Mitla Half Day Guided Tour

Name: Mitla Half Day Guided Tour
Brand: Lescas Co Tours
SKU: 195640P2
Price: 35.06 USD
Rating: 4.5 (82 reviews)

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Oaxaca City, Mexico

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Booked 5+ times last week!

6 to 7 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.6

· Jacqueline_R ·

Nov 2025

Half day was the perfect amount for us. It was awesome to meet a family that weaved rugs and had a chance to buy directly from them. The Milta ruins were awesome because it was nice to have a tour guide, but then enough time to explore on our own. The buffet food at the end was amazing! Can’t recommend this tour enough.

· Claire_A ·

Nov 2025

Great half day tour, our guide Angel was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and we learned a lot. There was about 12 total people in the tour.

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Overview

Learn more about Oaxacan heritage on a half-day excursion to Mitla. Join a small group and visit the ancient archaeological complex of Mitla. Learn about the Zapotecs who built this incredible structure, and enjoy free time to explore the ruins. You will also visit a local workshop where you can see the traditional way of making Oaxacan textiles with natural dyes.

Learn about Oaxacan history on a guided tour
Enjoy hassle-free transfers or meet in the city center
Avoid crowded tourist buses or pricey private tours
A small group means more attention from your guide

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Travel insurance
Spanish/English Guide

Admission Fee - Archaeological Zone of Mitla

MX$100.00 per person
Meals

Doesn't Include Food , We stop for lunch at a regional restaurant

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

confirm your hotel, room, address and / or office of preference If your hotel, address or airB & B is not on the list, please mention it in your reservation

Meeting point

Gral. Antonio de León 1, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Start time
.8:00 a.m.

Itinerary

Santa Maria del Tule

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Teotitlán del Valle

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Zona Arqueologica de Mitla

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Restaurante / Hotel Donaji

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Product code: 195640P2

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Reviews

4.6

based on 82 reviews

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No Regrets

Jacqueline_R, Nov 2025

Great tour and value

Claire_A, Nov 2025

Great half day tour, our guide Angel was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and we learned a lot. There was about 12 total people in the tour.

Great way to see multiple sights in half a day.

Lauren_T, Oct 2025

This was a great way to see a few sights without spending the entire day. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that our van was older and our seats were dirty, and it seemed like there could have been more to see at Mitla ruins. It was a fairly quick stop given what seemed like there was to see. However, our guide was great!

Great Visit to Tule and Mitla

Leticia_F, Sep 2025

The tour to Mitla included a stop at Tule tree, to a family of weavers and a great buffet lunch. Overall it was very pleasant and informative. The only complaint is that the tour organizers did not communicate to confirm the time of the pick up (which other tour organizers did the day before for a different tour) so that we could plan and wait outside our hotel.

Exceeded expectations

Allyson_M, Aug 2025

Angel was extremely knowledgeable and did a really nice job switching between Spanish and English. I especially liked the textile / rug making demonstration and being able to purchase a rug from the family.

An outstanding Day in Mitla

Steven_C, Aug 2025

A great trip from Oaxaca to get insight into the countryside. Mitla ruins were interesting but smaller than Monte Alban. When you book be sure to request Ángel. Perfectly fluent in Spanish and English and his depth of knowledge was incredible.

Angel our guide tour was...

Natali_G, Jul 2025

Angel our guide tour was very friendly and informative! Enjoyed our activity its was fun! The places were amazing

Exceptional experience

Margaret_J, Jun 2025

The journey there is interesting as you pass through many acres of agave fields. Beautiful mountain scenery. The El Tule tree is magnificent. Know that you will have to pay MX$100 to actually get close to the tree. The gardens surrounding it are magnificent. Next stop Teotitlán de Valle for a presentation by the Gutierrez family (four generations) of how the beautiful hand spun and dyed wool is made into rugs, table runners , pillow covers, etc are made. Large gallery of beautiful items to buy. Next stop Mitla. Amazing place. Our guide, Angel, spoke great English and was very educated and knowledgeable about all aspects of the area. His father is a guide as well and he fell in love with sharing the history of the region. A Oaxacan lunch buffet, an extra MX$200, allows you to try local food. Well worth having a tour and guide. A truly enjoyable and amazing experience.

