Mercado Municipal Martín González — Local services in Oaxaca

This market was recommended by every travel website, travel agency ect...

If you are a foodie & you enjoy experiencing local food & like to see how locals live than you will love this place. Sorry, I have no photos of the market but it’s MASSIVE, about 6 blocks.

The inner food market is divided by type of food. There is a cool area where you can buy your meat/veggies & then grill it in the middle of the isle. You can buy fresh tortillas to accompany any meal.

Barbacoa seems to be the star of the show! I highly recommend finding that area. It’s a lot of tiny kitchens next to one another so who knows who has the best barbacoa!!

This market is an opportunity to see a different side of Oaxaca. You will see locals dressed in traditional garments. You will see live animals for sale as well as hungry dogs everywhere.

If you love the adventure of new environments, new food & lots of people than I highly recommend a visit. This market is more about food than gift or apparel shopping.

Images are from the cathedral you will find...

If you go to only one market during your trip to Oaxaca de Juarez, go to this one on Sundays without fail. Join the zillions of locals and EAT: the fresh breads, the barbacoa, the memelitas/quesadillas and any of the carne from the Smoke Hall. PROVISION: yourself with all manner of beautiful produce, cheeses, honey, seafood and fresh flowers. SHOP: for beautiful green-glazed pottery, batidos, small batch mezcals, and the VERY BEST embroidered clothing and textiles for the fashionistas in your life (elevated embroidery art quality and WAY better prices than Mercado des Artesanal in the city) As comprehensive as the Mercado de Abastos but much more bright, cheerful, clean, and airy. We rented a car in Oaxaca Centro for $65USD so we could also visit Hierve el Agua and a mezcaleria, and parked a few blocks from this market (shout out to El Cardenal parking!). Easily walked to market from our parked car, but there are also tons of little tuk-tuks that will zip you to and...

A vibrant mercado that will make you feel like you’ve transported to another world. They sell every kind of fruit, meat, clothing, leather goods and tchotchkes imaginable. You can easily wander in circles here and feel like you haven’t seen it all. Make sure to try the fresh fruits, fried plantains, grilled meats and tajate drink. I loved just people watching, the women here wear traditional garb and it’s so beautifully colorful! Highly recommend visiting this little mountain town mercado during your...