Luggage storageOaxaca

Luggage storage across central Oaxaca

A lot of visitors to Oaxaca arrive with a bag and nowhere to put it until check-in, especially with holiday rentals that have no desk to hold it. The city itself has no single answer to that problem.

The Museo Textil de Oaxaca will take large bags at its entrance cloakroom, but the airport and bus station offer no storage at all, so plan around the specific places on your route. Oaxaca City is a World Heritage City known for its colonial-style green quarry buildings and its role as a cultural meeting point. Key attractions in Oaxaca City include the Zócalo, local churches, cultural and artistic centres, markets, and the Jardín Etnobotánico. The historic centre of Oaxaca is approximately 1.5 kilometres across, allowing travellers to walk between major neighbourhoods like Centro, Jalatlaco, and Xochimilco in 12 to 20 minutes. Stasher bookings around Oaxaca are busiest on Thursday and Sunday and in January and November, so booking ahead at those times is a good idea. Most Stasher drop-offs around Oaxaca are booked for between 09:00 and 12:00, so allow a little extra time if you arrive then. With Stasher, you can store bags from US$1.49 per bag per day at 20+ locations across Oaxaca.

Some top Stasher locations in Oaxaca include:

• Hotel reception, 3 min walk from Centro · rated 5/5 (50+ reviews)
• Hotel reception, 3 min walk from San Agustinillo
• Hotel reception, 10 min walk from Terminal ado · rated 5/5 (100+ reviews)
• Local shop, 11 min walk from Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca

⁣Local hosts include hotel receptions and local shops. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to US$13,000. Stasher storage in Oaxaca can be booked through the website or app.⁣

Arriving and leaving Oaxaca with luggage

Oaxaca International Airport (OAX) sits about 9 kilometres south of the city centre. The fastest public transport link into the centre is the official taxi especial, which takes 20 to 30 minutes. The airport's own colectivo shared van is slower at 30 to 45 minutes and costs 135 MXN per person one-way to Zone 1 (Centro Histórico). The Central de Autobuses de Oaxaca at 5 de Mayo 1016, Barrio de Jalatlaco, operates around the clock and provides intercity bus services, including a direct route to Terminal 2 of Mexico City International Airport. The airport itself also serves as a hub for the regional airline Aerotucán and offers domestic and international passenger services.

Bag rules at Oaxaca's attractions

The Museo Textil de Oaxaca requires visitors to leave large bags and belongings in their cloakroom service at the entrance, where a servicio de guardabultos desk handles them.

If you're headed to Monte Albán, the RA-17 BinniBus route connects the Símbolos Patrios terminal to the residential area at the base of the hill, leaving a 1.5-kilometre uphill walk to reach the archaeological site entrance. Most travellers come to Oaxaca for holidays, which accounted for 82.63% of visits in 2025.