A seventeenth century Cantabrian palace
Helguera Boutique Antique Palace It is a five-star adults-only hotel offering a unique experience of design, luxury, gastronomy, and wellness in the inland nature of Cantabria. The project was born in 2020 at the hands I study Malmaca and María Mas Interior, whose interior designer Malales Martínez Canut It has managed to cope with the pandemic by reinventing the concept of a boutique hotel and designing spaces intended to guarantee safety and hygiene measures. The most unique aspect of this eleven-room palace is that everything is for sale—from its tableware collections to its furniture—exclusively for its clients.
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Through decor that combines elegance with luxury, the hotel offers its clients a selection of period pieces and antiques, from contemporary furniture to unique objects discovered by the interior designer on her travels through Europe. The eleven rooms, whose names are inspired by the project developers' ancestors, provide the exclusivity of palatial luxury and the comfort of contemporary hotels. Bathco's most special collections of basins have been installed in their bathrooms.
Countess of La Camorra
Ascending the old staircase to the first floor, you'll find this cozy room based on the Countess's intrepid character.
Travel through its turquoise and coral tones, exotic altarpieces, oriental-cut fabrics, and replicas of the Titanic's sinks that give a cosmopolitan look to the room.
Enjoy the sunrise from the window and the unique perspective your room offers.
Marchioness of Casa Hermosa
Colorful room, bold as its character's nature and spacious on the ground floor with its own reception room and the marquise's dressing room.
Characterized by its English chintz upholstery, the illuminated coffered ceiling, and the contrast of its decorative elements such as the New Nordic gold and patterned sinks.
REGENT GABRIEL CÍSCAR
Exclusive suite on the first floor with its own lounge with fireplace, office, and terrace with valley views.
Inspired by the ruler's love of sailing, it features decor in green tones and a mix of 18th-century European furnishings: Austrian bookcases, Provençal wardrobes, a Louis Philippe desk, and a French chaise longue.
bathroom Dinan rectangular gold sink.
Viceroy of New Spain
Inspired by the vicereine's intense diplomatic life and her sensitive, educated personality, this first-floor room has been decorated with a selection of French pieces, from its blue and white Vichy patterned tapestries to its White stamped cast iron sinks with Toile de Jouy patterns.
It stands out for its natural elegance and beautiful sunrises over the valley, and features a spacious oak walk-in closet, a cozy reading nook, and a large oval bathtub for relaxing after a long walk. With the option to share the Regent Gabriel Ciscar room's living room for shared trips.
COUNT OF THE TOWERS
Spacious ground-floor bedroom with its own entrance hall, decorated to the character's taste, who completed the project to retire but was unable to enjoy it.
With engravings of Cantabrian landscapes, walls covered in green and blue tones, a mix of fine woods along with natural linen tapestries and contemporary kilims. In the bathroom, the standout feature is the Toulouse gold sink.
This combination allows guests to immerse themselves in the history of a 17th-century palace, originally commissioned by the Count of Santa Ana de las Torres, while at the same time enjoying the finest amenities: handcrafted wool mattresses, Egyptian cotton sheets, a freestanding bathtub, a pillow menu, 100% organic toiletries, and room service, among other things.
Palacio Helguera was created with the purpose of allowing its clients to disconnect upon arrival and immerse themselves in a complete experience: its wellness space is open year-round, with versatile architecture that allows for the use of its pool in both summer and winter; its gastronomic offering invites clients to enjoy typical regional dishes made with local, seasonal products; the hotel's gardens connect directly to trails that lead into the distinctive nature of the Pas Valley, known for its Romanesque monasteries, hermitages, and historical caves.
In essence, this proposal encompasses all dimensions of rest, united in the concept of intimacy and exclusivity, it summarizes Concha Sánchez-Ocaña, responsible for the business and digital development of the project.
The project's ambition is to capture the natural and traditional charm of Cantabria, a community known for rural tourism, history, and gastronomy, and extend it to a space of luxury and high design, on par with Europe's finest boutique hotels, making Cantabria a benchmark for getaways.
