HOTEL REVIEW AZUCAR
THIS PAGE (LEFT):Each palapa has a traditional thatched roof and an open-sided courtyard with
outdoor rainfall showers (ABOVE) The ‘biblioteca’ is a relaxed space for reading and lounging
an outdoor spa featuring a yoga space and offering outside private terraces and each furnished with AZUCAR
a wide range of holistic spa treatments. Azucar has a unique period-specific furniture. There will also be a OUT Km 83.5 Carretera Poza Rica – Nautla
small pool, bedecked with sunbleached pink beanbags, biblioteca, restaurant and dining area, and plunge pool Loocalidad Montegordo Veracruz
but it also has mile upon mile of empty beaches surrounded by a forest of mango trees. Due to open Mexico C.P. 93588
stretching in both directions just a Gulf breeze away. Easter 2009, Famille Couturier will deploy the Azucar Tel: +52 232 321 0678
A little further afield is Couturier’s next project. alchemy of cutting-edge contemporary design with www.hotelazucar.com
In a rural inland location, around 30 kilometres location-specific nostalgia, although Carlos Couturier
from Azucar, the Couturier ancestral home is being is keen to stress that the guiding principal throughout EXPRESS CHECK „ 20 Bungalows
transformed into a ‘mini Azucar’. The original ranch will be simplicity. “We want to keep things simple ‰ Seafood restaurant
style house dates back to the late nineteenth and as close to the original lifestyle of my family [ Outdoor spa
century and was the home of Carlos’ grandparents in the late 19th century as possible,” he says. “They + ‘Biblioteca’ library, swimming pool
when they first arrived on the Gulf coast from their used their instinct and ‘savoir faire’ and we thought
native France, and it will be named for them. Famille it would be cool to do the same, so much of Famille
Couturier will have just nine guestrooms, some with Couturier will be designed by local artisans.”
050 MARCH / APRIL 2009 HOTEL REVIEW VISIT WWW.SLEEPERMAGAZINE.COM FOR MORE HOTEL REVIEWS
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