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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Snowbirds! Why Settle For Florida? Winter Over At Our Oaxaca Cultural Retreat "Con Cariño"

Hierve El Agua, Oaxaca State


Alan: If you are interested in Oaxaca, Mexico, as a "snowbird" alternative to Florida, Oaxacan friends and I are creating a "cultural retreat-residence" that will open two weeks before Día de los Muertos this October, 2018.  

We have designed our "Retiro" for itelligent, aware seniors (perhaps with a Peace Corps, Foreign Service or professorial background) who seek an affordable "turnkey operation" that provides comfortable lodging in a gorgeous setting, three great meals a day, and more onsite (and offsite) cultural opportunities than any Mexican "lodging" we know of.

Onsite Opportunities include 
(but are not limited to):

Mexican cooking lessons with Sra. Julieta Sibaja and staff.

Guided expeditions to Oaxaca's vegetable, fruit, meat and fish markets.

Free Spanish language instruction with Profesora Alma Delia Blas Lavariaga.

You may also opt for Spanish instruction "over dinner" at "the Oaxacan restaurant of your choice." 
Or you may select from our own carefully chosen list of upscale -- and "down-home" -- eateries.

"Live" música latina concerts weekly. 

Latin dance instruction.

Learn guitar.

Learn keyboard.

On-site meditation hall, Yoga studio and Yoga instruction.

Traditional Native American Temescal (steam bath).

Expert massage.

Beer, wine, mixed drinks.

Medical consultation (and referrals) with our "on-call" physicians.


Offsite Opportunities:

Offsite opportunities include a free round-trip taxi ride (one per day) to downtown Oaxaca.
Determine your our departure and return times.
 Our team of trusted taxistas is at your service. 

Galleries and Museums
Oaxaca and environs are a top contender for "most creative place in the world."
(Just click on the following line items.)

Art Galleries in Oaxaca City | Facebook

Attractions in Oaxaca City, Mexico - Lonely Planet


The Top 10 Oaxaca Art Galleries - TripAdvisor


The Best 10 Art Galleries in Oaxaca, Mexico



We also offer very affordable guided tours to all Oaxaca's surrounding "craft towns," archaeological ruins, historic sites (including Benito Juarez lovely hometown of Guelatao), Colonial Churchs, mescalerias, weekly tianguis (markets), and geological marvels, not least of which is "Hierve el Agua" pictured above.

Handcraft workshops: weaving, alebrije-making, ceramics, painting.

Overland trekking/biking tours for the adventurous.

Full service gymnasium -- with olympic pool -- just a few blocks away.

Cheer for Oaxaca's Triple A baseball team, Los Guerreros de Oaxaca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerreros_de_Oaxaca

Cheer for Oaxaca's professional soccer team "Los Alebrijes de Oaxaca." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alebrijes_de_Oaxaca

"El Retiro" also coordinates tours with "Fundación En Vía," an exemplary micro-finance NGO that makes loans available to Oaxacan women.
1.) http://old.seattletimes.com/html/travel/2022002862_oaxacamicrofinancetourxml.html
2.) https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEnVia/

"Dental Tourism" 
(Finally! Get your teeth "taken care of" at a small fraction of the cost "en el norte.")

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Oaxaca's Climate Approximates Most People's Ideal.

"Why settle for Florida?"
Oaxaca, Mexico
Weather averages

MonthHigh / Low(°F)Rain

January81° / 47°0 days

February84° / 49°0 days

March88° / 53°1 day

April90° / 57°4 days

May89° / 59°7 days

June84° / 59°11 days

July83° / 58°11 days

August83° / 57°9 days

September81° / 58°11 days

October82° / 54°4 days

November81° / 49°1 day

December81° / 47°0 days

"El Retiro " requests a minimum stay of two weeks at a cost of $600.00 dollars (U.S.) per week based on double occupancy.

"El Retiro Con Cariño" is almost "too good to be true." 

We invite you to sign up now.

Space is limited. 

"El Retiro Para Los Pájaros De Nieve" occupies the grounds of La Villada, an Inn/Compound envisioned, built and operated by la familia Sibaja.

"Nuestra casa es tu casa."

We pick you up at Oaxaca's International airport (OAX); return you to airport; and treat you como familia during the weeks (or months) we have the pleasure to serve you.

Hasta pronto amigos!

La Villada
https://www.tripadvisor.com.mx/Hotel_Review-g150801-d754704-Reviews-La_Villada_Inn-Oaxaca_Southern_Mexico.html

http://www.hotelesdeoaxaca.com/lavilladainnhostel.html#.WrLy8-jwbIU

For more information, please contact me at AlanArchibald@gmail.com

(Our website will be online by mid-June, 2018.)


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