Mezcal Tour

About This Tour

One cannot exaggerate the importance of mezcal as a cultural element of social life in Oaxaca. A popular saying says: PARA TODO MAL, MEZCAL, PARA TODO BIEN TAMBIÉN. (For everything bad, mezcal, for everything  good, as well.) 

The tour is designed to go see, normally, 3 places where mezcal is produced in two different ways, the Traditional way, the most common way nowadays, using copper distillation equipment, and the Ancestral one, using clay pots, just the way it used to be produced in the old days. 

We will also get acquainted with the many sorts of agaves used to produce mezcal, the cultivated kinds, and the wild ones. Any each of them having their own taste and specific flavor. 

And also, we will be able to get in close contact with the masters MEZCALEROS. The people in charge of the process and the quality of the produced mezcal.

Tour Price

Tour pricing is tailored to accommodate the specific needs of your group, taking into account both the number of participants and the season of the year. We invite you to request a personalized quotation to ensure you receive the most accurate and competitive pricing for your memorable journey. THE FEE INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION AND GUIDE SERVICES ONLY.

Duration & Start Time

The tour normally lasts 5 to 6 hours, from the time we leave the hotel to the time we return to it. If the group has lots of questions this might be a little longer or shorter if the group decides it so.

Itinerary

The tour starts at the meeting place, usually the lobby of your hotel if it is located downtown; then we visit first, the most simple and traditional PALENQUES, the places of mezcal production (distilleries) in the mountains; then we will go to Matatlán, -the so called “World Capital of Mezcal” - where we will taste some of the best mezcales of that town.  

Then we return to Oaxaca city to the same place where the tour started.

Meeting Point & Transportation

The standard meeting point is the lobby of your hotel if it is located downtown in the city. If you are in a place around the city, we will need to set a convenient meeting point in the city. Transportation is in an A/C VAN, fully authorized for tourism service.

Recommendations

Eat something before you start tasting. It can be a pretty good quantity of mezcal just from sampling.

Included With This Tour

• Transportation in an A/C VAN

• Guide Service by a fully Licensed and Certified guide

• A soft drink

Additional Costs

Additional cost for admission fees, extra beverages & food as needed, tips.