What a wonderful way to...

Lauren_F, Apr 2025

What a wonderful way to spend the day! Angel, our tour guide, was incredibly knowledgeable. This was a great experience - would definitely recommend!

Insightful peek into local ancient history

Holly_F, Apr 2025

It’s the little tidbits of information you carry away with you that make this experience remarkable and memorable. Angel is a very kind human—interesting in his oratory and interested in what we take from the experience. Highly recommend.

Great day!

Peggy_P, Mar 2025

Don’t miss it! Totally worth it. Our guide, Angel, was very knowledgeable and well spoken. We enjoyed ourselves.

Great tour

Roger_J, Jan 2025

We took both the Mitla and Monte Alban tours through Lescas and were extremely happy we did. The tour guides Miguel and Angel were fantastic. Their knowledge was detailed and very well presented. We took the English tours and both guides are extremely fluent and easy to understand. I also like the positive presentation style. I recommend any tour from either Miguel or Angel.

Excellent tour for the price!

Tanya_K, Nov 2024

Good communication with tour manager. Great transportm, excellent bilingual Spanish-English guide. Wonderful sites and great place for lunch.

Soul of Oaxaca

Andres_F, Nov 2024

Well organized and accommodating. Knowledgeable and a variety within a half day tour. Tour were great, too.

Must see Mitla with a guide!!

Glen_M, Nov 2024

Seeing the Mitla Zapotec ruins with a guide was the only way to see them. Or guide Angel have us indepth knowledge on the archeology of the site as well as lots of other information on the people and their culture. At one time, we heard Angel speaking in 3 languages as he was translating English and Spanish and then Zapotec for some of the indigenous people living around Mitla. Highly recommend.

Perfect Little half day tour

Vanessa_M, Nov 2024

Good organized Tour and Angel was a great guide. We loved the stop at Teotitlan and Mitla. Tule was in our eyes overrated but it was part of the programm so it did not bother us.

Mitla half day tour with Angel

Van_N, Jul 2024

Pickup was easy from our hotel. It was a full sprinter van with driver and guide. Nice vehicle, a/c, comfy, good driving. We saw Tule tree, textiles, and Mitla on our half-day tour. Got a ride back to town with our guide and a separate driver while the arrest of the group moved on to hierve de agua. Angel was a fantastic guide. We'll rehearsed, great tour flow, smoothly transitioning between English and Espanol. Kind of a great language learning experience. He's also a great personal conversationalist. Tule and Mitla were honestly impressive. Tule is worth the additional ticket to get closer. The textile workshop was great. Walked us through the wool and natural pigment processing. Half day tour was honestly perfect for us, giving is half the day to cool down from all the info before the next tour.

Enjoyable in all respects

Elizabeth_D, Jun 2024

Very well-organized and professional. From the door-to-door transportation to the local textile workshop and the Mitla visit, all was really seamless. Thank you.

Mitla Half Day Tour - more than half-day

Colleen_V, May 2024

This was a bilingual tour. The guide was incredibly personable and knowledgeable. That said, there were only 3 of us English-speaking people in the group. The rest all spoke Spanish. My Spanish-speaking skill is a bit limited, but it became evident pretty soon that some of the details were missing in the English translation. This was especially so with any of the question and answer exchanges. It was also evident that the tour was actually comprised of several us who had actually booked different tours! I expected a half-day tour, expecting to be in Mitla in the morning while it was a bit cooler. I ended up with the group at the Tree of Tula, then the textile educational place, then the Mezcal tasting, all before getting to Mitla. We apparently only “toured” a small portion of Mitla (according to friends who have been when we compared notes). We then stopped for the buffet lunch before finally getting a ride back to town. While all was certainly pleasant and educational, it was not what I expected nor frankly what I was prepared and interested in doing. Everyone associated with the tour was beyond friendly and engaging, as were my fellow tour participants. I would definitely book a Viator tour in the future - I just know now to be a bit more inquisitive to assure I’m on the right tour and know what to expect.

Whistle stop tour of Oaxaca’s highlights

Kenza_B, May 2024

Great tour for those who have already seen Monte Albán and want to experience more culture in a short amount of time. Our guide Angel was extremely knowledgeable and friendly and provided many recommendations for Oaxaca too.