Ancient ruins
Monte Alban
141 locals recommend,
Location
Monte Albán, Oax.
Tips from locals
A must! One of the oldest and most important arachelogical sites in Mexico. Lalo (our favorite taxi driver) is also a history professor and his private tour of Monte Alban is fascinating.
Monte Albán is the most important archaeological zone of the Oaxacan entity, of unique regional importance due to the religious, political and economic control that the Zapotec state exercised over the population of the Valley of Oaxaca for more than thirteen centuries. It has been named by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage of Humanity together with the city of Oaxaca on December 11, 1987.
Monte Albán is the most important archaeological zone of the Oaxacan entity, of unique regional importance due to the religious, political and economic control that the Zapotec state exercised over the population of the Valley of Oaxaca for more than thirteen centuries. It has been named by UNESCO a…