Abastos Market (Central de Abastos) Tours and Tickets

Q: What’s the best way to experience Abastos Market (Central de Abastos)?

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Q: How much does it cost to visit Abastos Market in 2026?

While Abastos Market is free to visit, the enormous market can be intimidating to first-time visitors, so many travelers choose to visit with a guide. Food tasting tours of the market cost from US$80, while Mexican cooking classes, including a market visit, start around US$115.

Q: What is Abastos Market in Oaxaca?

Abastos Market is Oaxaca's largest and oldest market; its stalls sell food, clothing, toys, homewares, and just about anything else you can think of. The sheer size of the market is an attraction in itself, with hundreds of stalls stretching over several city blocks.

Q: Where is Abastos Market located?

The market is situated on the outskirts of downtown Oaxaca, close to one of the city's main bus stations (Oaxaca de Juárez), with stalls that span several blocks. It's easiest and safest to take a taxi from downtown or to visit as part of a guided tour with transfers included.

Q: Is it safe to visit Abastos Market?

While many travelers enjoy visiting Abastos Market, the market can get very crowded and is a known target for pickpockets. Stay alert and follow common sense to avoid unwanted attention: visit during daylight hours, leave valuables at home, and keep a close eye on your belongings.

Q: Do I need a guide to explore Abastos Market?

You can visit Abastos Market without a guide, but the huge market can be overwhelming for first-time visitors. Exploring with a guide will ensure you don't get lost, provide insight into the traditional foods and dishes on sale, and may help you feel safer navigating the busy market.

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Oaxaca Central de Abastos Market Food Tour

This is an excellent opportunity to go away from the tourist areas and come to see a more authentic Oaxaca and enjoy the authentic gastronomy just the way locals do. We approach the markets in Oaxaca in a respectful way. In the latests years there has been an increase of tours, chefs, influencers and personalities that come to the markets of Oaxaca with extraction and exotization purposes. Considering that Oaxaca is one of the states of Mexico with more poverty contrasts. We, all the guides are fully aware of these issues and focus on a culture sharing and encounter.

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Oaxaca Central de Abastos Market Food Tour

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Lunch and explore Central de Abastos Oaxaca’s most diverse market

Step into the heart of Oaxaca’s daily life and discover what locals truly eat at the market. On this immersive tour, you will taste traditional Oaxacan dishes, from freshly made memelitas to taco placero and the famous tacos rojos. Each bite reflects generations of culinary tradition and the vibrant flavors that define Oaxaca. As you explore, experience the market’s gastronomic diversity across different areas. Visit the Istmo region section, where vendors bring fresh regional products daily, offering a glimpse into its unique ingredients and flavors. Along the way, you will encounter chapulines prepared daily, ready to be enjoyed at their freshest. You will also discover the cultural roots of Oaxaca chocolate, an essential part of traditions like Día de Muertos, where it is enjoyed as hot chocolate with pan de muertos. Throughout the tour, meet the producers who keep these traditions alive, making the market a living expression of Oaxacan culture.

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Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT: IT IS NOT A RESTAURANT, I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF A CHEF I am Minerva Lopez and I am a traditional cook from Oaxaca and I have more than 40 years of experience in pre-Hispanic and traditional cooking. I invite you to spend a day at my house, with my family, my culture, it is an authentic experience where you will learn to cook as I learned, as if it were with mom! Our groups are small which makes for an intimate, family experience The market that we visited is the largest in Oaxaca and it is not touristic, where the locals go to buy our fresh and organic ingredients, here it is possible to adapt our menu to your tastes There are vegan, vegetarian and meat lovers options. At home away from the city in a small town, our outdoor wood stove is the best place to cook. Everything we will eat is prepared at home MORE THAN A CLASS IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF FLAVORS AND KNOWLEDGE

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Abastos Market (Central de Abastos)

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Know before you go

The Abastos Market is one of the best places to pick up Oaxacan mole and chocolate pastes and powders, the perfect culinary souvenirs.
Don’t bother haggling at Abastos Market—prices are fair and the produce is worth what stallholders ask.
Carry coins and small bills; stallholders rarely have the change to break larger denominations and cards aren’t accepted.
Abastos Market is not easily accessible for wheelchair users and strollers, due to narrow passageways and crowded stalls.

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