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Azúcar
Monte Gordo, Mexico · Independent · Core Luxury
Grupo Habita planted twenty whitewashed palapa bungalows on Veracruz's Emerald Coast as a tribute to local sugarcane and singer Celia Cruz, naming each cottage after a nearby mill. Founder Carlos Couturier wove red cedar driftwood he salvaged after a Veracruz flood into beds and beams, and the open-air Xochicalli spa, house of flowers in Nahuatl, sits under a palapa woven by local artisans beside an irregular pool.
- 20 rooms
- Opened 2005
- Neighborhood: Costa Esmeralda / Monte Gordo
- Architect: Elías Adam and José Robredo (Taller de Arquitectura)
- Interiors: Carlos Couturier
About Azúcar
- Elías Adam and José Robredo of Taller de Arquitectura designed the twenty adults-oriented palapa bungalows.
- Azúcar sits on the Gulf of Mexico at Monte Gordo along Veracruz's Costa Esmeralda.
History
Azúcar is a rustic-chic beach hotel on the Costa Esmeralda at Monte Gordo, on the Gulf coast of Veracruz, Mexico. One of the early properties associated with Grupo Habita, it opened around 2005 with architecture by Elías Adam and José Robredo of Taller de Arquitectura and a design concept by Carlos Couturier.
Spread across some twenty whitewashed, thatched-roof bungalows amid coconut palms, the adults-oriented hotel takes its name from the region's sugarcane industry and pays homage to the Cuban singer Celia Cruz and her famous cry of '¡Azúcar!'. A member of Design Hotels, it is known for its barefoot simplicity, its Xochicalli spa and cedar-wood interiors crafted from driftwood.
The setting
On Veracruz's Costa Esmeralda at Monte Gordo, Gulf coast. This is Grupo Habita's sugar-coast camp, not a Veracruz port hotel.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
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