Hacienda Sac Chich

Arriving late, much of what we were about to discover was still under wraps with the night. As we unloaded our traveling bags we felt as though we were travelers of yesteryear. Majestic walls, windows and doors that have opened and closed for hundreds of years were now at our touch. We entered with eyes wide open. Vaulted ceilings, spacious rooms, candlelight and low mood lighting greeted our overwhelmed faces. This place was more than we had asked for. We dropped everything in our rooms and just wandered the palm gardens under the canopy of stars. Sleeping was easy for the trip was a day’s work and the beds were better than my own at home. Birds singing and flowers so fragrant I knew we had made the best choice. The staff was like family. They made every day worthwhile. We were why they came to work and they were why we were so able to rest and relax. The location is great. It’s a hub for visiting the Ruins or the Convents, but I just wanted to spend every day on the grounds with the fauna, flora, the pool and the hammocks. You must stay here. Date of Stay 1/08 – Joel Devin, Braintree, MA

passing through a few small Yucatacan villages, you immediately start to relax.
You see the simple way people live, the children running around playing, the school children in uniform gathered around a store during a break, and lots of women walking about on their daily missions. The countryside seems a million miles from the traditional, hectic US life. And that is just what we were after. As you enter the tiny town of Sac Chich you arrive at the Hacienda through iron gates and into a tropical paradise. Soco and Bartola, the domestic help, are there with shy smiles and fresh tortillas, guacamole and salsa waiting for us. But where to go to eat them??? Shall we go to the rooftop and listen to the birds and catch some sun? Or should we go to the pool, or sit by the water gardens or in the loggia? Or stay right in the kitchen, cooled by soaring ceilings and cool breezes through the French window? These are the types of dilemmas you are up against. And at every meal!!
The hacienda itself is an amazing estate…the gardens, the interior with its high ceilings and antique henequen machine equipment, the bedrooms with lovely linens, the pool, the loggia, the indoor sitting area, the rooftop lounge for viewing the sunset…it’s all so great. Cyndy and Howard have thought of everything and were so helpful with maps, rides from the airport, local information. Another thing we love about Hacienda Sac Chich is its proximity to so many great places to visit. There is a ton to do/explore if you wish. There is a great little town about a mile away called Acanceh, population about 4,000, that has great taco stands, a morning market, a clinic, home-made coconut ice-cream (that alone I would travel thousands of miles for)…just about anything you need.

We walked into town in the cool of the morning and took a “pedi-cab” back to the hacienda with our market wares. So fun and so charming. Our kids loved it. The other thing I would travel thousands of miles to see again were the hundreds of lightning bugs that lit up the grasses and trees right after it got dark. If you walk through the loggia gate looking towards casa sisal (a super cool, modern house on the property) and let your eyes adjust to the immense dark a few seconds you will see them! And then soon the frogs come out to sing/scream! Date of Stay: 3/10 – Jennifer, Saint Paul, MN

This property is one of a kind–absolutely unique and breathtakingly beautiful. You’ll be living in the hacienda culture that dominated the Yucatan more than a century ago, but you’ll have contemporary comfort and design blended into the architecture of the industrial revolution. There are too many unique places and spaces to describe–the pool, the rooftop, the sunken lounge in the master suite, the bocce court, the loft, and the utterly spectacular guest rooms in the new building. If you can drag yourself away from the hacienda, there are plenty of fascinating side trips to cenotes, Mayan ruins and colonial cities such as Merida and Valladolid. But whether you explore the region or stay on the grounds, this will be one vacation you’ll never forget.