Town and Country: Is This the Wellness Escape We All Need Right Now?

Hacienda AltaGracia has the almost mystically remote appeal of Amangiri in Utah—only instead of crossing a desert to reach your oasis, you are conveyed from the San José airport via a private (and muy pequeño) propeller plane over a jaw-dropping expanse of plunging mountains. It also has the home-like (if your home was very, very fancy) appeal of a place like Blackberry Farm: Each of the 50 casitas is stocked with snacks and board games, and equipped with both a fireplace and a plunge pool. The setting could not be more picturesque: picture 180 acres of forest, a coffee plantation, onsite healing herb garden, and lushly planted, flower-dense hiking trails, all aflutter with brightly colored birds and butterflies. The centerpiece is Casa de Agua, the beating heart of THE WELL at Hacienda AltaGracia, and—like THE WELL’s Manhattan HQ and offshoot at Mayflower Inn & Spa, Auberge Resorts Collection in Connecticut—it is beautifully, and thoughtfully, designed. The indoor pool is surrounded by glass and greenery, creating the effect that you’re swimming in a greenhouse, and the natural crystal and marble elements throughout the space feel both grounding and elevated.

 

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