Las Brisas is an iconic hotel nestled in 40 acres of lush hibiscus gardens on a hill overlooking the Acapulco Bay. Rooms are set in pink casitas and have shared or private pools. The hotel has its own beach club with freshwater and saltwater pools which can be reached by free transfer every 20 minutes. Guests will enjoy a welcome cocktail upon arrival as well as coffee and sweet rolls delivered in-room every morning. The small on-site spa offers relaxing massages and body treatments.

The hotel's entirely redesigned accommodations (the former Tides Hotel) and public spaces blend Thompson Hotels' mid-century modern style with traditional Mexican art and architecture.

An avantgarde marvel conceived by architect Miguel Angel Aragones, Encanto Acapulco is a stunning design hotel located in Diamond Point, an upmarket home from home for Mexico City's money moguls and soap stars. Despite being a five-minute walk from the beach, Hotel Encanto's elevated position and Aragones' clever design invites the ocean to join the lucky guests lounging by the infinity pool during the scorching days.

Conceptualized by Thompson Hotels’ design team in partnership with locally based interior design company Andres Saavedra Design, Thompson Zihuatanejo (the former Tides Hotel) is located on a secluded stretch of coastline along a protected bay. The resort’s suite accommodations – all offering separate living areas and private balconies or terraces – strike a balance between traditional Mexican architecture and mid-century modern design.

A vintage design hotel located in the La Caleta neighbourhood, directly on the beach. Originally a hotel from the 1950's, it reopened after a major overhaul featuring pale greens and understated shades, a smattering of vintage furnishings, original lattice brick work and terrazzo floors.

Nestled between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Lo Sereno Casa de Playa is a laidback property that lives up to its name. Here, serenity reigns supreme and nothing detracts from the hotel’s main spotlight: a three-mile-long unspoiled beach bordered by coconut palms in Troncones, a world-class surfing destination.

The mixed-use structure was designed by Javier Sordo-Madaleno Architects, and consists of four stacked geometric volumes encased in a crisscross aluminum frame that includes an energy generating curtain wall. At the base is the 188-roomed hotel, crowned by a wraparound infinity pool and sky deck with views across the city. Interiors are mostly monochrome but feature some interesting design quirks; poured concrete ceilings in the guest rooms, and an original printed crystal graffiti.

Creative firm Grupo Mitote has overhauled a 16-century colonial mansion near Guadalajara, Mexico to create the Juana Bautista Hotel. The historic estate, located in the artistic enclave of Tlaquepaque, is treasured for being the site in which General Celestino Negrete signed his support for the Plan of Iguala, a milestone in Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821.

Del Carmen Concept Hotel is an ultra-modern boutique hotel, located in central Guadalajara. The hotel is set in a restored 19th-century hacienda, but boats cutting-edge interiors. Each of the 9 rooms is dedicated to the spirit of different Mexican surrealists and feature and colorful decor. The casual restaurant dedicated to Frida Kahlo has a sidewalk terrace for dining al-fresco. There is also a bar/library.

Hotel Demetria is a cutting-edge design and art hotel located in Guadalajara's Lafayette district. The hotel is set in a brutalist concrete and glass tower connected to two historic structures, a 1930s modernist villa and Luis Barragán’s Casa Franco.

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Exclusive beach resort with a handful of colourful villas, lush gardens and excellent facilities, set on a vast private ecological reserve.

Set in Mexico City’s fascinating Roma neighbourhood, Brick Hotel fuses the best in contemporary luxury with atmospheric Belle Époque architecture. Constructed from English bricks, the mansion was originally a grand home for the first manager of the Bank of London & Mexico. Later it was owned by the Mexican president before becoming the ‘go-to’ spot for the rich and famous in the 1930s.

- will boast 144 hotel rooms including 15 luxury suites and 126 branded residences.

district: Centro Histórico. Grupo Habita has done it again. Here in its hometown, Mexico’s trailblazing boutique hotels chain have reimagined a 19th century residential building, housing a modern ground floor marketplace, 18 guestrooms and seven suites. Crowning the property is a rooftop bar and restaurant, combining al fresco dining with sweeping vistas of the Metropolitan Cathedral (the oldest in the Americas), the National Palace, and the Templo Mayor for a fully rounded view of the city.

