This Dreamy Pink Mansion In The Heart Of The City

Ever since I noticed images of a good friend’s journey to Mérida, Mexico, I couldn’t get the vacation spot out of my head. Positive, I used to be drawn in by the historic metropolis’s ample appeal, tradition, structure, artwork, and meals scene. However the pictures that saved lingering in my thoughts have been of Rosas & Xocolate Boutique Hotel and Spa: the pair of colonial mansions with shiny pink partitions surrounded by lush greenery, with a tequila bar, shaded courtyards, central courtyard pool, and buzzy rooftop and patio areas left an enduring impression.

As soon as I discovered that every of the boutique lodge’s rooms have non-public out of doors soaking tubs, I booked a flight.

Mérida is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan, and its wealthy historical past is each Mayan and colonial. Historical ruins and gorgeous cenotes encompass the world, and pastel palaces line town’s plazas. Avenue Paseo de Montejo, town’s large, leafy main boulevard, was constructed within the nineteenth century within the type of the well-known boulevards of Europe.

On a vigorous nook of this foremost boulevard sits Rosas & Xocolate design-driven boutique lodge. Attributable to its prime location alongside Avenue Paseo de Montejo, its eye-catching sizzling pink exterior, and fashionable patio restaurant, it could actually’t be missed whereas touring Mérida. The central location ensures that you just don’t have to hire a automotive whereas visiting town since so many eating places, museums, city plazas, markets, and purchasing locations are walkable, and every little thing else could be reached by way of a fast and cheap taxi journey.

Strolling via Rosas & Xocolate’s picket doorways, you’ll really feel such as you’re coming into somebody’s residence. That’s as a result of the property is definitely two adjoining French-style mansions that sat uninhabited on town’s most iconic boulevard earlier than being mixed and lovingly restored by the present proprietor. Mayan, European, and modern influences are married all through the lodge’s fashionable interiors. The foyer greets you with an intricate wrought iron staircase, gleaming darkish woodwork, attractive tile, and trendy artwork.

The lodge presents a number of on-site eating choices for any temper or time of day. Watch folks stroll Paseo Montejo over breakfast at The Montejo Terrace, seize lunch and beat the warmth within the shaded Courtyard, or have an upscale dinner at The Eating Lounge. For cocktails, sip spirits on the Tequila Bar Library, or head upstairs for cocktails on the fashionable Moon Lounge.

The pink and rose schemes are carried via the lodge, with pastel-colored partitions surrounding the pool space, inside courtyards, and hallways. Seventeen spacious visitor rooms — every one distinctive — are adorned in impartial colours with taupe partitions, four-poster beds made from vintage darkish wooden or modern wrought iron, and crisp white linens with pink accents from recent flowers, runners, pillows, and different textiles.

The up to date loos are simply as roomy because the bedrooms, with patterned tile, minimalist marble and porcelain sinks, trendy glass showers, and outsized soaking tubs which are open to the sky. Suites additionally provide peaceable terraces overlooking the leafy boulevard.

Whereas Rosas & Xocolate’s central location places you steps from town’s greatest museums, eating places, espresso retailers, bars, and purchasing locations, its plush pink interiors make it arduous to go away your room.

Rosas & Xocolate Boutique Hotel and Spa is situated at Paseo de Montejo 480, Zona Paseo Montejo, Centro, Mérida, Yucatán 97000. Rooms from $250 per evening.