This is a tour to the north west of Oaxaca City into the Mixtec Mountains known as the Mixteca Alta. There are unique & unusual colonial jewels there built from the 1540’s to the 1560’s, before anything was built in Antequera (Today Oaxaca City).

We will visit the grand Yahuitlan & Teposcolula Dominican convents with lunch in the town of Teposcolula. Both have ex Convents have museums with fantastic art collections.

16th Century Treasures