Blending colonial 17th century grandeur with a raw industrial edge, Downtown is a design hotel integrating local indigenous culture into its concept while celebrating its location in the historic downtown of Mexico City. The hotel's -known as the “Palacio de los Condes de Miravalle” characteristics include ornate detailing around the windows of the facade and a stone-forge staircase with intricate handrails sit alongside grey volcanic rock walls and handmade cement tiles.

Architecture aficionados should book at least one night at Camino Real in Polanco. The hotel, built for the 1968 Olympics, was designed by the late architect Ricardo Legorreta, who was renowned for his Mexican modernist style. In the Camino Real, that style is expressed through a reverent nod to Mexico's past, with part of the hotel's exterior evoking a pre-Hispanic pyramid.

Located on Paseo de la Reforma, one of the most iconic avenues worldwide, Sofitel Mexico City Reforma is the first luxury hotel to open in Mexico City in more than a decade. A sophisticated and stylish address in the heart of Mexico City, the hotel boasts a stunning contemporary exterior and features 275 luxurious guestrooms, two elegant dining experiences and three bars, a Sofitel Spa with L’Occitane, a state-of-the-art fitness center and an indoor pool.

Ignacia is no ordinary guest house. Set in the upscale Colonia Roma, the mansion that’s stood on this site since 1913 was already impressive enough. Now, thanks to an ultra-modern expansion, it’s the kind of house that gets written about in architecture magazines — and for guests, it’s one of the most unique hotel experiences in the city.

Boasting a contemporary design by renowned local architect Javier Sanchez, Umbral features sleek, minimalistic furniture in neutral tones of white, beige and brown, as well as natural materials such as light and dark woods. All 59 guest rooms are comprised of two distinct environments – a darker intimate entrance that leads to a light guest room through a golden frame, symbolizing an umbral.

Set in Mexico City downtown's vibrant Cuauhtémoc neighbourhood, Hotel Carlota is set in the shell of the iconic 1970s Hotel Jardín Amazonas. The remodelled boutique hotel retains a gritty edge, taking its indoors-outdoors motel vibe from its former life which includes an intermittent façade of rough concrete blocks. Interiors include original furnishings rooted in age-old manufacturing techniques.

Downtown Beds is a hip hostel set in the former server quarter's of a historic palace, now the sister Downtown hotel. It boasts a very central location, just 100 metres from Mexico City’s Zócalo Square. Beds are distributed between 4 and 8 person dormitory and 3 private rooms. All come with bed linen and shared bathrooms. ✅Free continental breakfast offered. There is a rooftop area with a bar and a lounge with a large-screen TV and table football.

Pug Seal Anatole France - Set in the upscale western neighborhood of Polanco, it’s a new build rather than a historical structure, but not lacking personality — it’s painted in eye-popping Wimbledon purple and green. But once you’re inside you’ll see that the color scheme is perhaps the least extravagant thing about it. Some of the eclectic rooms have balconies or terraces, others have bathtubs, one even has an outdoor jacuzzi. Safe to say it’s a stay you won’t soon forget.

Located above the owner's concept store featuring "designed and made in Mexico" products, La Valise is a small luxury hotel with just 3 suites in hip Colonia Roma, a neighborhood teeming with contemporary art galleries, independent boutiques, great restaurants and trendy nightlife venues. The hotel is set in an early 20th century French style building. The lively Zona Rosa neighbourhood, Reforma Avenue and the Angel of Independence are all within a 15 minutes' walk.

AR 218 is located in Mexico City and offers a self-catering accommodations. Free WiFi access is available. The property is 1.

Pug Seal’s pocket-sized boutique B&Bs feel like perfect little secrets in the vastness of Mexico City — in the compact historical center of Oaxaca City, however, a 20-suite boutique hotel looms larger. Not to worry: Pug Seal Oaxaca is just as tranquil, just as residential in atmosphere as its cousins in the capital, designed as it is around a central courtyard decorated with colorful murals.

