This Dry January, let’s get see Oaxaca City sober.

Oaxaca is one of the world’s most celebrated cities (Travel + Leisure readers named it the world’s best in 2023), and also the mezcal capital of Mexico. For sober travelers, that combination is the problem: the food, culture and nightlife are extraordinary, but mezcal is offered at every turn.

Sober in Oaxaca solves that. We’re Amanda and Ginna, founders of Tomonotomo, a non-alcoholic agave spirit we distill in Oaxaca from tobalá and 15 local herbs and spices. Amanda spent years as a bartender before getting sober five years ago; Ginna still drinks occasionally. We live here, and we know how to enjoy this city clear-headed.

This five-day Dry January trip (Jan 14–18, 2027) takes a small group of 6 to 12 off the tourist trail: a full day in the agave fields with the families who grow it, a zero-proof cocktail class at our distillery, a cooking class with a local cook, hands-on time with Oaxacan artisans, and our sober bar crawl, which grew from 6 guests to nearly 30.

It’s timed for mid-January, when Dry January motivation dips, as a reset that proves sober travel can be the richest kind.