.mx

http://www.icomexico.com 

http://www.becari.com.mx/

Ecotourism

This web site has a comprehensive list of ecotourism resource links.

http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/etour.html

For an overview of Oaxaca's ecotourism possibilities: 

http://www.go-oaxaca.com/printversion/ecotourism.html

Birdwatchers should consult the below site: 

http://www.iciclesoftware.com/oaxaca/OaxResources.html

Roque Antonio Santiago is great for birdwatching, hiking, riding and biking, and for trips into the Sierra Juarez. 

roque_antonio740@hotmail.com

Cultural Events

Oaxaca has a marvelous bookstore with a wide selection of books in English about Oaxaca and Mexico.

http://www.amatebooks.com/aparador.php

Sachmo Art Center has excellent classes and workshops.

http://www.sachmo.com.mx/

This is a good listing of recurring events and dates. 

http://www.mexicodoc.com/oaxaca/pract_events.html

The Oaxaca Lending Library is a wonderful resource, with its 30,000 books in English, community bulletin board, and friendly atmosphere. 

http://oaxlibrary.com

The web site below includes an excellent monthly calendar of cultural and artistic events, not to mention baseball!

http://www.oaxacacalendar.com

Interested in keyboard performances or historic organs in Oaxaca?  Take a look at the IOHIO web site:

http://www.iohio.org/en/index.htm

The Oaxaca / Mexico Newsletter is another excellent resource.  Stan Gotlieb and Diana Ricci have been living in, and writing about and photographing Oaxaca and Mexico for over 12 years.  Available via the Internet to subscribers only.  Sample Newsletters can be seen at http://www.realoaxaca.com/newsample.html

To help you plan (and get excited about!) your Oaxaca visit, we include links to Oaxaca web sites for

• Restaurants

• Cooking Schools

• Guiding and Transportaion

• Fine Art Galleries

• Folk Art Shops

• Museums

• Spanish Language Schools

• Ecotourism

• Cultural Events