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Tlapanochestli

Km.10.5 Carretera Oaxaca - Pto. Ange | Santa María Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
01 951 5510030
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Ranked #29 of 49 attractions in Oaxaca
Description: A research facility and museum dedicated to the cochineal, which is used for dying things red.
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 December 2012

My husband and I visited the Cochinea ranch a few years ago and we're planning to go again this year. It's on one of Alvin Starkman's tours but fairly easy to reach on one's own by car or bus, stopping just at the edge of San Bartolo Coyotepec, the black pottery town, and then walking a few dusty blocks to... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 March 2012

Oaxaca is the original source of cochineal red dye. Here you will see a production farm and learn all about it.

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