Other villages worth visiting include San Bartolo Coyotepec, San Martin Tilcajete and Santo Tomas Jalieza, each of which is famous for a particular craft, namely ceramics, carved wooden animals (alebrijes) and finally bags, belts and rugs respectively, often using techniques unchanged for centuries.

Back in the city of Oaxaca itself, there are fun markets to explore for the produce from the various villages, and for the full over-arching Oaxacan experience we can always weave arts and crafts interests into an itinerary that includes culinary encounters in the city and cultural visits to nearby Monte Alban, the capital of the ancient Zapotec nation, and other Zapotec sites.