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Hacienda de los Santos
Alamos, Sonora, Mexico · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Thirty-four rooms in silver-baron walls from about 1685: the Alcantar house by a Murillo sugar mill, Jim and Nancy Swickard opening a hotel in 1999 after buying in 1988, a hangar for a dozen planes, a cantina of hundreds of tequilas, santos and retablos that named the house. You sleep in Álamos, then walk the colonial grid. This is Sonora's mining town, not the beach. The door says los Santos.
- 34 rooms
- Opened 1999
- Neighborhood: Centro
About Hacienda de los Santos
- Thirty-four rooms in a cluster of colonial buildings in Álamos, Sonora. The hacienda dates to about 1685-1710 for the Alcantar silver family beside a Murillo sugar mill.
- Former yogurt franchisors Jim and Nancy Swickard bought it in 1988 and opened the hotel in 1999. Private aircraft hangar for about a dozen planes.
- The name House of the Saints comes from a collection of santos, retablos and ex-votos. A cantina stocks hundreds of tequilas. Historic Hotels Worldwide is a listing, not a brand.
History
Hacienda de los Santos is a 1685 Álamos silver hacienda, hotel from 1999 under the Swickards, 34 rooms, hangar, tequila cantina, santos collection.
The setting
Álamos centro, Sonora, colonial mining town, not the beach.
Restaurants and bars
- Agave Cafe — Café
- Cantina — Restaurant
- Santiago's Fine Dining — Restaurant
Experiences
- Original Hacienda kitchen — The original kitchen of the Hacienda, shown in a video tour in Spanish (11 minutes).
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