Casa Colonial Oaxaca

Eat and drink your way across Oaxaca with renowned North Carolina chef Bill Smith and Casa Colonial owner Jane Robison. We´ll dine in the city´s best restaurants and take excursions to archaelogical ruins and artisan villages, as well as visit a mezcal palenque to learn about the whole process behind the mythical Oaxacan drink.

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Price: $2,600 USD

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Contact juanaoaxaca@yahoo.com for more information and to reserve.

Embark on a culinary and cultural journey like no other, as you uncover the best of Oaxaca's cuisine with the renowned Chef Kaelin Ulrich Trilling, son of Susana Trilling, founder of Seasons of My Heart Cooking School.

We combine the best of Oaxaca City and its surrounding countryside to fully experience Oaxacan cuisine. In the charming historic center of this colonial city, we take in a wide range of flavors and sights; from dining in some of Oaxaca's finest restaurants to experiencing contemporary and regional cuisine, as well as getting to sample the best street food (night time run for arrachera tacos, tostadas and tlayudas)!

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For more information, email info.seasonsofmyheart@gmail.com or visit www.seasonsofmyheart.com.

We will "stir up" our food memories to explore experiences in our lives that have made us who we are and express them through language and painting, drawing and collage. All levels of experience are welcome. We will share meals and many special activities along the way.

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For more information: feastofyourlife.com

Join Ericka Lutz (author, teacher, artist, retreat leader) and a small group of writers and visual artists for this exciting 6-night writing and art-making retreat. Oaxaca, Mexico is a city of vibrantly-colored buildings, artisan crafts, archaeological sites, delicious flavors, cobblestone streets, bustling markets, dance, music, and revolutionary art. This retreat offers guided writing and art-making sessions, a dedicated art studio, time to relax, and time to explore.  Generate new material, regenerate your creativity, eat well, and have fun in community. We’ll live and work at Casa Colonial, a private art center and urban oasis with lush gardens, soaring trees, birdsong, and inspiration.​

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For more information, visit https://erickalutz.com/work-with-me/oaxaca-retreat-2025/.

Get a taste of Oaxaca’s burgeoning specialty coffee scene with bilingual barista and journalist Elizabeth Moore. We’ll learn about Oaxacan coffee from seed to cup through visits with coffee growers, roasters, and baristas. We’ll also take in the cultural attractions that make Oaxaca so special.

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​​Contact Elizabeth at (919) 799-0950 or elizltmoore00@gmail.com for more information.

We’re two creatives curating an art making trip with Oaxaca as the backdrop for our inspiration. Suitable for all skill levels, this year’s focus is on paper and collage making. Plus fun. We believe in having fun.

 

More information is here https://tri.ps/DH66W.

This small group tour has it all. Visits to a weaving workshop, backstrap weaving co-op, hands-on Oaxacan embroidery workshop, markets where we will see many local textiles. Some highlights include a one day hands on indigo dyeing workshop, a one day cochineal dyeing workshop and a day in the mountains visiting a small sanctuary. We also have scheduled a walking tour of downtown Oaxaca markets with a focus on textiles, a mezcal making demo with a tasting and so much more.

 

For more information contact toursbysharon@gmail.com or visit the website www.toursbysharon.com.