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Oaxaca, Mexico
Mexico is a great destination for all types of traveller. Even an amateur historian will be overwhelmed by the remains of ancient civilisations - Aztec and Mayan ruins are ubiquitous, often with stunn...
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Separated from Mexico City by the mountains of the Sierra Madre, Oaxaca is worlds away from the chaotic sprawl of the capital. Take some old colonial charm, add a little Aztec flavour, mix it up with some real oaxaqueño spirit…and you've got the charming city that is Oaxaca. Basking in a pleasant climate year-round, life tends to buzz around the zócalo, or main square, a mass of craft stalls, paper stands, balloons and bands. Sit under one of the finely carved archways and take it all in - and where better to try the chilli and chocolate mole sauce, or the local delicacy of chapulines (that's fried grasshoppers to you and me).
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