The Pacific coast of Oaxaca isn’t exactly undiscovered, but it’s pleasantly under-developed, probably because it’s still satisfyingly tough to get to. Boutique hotels were understandably rather late reaching places like Mazunte — in a tropical paradise like this, you’d be happy with the most rudimentary lodging. But the advent of a place like the Cocolia Hotel marks the beginning of a new era; finally this fantastic destination has a small but stylish and full-featured hotel to call its own.

The 17th-century colonial structure housing Hotel Sin Nombre is unlike anything else in Oaxaca, Mexico’s mezcal capital. Restored over the course of six years by Portuguese architect João Boto Caeiro, the 22-room property is the vision of local artist and California native Elliott Coon.

While parts of Mexico are famously overdeveloped, the Pacific coastline of Oaxaca is not. This stretch of south-facing beach, spanning the villages of Mazunte and San Agustinillo, is spectacular, and the towns are lively but not crowded, off-the-radar but not impossible to reach. And while the beginnings of a luxury travel scene are present, they’re tasteful and restrained — a description that suits Zoa perfectly.

Hotel Escondido in Oaxaca City is a boutique design hotel set in a 19th-century historic city mansion and a brutalist style new "tower". With a color palette steeped in greens, ochers, and off-whites; local materials that include quarry stones, terracotta, indigenous textiles, and sabino wood; and custom-made black pottery, this is a sublimely alluring, handcrafted testament to the Mexico of yesterday and of the present moment.

Mexican studios Taller Lu’um and At-te designed this boutique hotel in Oaxaca to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. Called Monte Uzulu, the hotel is located in San Agustinillo, a small fishing village and beach in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Located on a pristine beach, Hotel Escondido is a barefoot luxury hotel, a 20-minute drive from Puerto Escondido. It offers palapas (thatched roof bungalows) in a minimalist-rustic style Bungalows come with ocean views, air-conditioning, a cable TV, a DVD player, a minibar, and a private (plunge) pool. There is a beach club, a restaurant serving local seafood, a bar and a lively underground nightclub. Local bars, restaurants and grocery stores can be found in Llano Grande (4km).

Set in a leafy residential neighborhood on the western edge of town, means urban life isn’t far away, but the immediate surroundings are verdant, quiet, and exceedingly private. Architecturally, it’s an appealing building, blending the orderly geometries of modernism with the appealingly warm and organic textures of traditional carpentry. The walls are made from chukum, a sand-based stucco, and there’s sisal and organic cotton everywhere, a tactile contrast with the cool polished concrete…

For most casual vacationers, Cancun is known more as a raucous spring break destination than a sophisticated beach retreat. Despite appearances, however, it’s a location that lends itself to Mexico’s emphasis on craftsmanship and tradition. This is what Chicago-based Curioso wanted to celebrate with Atelier Playa Mujeres, an elevated, all-inclusive luxury resort that is one with its lush landscape.

A whitewashed hideaway of tropical plants and Mexican vintage finds, Hotel La Semilla is situated in a well-heeled residential area of Playa del Carmen. The gorgeous beach is only five minutes' walk away and a 2-minute stroll will bring you to the 5th Avenue plethora of shops and restaurants. Complimentary bicycles are available to explore the surroundings. La Semilla offers a secluded garden filled with hammocks and an ocean-view rooftop terrace, perfect for a sundown cocktail.

Be Playa is a boutique design hotel located in Playa del Carmen, a few imuntes' walk from Fifth Avenue shopping and the beach. Rooms have clean white walls, white marble and hardwood floors and come with a flat-screen TV and an iPod docking station. Selected suites have freestanding baths and balconies. The hotel's all-day restaurant "Sushi Club" serves gourmet sushi and Asian cuisine. There is a rooftop pool lounge offering signature cocktails.

