Tia Stephanie Tours has arranged a ten-day tour from Veracruz, La Chinantla, Oaxaca, stopping in Tehuacan, Puebla, and ending in Oaxaca City. January 31 - February 10, 2019.
Textiles & Traditions: Mexico Embroidery Tour
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Overview
Tia Stephanie Tours (tiastephanietours.com) has arranged a ten-day tour from Veracruz, La Chinantla, Oaxaca, stopping in Tehuacan, Puebla, and ending in Oaxaca City. This trip is for a maximum of eighteen EGA members. Travelers’ stamina must keep pace of daily adventures over uneven ground, cobblestones, steps, and walking challenges. We will have an opportunity to stitch with the local embroidery experts, who will share their unique cultural embroidery heritage. Download the brochure below for more details. January 31 – February 10, 2019.
Lodging
$2,985 Double Occupancy
$400 Single Supplement
Trip Begins: VER, Ends: OAX
Financials
Final Payment due no later than sixty days prior to trip
Method of Payment: Check or Credit Card, via Pay Pal Invoice from Tia Stephanie Tours.
Initial Deposit: $500 Required to Secure Space on Trip.
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Itinerary
Pre Arrival Day: January 30 (hotel not included in tour cost) Arrive: Welcome Event, Weaving Demo and Music! (Reception)
Day 1: January 31, Famed “lechero” breakfast, Depart for Xalapa for visit of Museo de Antropologia and Reception/Private Textile Collection
Day 2: Feb; 1 Transfer to Tuxtepec, stopping in Tlacotalpan, Fashion Show in Tuxtepec! Overnight Tuxtepec
Day 3: Feb. 2, Valle Nacional, Overnight Tuxtepec
Day 4: Feb. 3, San Felipe Usila, Overnight Tuxtepec
Day 5: Feb. 4, San Miguel Soyaltepec and San Lucas Ojitlan, Overnight Tuxtepec
Day 6: Feb. 5, Tuxtepec to Orizaba, Overnight Orizaba
Day 7: Feb. 6, Orizaba to Tehuacan, Visit Los Reyes Metzontla and Botanical Garden in the Tehuacan Bio Reserve
Day 8: Feb. 7, San Gabriel Chilac, Museo de Agua, Transfer to Oaxaca
Day 9: Feb. 8 Southern Craft Route!
Day 10: Feb. 9, Teotitlan del Valle and Centro de Arte Zapoteco Bii Dauu, Free Afternoon in Oaxaca City, Farewell Dinner
Day 11: Sun., Feb. 10, Return Flights or Extend
Registration is easy.
Just download the brochure below to get started.
Come stitch with us in Mexico
An EGA member tells us about her experience
on a previous ESP to Mexico.