Texier

Oaxaca City


Beware: the boxed chocolate bites sold here, known as 'Texoros,' are highly addictive. The gourmet Oaxacan treats come in 10 varieties, including hazelnut, cardamom and 'cacao crush.' French transplant David Texier has dedicated a better part of his life to chocolate-making and it shows.


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1. Museo Textil de Oaxaca

0.24 MILES

This textile museum promotes Oaxaca’s traditional textile crafts through exhibitions, workshops, films, presentations and a library. Themed selections…

2. Centro Cultural San Pablo

0.28 MILES

Housed in the restored Ex Convento de San Pablo (a 16th-century Dominican monastery), the impressive San Pablo Center stages concerts, films, exhibitions,…

3. Bodega Quetzalli

0.34 MILES

The second exhibition space of leading commercial gallery Galería Quetzalli.

4. Palacio de Gobierno

0.35 MILES

A 19th-century wonder of marble and murals, the State Government Palace occupies the Zócalo's southern flank. The large, very detailed stairway mural …

5. Zócalo

0.36 MILES

Traffic-free, shaded by tall trees and surrounded by elegant portales (arcades), the Zócalo is the perfect place to start soaking up the Oaxaca atmosphere…

7. Iglesia de La Compañía

0.4 MILES

Finely carved facades adorn the colonial Iglesia de La Compañía on the opposite side of the Zócalo to the cathedral.