Voted the world's most instagrammable hotel 2020. The NIZUC Resort & Spa is nestled on nearly 30 seaside acres in Cancún. A wealth of natural materials – local stone; mangrove, ziricote, and puce woods – and an earthy palette establish a placid tone. The hotel’s designer worked with Mexico City’s Museo Nacional de Antropología to reproduce a 16th-century convent mural, which graces one of the six restaurants, and the Mayan hieroglyphics that appear throughout the rooms, giving a sense of…

Cocooned by the jungle on a pristine stretch of the Caribbean coast, lies a raw-luxe camp with an urban spirit – a communal playground for a creative community seeking reconnection with nature and themselves. Together with Emilio Heredia, owner of the existing Papaya Playa Beach Bungalow Resort, Design Hotels™ has created a destination in paradise.

The 174-room urban oasis is situated in Cancun's lively 'Hotel Zone' overlooking the natural beauty of Nichupté Bay. Guests can discover the locale of Cancun woven within each element of the property through architecture, design, gastronomy and programming alongside the legendary comforts of Hilton.

The typical Tulum boutique hotel is set right on the beach, and it’s not hard to see the appeal of that approach. But for a stay that’s more centered on nightlife than on communing with nature, Tulum’s town center offers an increasing number of options — none, perhaps, quite so moody and atmospheric as Aroma Tulum.

A raft of awards has already started rolling in for Chablé’s impressive design. Mexico City-based interior designer Paulina Moran is responsible for an artsy laid-back vibe, sprinkling the main hub – a restored 19th-century hacienda – with antique tiles, modern art and vivid colour pops. Crumbling arches, snaking tree roots and Parota trees hung with lanterns add a magical dimension to exploring the gardens – especially by night when fireflies flicker.

Set in a 19th-century listed building, Casa Azul Monumento Histórico is 2 blocks from Montejo Avenue.

Offering an outdoor swimming pool and a restaurant, Hotel Hacienda Ticum is located 5 mi from Tixkokob town center.

Set in two restored Yucatan mansions, Rosas & Xocolate is a boutique design hotel offering 17 intimate rooms, each with a private terrace, an outdoor bathtub, an iPod dock, and contemporary furniture. It is located on Merida's grand Paseo de Montejo. Splash around in the courtyard pool, or dine in the Moon Lounge (voted Mexico's best hotel restaurant). If you like your literature served with a side of lime and salt, try the Tequila Bar and Library.

This family-run hotel on Holbrox Island, off the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, offers a cool, elegant designer alternative – with great food, airy guest rooms and a unique pool-cum-patio, it’s certainly an eye-catching property.

Featuring world-class contemporary art, nature, and laid-back luxury, Casa Malca is a boutique hotel located on an unspoiled -private- white sand beach on the southern end of Tulum, on the edge of the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve. The driving force behind the property, Lio Malca, is a lion in the art world, having launched retrospectives at New York's Whitney Museum and other top venues.

Be Tulum is a hippie-chic hotel located right on the beach in Tulum. Spacious guest suites feature local limestone, bold Bisazza mosaic tiles and cowhide rugs. Room facilities include iPod docking stations with ground floor suites having private terraces with a pool and upper floor suites having balconies with jacuzzis. There is an on-site restaurant and a cocktail bar on the beach.

A luxury all-suite hotel designed for guests to reconnect with the beauty of nature on Mexico’s crystalline Caribbean coast. All suites feature private pools, outdoor living areas, terraces, sumptuous linens and exclusive amenities. The hotel has an extensive spa, private sugar white beach, seafood bar and restaurant.

Whitewashed walls provide backdrops for cacti and frame ocean views at the laid-back Hotel San Cristóbal, with the hotel's vibe minimal and beachy, reminiscent of the Baja in the 1970s. The boutique hotel is located directly on the beach of Todos Santos. One of Mexico's "pueblos magicos" it is in a transition from fishing village to bohemian getaway to emerging tourist destination.

Encuentro Guadelupe (formerly Hotel Endemico) is a unique design hotel surrounded by the vineyards of the Valle de Guadalupe. Rooms are set in freestanding 'boxes' on a steep hillside and feature a minimalist décor, and come with a deck and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the valley. There is a restaurant and an outdoor pool. Massage services are also provided. On weekends, there is a local market with local produce and goods. There are 45 vineyards in the area.

