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| Condé Nast Traveller. May 2003 |
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5o Hot Hotels. The world's coolest new places to stay |
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| La Sacristia opened in October 2002 in time to wellcome Tarifa's seasonal wave of hip kite-and-wind surfers, although many of the elegant guests wouldn't be seen dead on a waxed board. It took one-and-a-half years to renovate the 400-year-old building, previously a Moorish stable, an olive oil depository and, most recently, a bar. Tucked away off a narrow street in the walled Old Town, La Sacristia is a 21st-century bohemian retreat, with ethnic antiques standing proud in the white, open spaces created by owners Bosco Herrero and Miguel Arregui (a former interior designer for Oberoi hotels. The first-floor bedrooms, with their billowing white drapes and Asian-inspired beds, manage to be both minimalist and exotic; the bathrooms are smalls but whimsical whith tiny colourful mosaic tiles and "rain showers". At sunset, cosy up on the intimate or have a cocktail at the laid-back lobby café, which serves a small menu of "conscious food" (Organic and homemade). The best shopping in Tarifa (if not on the Costa de la Luz) is in the lobby, where there is a selection of rare collectibles, some beauty products and a small, impeccable selection of designer clothes. |
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