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Six Senses is set to open its first hotel in the Americas in February 2021. Located in Brazil, 4,000 feet above sea level on 700 acres of mid-tropical Atlantic forests in the Mantiqueira Mountains, Six Senses Botanique is two-and-a-half hours from São Paulo and three-and-a-half hours from Rio de Janeiro.
Formerly known as Botanique Hotel & Spa, the hotel was born out of Fernanda Ralston Semler’s vision and was constructed in 2012 by regional architects and designers using indigenous materials, such as jacaranda wood, natural stone and chocolate slate. When the property adopts the Six Senses brand in early 2021, it will offer seven suites in the main hotel, ranging from 645 to 970 square feet, and 13 private villas, from 1,184 to 3,230 square feet, dotted in the hills around it. A further 14 villas are planned and will be constructed off-site in a modular manner using local materials.
We all have a lot of living to do next year. Places to go, pools to swim in, room service on which to dispose income. One of the few great experiences of 2020 for me was a stay at the Sant Francesc Hotel Singular in the old town of Palma, Mallorca, during that weird, late summer period when going on holiday was a roll of the dice, with arbitrary changes brought in at the stroke of midnight to make life immensely inconvenient, and flights violently expensive.
My stay was glorious â everything was perfect, from the high ornate ceilings to the best croquetas on Earth, served next to the rooftop pool overlooking the basilica. Iâd been looking forward to visiting its sibling property in Santanyi, Can Ferrereta, but opening plans were put on ice around the same time we all put our masks on, in spring. I still stayed in Santanyi on that trip, but in an Airbnb. My favourite beach in the Balearics, Cala Llombards, was close by; a quiet cove with water as clear as Vichy Catalan, and