The newly opened resort blends laid-back Mexican chic with minimalistic Japanese sophistication on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. With four swimming pools, unrivalled beachfront location, Malibu Farm's first Mexican outpost, stunning architecture, a luxurious spa, nearby championship golf course and a Nobu restaurant…what more could you ask for?

The resort, which was designed by renowned Mexican architectural firm Sordo Madaleno, features cascading terraces that blend desert vegetation with quarry stone, granite, marble and wood to create a literal architectural work of art. The design celebrates the landscape of Baja, as the property features a sustainable lush “dry jungle” that features endemic species and flora.

Opened as Mar Adentro, Viceroy has taken over this stunning Miguel Ángel Aragonés-designed resort that's just minutes from town (San José del Cabo). Built from glass and concrete, the hotel has six different buildings for guest rooms, all offering unbroken views of the ocean beyond.

Located in the historic centre of Comitán is Casa Delina, a colonial mansion dating back to 1851 turned into an stylish boutique hotel and art centre. Emerging artists from around the world were each given a room and invited to do their thing, lending a truly international boutique vibe. Among those involved were Egor Kraft (Austria), Tony Easley (UK) and local mosaic artisans Los Chacales, preserving an endangered Chiapas art form.

Hotel b¨o is a sleek design hotel in San Cristóbal de las Casas. Stylish, understated rooms feature wood furnishings and a coffee maker with a selection of local coffees. Superior rooms have increased floor areas and the lavish suites (1 is lofted) include amenities such as private gardens or terraces, fireplaces and separate living areas. Lum restaurant serves upmarket Mexican cuisine in an airy, contemporary space.

Originally built for the local bishop in the 18th century, this stunning 6 room mansion is tucked into the heart of San Miguel de Allende. The late fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville lived in Casa No Name for more than twenty years, and made it famous in a photo book not long before her death. Fortunately the photos aren’t the only way to remember Casa No Name: in its new life it’s a luxurious little boutique hotel, in which the old master suite — now Deborah’s Suite — is only one…

The colonial-era casa is the former home of Isaac Cohen, a legendary local businessman who arrived from Syria with barely a penny to his name. The pink-stone building has now become the Concept House, a hub for the city’s artistic community. On the ground floor, you’ll find everything from fine tequila to homegrown fashion; upstairs, you’ll bed down in cool, cotton-coloured rooms furnished with artistic flair. On the roof, you’ll discover a sun terrace and pool.

On the colourful, colonial streets of San Miguel de Allende, Hotel Amparo is a boutique bolthole with a rooftop restaurant, characterful courtyard and clued-up concierge. You’ll soon feel like family at this home-like hideaway – help yourself to a drink at the honesty bar (or have a mixologist muddle one for you if it’s cocktail o’clock), enjoy homemade breakfasts, and kick back during the decadent dessert hour every evening.

A luxury boutique hotel and cooking school in the heart of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada exudes a warmth and charm that immediately delights.vUpon arrival to Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada you're immediately soothed by the leafy garden that the organically situated terracotta hotel rises out of. The hotel's 37 deluxe rooms and suites are distributed among four mansions and the Casa del Parque, a short walk away.

A boutique hotel set in the neo-classical townhouse of Guanajuato, a well-preserved colonial UNESCO city surrounded by the picturesque mountains and valleys of the Sierra de Guanajuato. The hotel has classic and contemporary original art pieces, a central pool, outdoor hot tub, indoor pool, spa, restaurant and bar. Guests also have access to buildings dating back to the sixteenth century, Diego Rivera’s home and local food markets.

Set in a renovated 18th century city palace, Cantera 10 Hotel Boutique features eleven designer suites, a Mexican restaurant and a cocktail bar. The hotel is located right in the heart of Morelia, on its central square opposite the cathedral.

“B+B Hotel” might seem redundant, but Las Casas, an 11-room hideaway right in the heart of Cuernavaca’s pocket-sized downtown, is truly a little bit of both — it’s more polished and more stylish than most any bed and breakfast, while it’s smaller and more intimate than most any hotel, boutique or otherwise. The rooms and suites are sharply outfitted in shades of white and gray, with the house’s colonial architecture still visible beneath the contemporary, minimalist décor.

