Culinary tour leader Nancy Zaslavsky is planning a trip to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead festivities from October 26 to November 1, 2018.
Here is her description of the trip:
Oaxaca remains a perfect travel destination. The capital city is a jewel box of Spanish colonial architecture loaded with restaurants and talented chefs, great street food, colorful marketplaces, and top-notch shopping opportunities. Archeological sites like Monte Alban are some of the finest anywhere in the world.
We meet top folk artists at their workshops in nearby villages (Oaxaca’s famous black pottery, anyone?), beautiful hand-loomed rugs, or Jacob and María Angeles for the finest alebries (carved and intricacy painted fantastic animals). Hey, folk art lovers: the dollar is strong these days—a shopper’s dream!
For over twenty years I’ve been bringing small groups to my favorite culinary spots in Mexico for truly world-class foods. With me, you savor Oaxaca’s famous mole, mezcal, hot chocolate, unusual regional tamales, the largest variety of tortillas in Mexico, ice cream and sorbet flavors enlivened by exotic tropical fruits, and sauces and table salsas ground from Oaxaca’s largest selection of chiles in the world. We taste everything as our small group roams marketplaces for the most important flavors in the food capital.
We eat at my favorite market fondas and street food spots and dine in sophisticated restaurants with Mexico’s top chefs—always tasting local specialties. In capturing the spirit of the important holiday we have a blast decorating our own altar. You’ll love making tamales at a cooking class in a traditional Zapotec home kitchen—and then rug shopping in the famous weaving village.
$3100 (double occupancy) + $400 single supplement. Limited to 10 participants. Fee does not include airfare, inexpensive van/taxi to/from the nearby airport, trip insurance, and alcohol (except beer, and at special events). Includes 7 days, 6 nights hotel, ALL meals when taken with the group, plus tastings, demos, tours, museum/site entrance fees, private guides, and local tour transportation.
What are you waiting for? Plan ahead! This tour is already filling and I take only 10 participants. SPECIAL: Sign up by June 1, 2018 and SAVE $100
Registration closes August 1, 2018
To register for this tour, a $500 deposit is required to reserve your space
For more information, go to nancyzaslavsky.com and click on the Oaxaca Tour page.
Send a check, made out to Nancy Zaslavsky, with a completed, signed application:
http://nancyzaslavsky.com/tour_app.pdf
For general tour questions please e-mail to: nancyzas1011@gmail.com or call 310-440-8877