Awards:

Fodor's Choice Award
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

AAA Four Diamond Award - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010

Five Page Feature Story, March 2009
Aircraft Owner's & Pilots Association Magazine (AOPA 435,000 membership)

For Lovers of Luxury Travel
“This jaw-droppingly gorgeous property is the finest example of Spanish Colonial architecture that we have experienced…”
The Sybarite’s Journal, 2006

“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, December, 2005

“Breathtaking collection of three colonial mansions connected by stone pathways, brick tunnels and Moroccan-style arches”
Miami Herald, January, 2006

Selected by the Mexican Federal & State Governments as the site for CONAGO 2008 (Mexico National Governor's Conference)

"...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
-- Architectural Digest / January, 2005

"A telltale sign that you have arrived at a true oasis is when the employees gently but firmly take charge of you."
-- Outside Magazine feature story / Winter, 2005

“Top 8 Spas in Mexico” Estilo, Mexican lifestyle publication, August, 2004

Top 10 New Concept Hotels of Mexico
The Billionaire Magazine, Mexican publication, October, 2001

Eight Page Feature Story & Cover Photo

Tucson Home & Garden Magazine (Oct. 2007)

Feature Story, Centerfold Story
Desert Leaf Magazine, November 2008, Tucson, Arizona

Two Page Story, March 2009
Aircraft Owner Elite Magazine

2005 Alvaro Obregon Award to Jim & Nancy Swickard
Presented by Governor Eduardo Bours (State of Sonora)
&  Governor Janet Napolitano (Former Governor of Arizona, current U.S. Homeland Security Chief)

Site of European Television Series  (2004)
By Endemol of Holland (eight, one hour reality series programs filmed at the resort)

“The Stay List, 150 Hotels You’ll Love”
(all of North America)
National Geographic Traveler magazine, April, 2008

“My wife and I think it is the finest hotel in Mexico”
Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

“Head down Calle Molina and you will find one of the world’s finest small luxury hotels”
Desert Living Magazine, October 2006

“Hacienda Courtyards” book
published 2007, by Gibbs Smith Publishers

“Haciendas de Mexico” (US  calendar, April 2008)

“Cocinas Mexicanas”  (US  calendar, April 2008)

“This area boasts more antiquities than Santa Fe’s Palace of Governors”
Santa Fean Magazine story, May 2002

“This is truly a destination you will truly want to visit over and over again”
San Carlos Tribune, February 2005

Feature Story in “Ambiente Magazine” (June 2008, Mexico City)

Stories in “Quien” Magazine (June 2004 & November 2006, Mexico City)

"On behalf of the U.S. Consulate in Hermosillo, congratulations on a job well done”
Marvin S. Brown, U.S. Consul (December 2004)

"Buena Vida" story, March 2009
Maxwell Magazine (Upscale Mexico City publication)

Luxury Travel Award
Luxury Travel Magazine, 2005