The Anticavilla boutique hotel is set in a restored colonial mansion in Cuernavaca's residential area of Vista Hermosa. Many of the building's striking original features were carefully retained while cutting-edge modern design and an décor inspired by 20th-century Italian painters were added. In the luscious tropical gardens you will find a lagoon-shaped pool and a spa offering a range of relaxing and rejuvenating treatments.

The latest addition to One&Only’s collection of luxury resorts will feature 104 free-standing villas and treehouses, and 54 private homes along the Riviera Nayarit in Mexico. The resort will offer a variety of dining and entertainment concepts, spa, fitness studio and equestrian centre.

W Punta de Mita is a luxury design hotel located right on the Pacific Ocean beach. It offers colorful, Mexican and surf style-inspired guest rooms, the "Chevicheria", a 1950s Chevrolet 3800 truck located on the beach serving ceviche and craft beer, and Mesa1, privately situated on an island in the middle of a lake that only accommodates one seating per day. Also, there is the Spice Market Beach restaurant overseen by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and a 4,000-square-foot (372m2) full service…

Offering 4 à la carte Restaurants, Hotel Mousai is the first 5 Diamond, Adults Only Hotel in Puerto Vallarta. It is located in Garza Blanca Beach, only 3.

Set within a curved tower, Hotel Habita Monterrey is a homage to modernism. The hotel features a dramitical rooftop pool and bar with vertiginous views over the city and valley. The on-site restaurant serves Mexican cuisine. Guest rooms feature an iPod docking station, a video game system, a tablet, a minibar and air-conditioning. Bathrooms come with tubs and Aesop toiletries. Business center and 24-hour security.

Mexican pride is at the heart of this design hotel in the revived, Unesco-listed city of Puebla. Constructed from the remains of a historic mansion and tile factory, it’s filled with paintings and sculptures by Mexican artists, with top Mexican cuisine served in a restaurant with views of the city and volcanoes beyond.

This grand hotel (the former Rosewood Hotel) in the Unesco-listed city of Puebla has a comfortingly old-school approach to luxury. The hotel is constructed from two former colonial houses and a pink chapel, with a courtyard, fountains and purple jacaranda trees. Public areas and bedrooms are decorated with Mexican art. Service is impeccable.

Located in the historic city centre near the Puebla Cathedral is La Purifacadora, an avantgarde design hotel offering an outdoor swimming pool, an on-site restaurant serving Mexican cuisine, a sauna and a jacuzzi. The hotel is set in a late 19th-century water purifaction plant with many of the original features retented like crumbling walls and stone aqueducts.

El Sueño is a family-owned and operated boutique hotel, converted from a pair of centuries-old Spanish Colonial townhouses, renovated in an austere and urbane style. Polished hardwood floors and white walls look familiar to anyone who’s opened a design magazine, but the décor and furnishings studiously avoid both the generic international style and the clutter of colonial kitsch — instead you’ll find wrought-iron antique beds alongside modern necessities like flat-panel televisions.

The style at this nineteenth-century estate is broadly historical, but it’s immediately apparent that it was assembled with a designer’s eye. The Maison’s rustic atmosphere is all the more impressive given that fact. Eight bungalows make up the bulk of the accommodation, augmented by an Owner’s Suite in the estate’s main house. They’re only just as modern as they need to be — a/c, internet, plasma screens — but there’s nothing to break the spell of the Maison’s countrified elegance.

Named for the sugar cane grown in its home state of Veracruz, the Azúcar is a bohemian chic hotel overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. The hotel has 20 low-slung thatched-toof bungalows, all in an intense white-on-white colour scheme, with private terraces, each with its own locally made hammock for naps or reading sessions cooled by the sea breeze. Public spaces are mainly open-air, including the library, a spa area and a restaurant.

El Hotel Mesón de Jobito | Zacatecas - Originally built as a private home in 1700, Hotel Meson de Jobito served brief tenures as a market and horse stable before opening as a public hotel 1993. The original colonial architecture still remains—along with some original locals. Visitors have reported images of miners showing up to look for gold, as well as the sound of horses walking.