If you love the romance of ruined cities, you’ve likely heard of the great Mayan sites like Tulum, Chichen Itza or the Aztec Teotihuacan. But Monte Alban? Not so much. Yet it’s one of Mexico’s most ...

An ancient Mexican city, Monte Albán, was the biggest settlement in the region and lasted for more than a thousand years. Some hypotheses for the city's success are that people were drawn to fertile ...

Monte Alban is an ancient Zapotec city in the Oaxaca valley of southern Mexico. At its zenith, between 600 and 900 A.D., Monte Alban covered 24 square miles and had a population estimated at 25,000. A ...

Three of Mexico's cities rank among the top five on Travel + Leisure's 2019 World's Best list: San Miguel de Allende (No. 2), Mexico City (No. 4) and at No. 5, Oaxaca City, the capital of a state that ...

Oaxaca is possibly the loveliest state capital in Mexico, with ancient ruins, colonial architecture, distinctive food and friendly, relaxed people. Oaxaca (pronounced wah-HAH-kah) also has several ...