Media Buzz
AWARDS
Fodor’s “Choice” Awards
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012
AAA Four Diamond Awards
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012
Trip Advisor
Alvaro Obregon Award
To Jim & Nancy Swickard
Presented by Governor Eduardo Bours (State of Sonora)
and Governor Janet Napolitano (Former Governor of Arizona, current U.S. Homeland Security Chief)
Luxury Travel Magazine
Luxury Travel Award
PRESS
Aircraft Owner’s & Pilots Association Magazine (AOPA 435,000 membership)
Five page feature story
Aircraft Owner Elite Magazine
Two page story
Desert Leaf Magazine
For Lovers of Luxury Travel
“This jaw-droppingly gorgeous property is the finest example of Spanish Colonial architecture that we have experienced…”
National Geographic Traveler Magazine
“The Stay List, 150 Hotels You’ll Love” (all of North America)
Tucson Home & Garden Magazine
Feature Story, Centerfold Story
The Sybarite’s Journal
“The 25 rooms, all individually designed, have antiques, fireplaces, original artwork
and tile floors topped with thick carpets, and they all front courtyards lush with fountains, small swimming pools and leafy guanacaste trees ”
New York Times
“Breathtaking collection of three colonial mansions connected by stone pathways, brick tunnels and Moroccan-style arches”
Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden Magazine
“My pleasure in getting to know the homeowners we have featured in this magazine has never been greater than with Jim and Nancy Swickard, who slowly and meticulously built the Hacienda de los Santos in Alamos,
Sonora, Mexico”, Editor Debby Larson
Miami Herald
Selected by the Mexican Federal & State Governments as the site for CONAGO 2008 (Mexico National Governor’s Conference)
Architectural Digest
“…An enclave of Spanish Colonial architecture set in a lush landscape of pools, fountains, Moorish gateways and wildly decadent foliage… The pristine beauty of this isolated town in the Sierra Madre Occidental – feels almost surreal. Alamos shimmers in bas-relief like a luminous jewel set into foothills of green chenille.”
Outside Magazine (feature story)
“A telltale sign that you have arrived at a true oasis is when the employees gently but firmly take charge of you.”
Estilo, Mexican lifestyle publication
“Top 8 Spas in Mexico”
Top 10 New Concept Hotels of Mexico
The Billionaire Magazine, Mexican publication
Eight Page Feature Story & Cover Photo
Desert Living Magazine
“Head down Calle Molina and you will find one of the world’s finest small luxury hotels…”
Hacienda Courtyards book (Gibbs Smith Publishers)
Haciendas de Mexico (US calendar)
Santa Fean Magazine
“This area boasts more antiquities than Santa Fe’s Palace of Governors…”
San Carlos Tribune
“This is truly a destination you will truly want to visit over and over again…”
Ambiente Magazine (featured)
Quien Magazine (feature story)
Maxwell Magazine
“Buena Vida” feature story
