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Exterior
2nd Floor View from Upper Terrace North Garden Folly Entrance Courtyard
Upper Terrace South Loggia Hot Tub Pool and South Loggia
Lower Level Bedrooms to North Loggia
Kitchen on Magazine Cover North Loggia Dining Room Living Room Library
Villa Suite Terrace Bedroom Terrace Bedroom Enfante Bedroom Yellow Bedroom
Passageway Castillian Bedroom Passageway House and Pool Lowest Level Folly

QUINTA QUEBRADA
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
9 Bedrooms, 10 Bathrooms and a Powder Room in the Main House (Sleeps 18)
2 Bedrooms and 2 Bathrooms in the Casita (Sleeps 4
)

Quinta Quebrada, is undoubtedly the most extraordinary house in San Miguel de Allende. This imposing and yet charming 18th century house has 13,864 sq. ft. of living space on three floors and grounds covering almost one acre. Ideally located a short walk from the Jardín, the center of this beautiful old city, Quinta Quebrada is a true colonial gem.

As with many houses here, nothing is visible from the street except high stone walls and the large wooden entrance doors. Upon stepping through them into the courtyard, one is instantly dazzled. Within these confines are fabulous courtyards, follies, gardens full of climbing roses, cascading bougainvillea, purple-flowering jacarandas, multiple terraces and loggias. Surrounding the pool, which can be heated, are two gardens, a terrace and a loggia with dining and seating areas and a fireplace. Pretty curved stone staircases that flank a deep Jacuzzi lead down to the lowest level.  Here one finds another charming folly, a terrace with a dining table and chairs and a large lawn with a serpentine bench at one end.

The interiors of Quinta Quebrada are a visual treat as well -- very theatrical yet intimate -- and its décor is a fantastic mix of period colonial Mexican furniture and art with 17th and 18th century furnishings and decorations from India, Morocco, Italy and Spain. Having 10 bedrooms with private bathrooms spread throughout the house as well as numerous sitting areas both indoors and out ensures that large numbers of guests have a wonderful sense of privacy.  Another unique aspect of staying here is that one has so many choices of where to have lunch or dinner that every one of the absolutely delicious meals becomes even more special and fun. Quinta Quebrada offers guests the penultimate experience of stepping into another century and lifestyle in a grand Mexican casa.

Main House
Ground Floor

  • Living room with a fireplace and doors opening to the north loggia and to the old courtyard
  • Dining room
  • Library located in the old courtyard with a TV and a bathroom shared with the Viejo Bedroom
  • Kitchen
  • Guest bathroom set in a boxwood parterre
  • Villa Suite with a king-size bed, fireplace, private terrace with a sitting and dining area, bathroom en suite with a large tub. A connecting door opens into a small bedroom with a single bed and bathroom en suite with a shower.
  • Viejo Bedroom looking onto the old courtyard with a king-size bed and fireplace. Its bathroom with a shower is shared with the library.
  • Rose Bedroom with twin beds, fireplace and bathroom en suite with a large shower. It looks onto the same courtyard.
  • Yellow Bedroom with a king-size bed, a twin daybed, fireplace and bathroom en suite with a tub and shower. It looks onto the same courtyard.

Second Floor

  • Loggia with a seating area and fireplace, kitchen and large terrace with a dining table
  • Terrace Suite with a king-size bed, fireplace and two bathrooms en suite - one with a shower and the other with a tub

Lower Level

  • Enfante Bedroom with twin beds, fireplace and bathroom en suite with a shower. It faces the pool.
  • Castillian Bedroom with twin beds, fireplace and bathroom en suite with a shower. It also faces the pool.

Lowest Level

  • White Bedroom with twin beds and bathroom en suite with a shower


Casita

Ground Floor

  • Bedroom with twin beds and bathroom en suite with a shower

Second Floor

  • Bedroom with a queen-size bed and bathroom en suite with a shower


Amenities
Wireless Internet service, a safe in each bedroom, 3 cable TVs and VCRs, tape deck/CD player, numerous fireplaces and telephones for local, credit card calls and free number to call the USA. No electrical adaptors are needed.

Staff
7 in the house as well as gardens/maintenance men. The excellent and very nice staff includes Estela, the nicest house manager, who lives on the property with her husband, Royce and their adorable tiny schnauzer, Jack.
The staff works 7 days weekly and serves 3 meals daily (2 courses for breakfast and 3 courses for lunch and dinner).

Services Available at an Additional Cost
Heating the pool and personal laundry. Estela will run a tab for food, drinks, etc. and is reimbursed at the end of one’s trip. She is happy to arrange day trips, transportation, massage and manicures/pedicures at the house as well as a fiesta with a mariachi band, pi
ñata, mojigangas, and globos.

Distances
Dolores Hidalgo: 40 mins.,  León International Airport about 75 mins., Guanajuato: 90 mins. and Mexico City about 3½ hours

Photo Credits
Casa & Gente: Terrace Bedroom, House & Pool, Kitchen, Living Room, Library