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There are 3 ways to get from Cuenca to Oaxaca by plane, taxi, bus, or car

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Fly from Cuenca
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1. Fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Oaxaca International Airport (OAX)CUE - OAX
12h 41m
$2,900–13,000
Taxi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly
1. Take the taxi from Cuenca to Guayaquil-Airport-GYE
2. Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Oaxaca International Airport (OAX)GYE - OAX
14h 44m
$9,556–25,430
Bus, car to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, fly
1. Take the bus from Cuenca to Ambato
2. Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Ambato to Quito
3. Drive from Quito to Quito Airport
4. Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Oaxaca International Airport (OAX)UIO - OAX
19h 5m
$8,200–15,815

Cuenca (CUE) to Oaxaca International Airport (OAX) flights

10Weekly Planes

15h 33mAverage Duration

$2,974Cheapest Price

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Distance: 2,955.3 km
Duration: 12h 41m

What companies run services between Cuenca, Ecuador and Oaxaca, Mexico?

Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., Aeroméxico, and two other airlines fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Oaxaca International Airport (OAX) once daily.

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Oaxaca(opens in a new window), Mexico(opens in a new window)

Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec: Ndua), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Oaxaca. It is in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín, extending to the banks of the Atoyac River.

Things to do in Oaxaca

Monte Albán(Opens in a new window)

Monte Albán, likely originally called Danipaguache (Zapotec for sacred mountain of life), is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca (17.043° N, 96.767°W). The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the Valley of Oaxaca where the latter's northern Etla, eastern Tlacolula, and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán (or Valle Grande) branches meet. The present-day state capital Oaxaca City is located approximately 9 km east of Monte Albán.

Árbol del Tule(Opens in a new window)

El Árbol del Tule (Spanish for The Tree of Tule) is a tree located in the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, approximately 9 km east of the city of Oaxaca on the road to Mitla. It is a Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), or ahuehuete (meaning "old man of the water" in Nahuatl). It has the stoutest trunk of any tree in the world. In 2001, it was placed on a UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites.

Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán(Opens in a new window)

The Church and former monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Spanish: Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán) is a Baroque ecclesiastical building complex in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. The complex includes a substantial sanctuary and an extensive system of courtyards, cloisters and rooms that formerly constituted the monastery.

Oaxaca Valley(Opens in a new window)

The Central Valleys (Spanish: Valles Centrales) of Oaxaca, also simply known as the Oaxaca Valley, is a geographic region located within the modern-day state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. In an administrative context, it has been defined as comprising the districts of Etla, Centro, Zaachila, Zimatlán, Ocotlán, Tlacolula and Ejutla. The valley, which is located within the Sierra Madre Mountains, is shaped like a distorted and almost upside-down “Y,” with each of its arms bearing specific names: the northwestern Etla arm, the central southern Valle Grande, and the Tlacolula arm to the east. The Oaxaca Valley was home to the Zapotec civilization, one of the earliest complex societies in Mesoamerica, and the later Mixtec culture. A number of important and well-known archaeological sites are found in the Oaxaca Valley, including Monte Alban, Mitla, San José Mogote and Yagul. Today, the capital of the state, Oaxaca City, is located in the central portion of the valley.

Places to stay in Oaxaca

Quinta Real Oaxaca(Opens in a new window)

8.9Fabulous

Hotel Siglo 17(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

Hotel Casa de la Tía Tere(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

Casa Antonieta(Opens in a new window)

9.6Exceptional

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