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Travel + Leisure
15-07-2025
- Travel + Leisure
San Miguel Allende's Newest Luxury Hotel Puts You in the Heart of Its Historic Downtown—Plus, It Has the Area's Only Rooftop Pool
Design lovers will love this property, which skillfully fuses historic Mexican architectural details with contemporary, modern style. The location is delightfully walkable while still being a quiet place to retreat at the end of the day. For a scenic place to cool off, head to the rooftop pool, the only one in the historic downtown area. Upon arrival, you'll be given a warm welcome by Pancho, the hotel dog. Calling all late risers: You can have breakfast until 2 p.m. at Enrique. Located in Mexico's highlands in Guanajuato, San Miguel Allende is known for its charming cobblestone streets, baroque architecture, and lively culinary scene, attracting visitors from around the globe. In 2008, it became a UNESCO World Heritage City and it was named the best city in the world by Travel + Leisure readers in the 2025 World's Best Awards. San Miguel Allende is home to a host of hotels, including the splashy new Numu Boutique Hotel. Numu skillfully blends San Miguel Allende's history with modern luxury—it's a great destination for art and design lovers with custom works around the property by Mexican artists that pay homage to the local landscape. The sculpture above the lobby bar was inspired by the nearby volcanoes as well as the area's mining history. There are multiple textile sculptures on the property that celebrate the Mexican tradition of weaving, as well as two large mojigangas puppets near the entrance, a local craft. The hotel is also in a great location, next to one of the city's most popular parks (Parque Benito Juárez) and within walking distance of many of San Miguel's attractions, without being too close to the hustle and bustle of the crowds around the cathedral. But if you're in the mood for simply lounging about, never fear. Numu has the only rooftop pool in the city's downtown—a perfect location for soaking up the sunshine with a fun drink. Here's what it's like to stay at Numu Boutique Hotel San Miguel de Allende. A king suite room at Numu Boutique Hotel. Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure Numu Boutique Hotel has 44 guest rooms and suites, and each has a private terrace or balcony. There are seven accommodation types that travelers can pick from, ranging from the 409-square-foot room with a king bed and a garden view to the Presidential Suite, which clocks in at 1,464 square feet and has a private rooftop terrace with a hot tub and views of San Miguel's Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel. I stayed in a king suite, which was furnished with a plush bed, a working desk, a couch, and plenty of room to stretch out. Each room also includes a large bathroom with rainfall showers. The color palette in each unit is decidedly earthy with vibrant pops of terracotta orange here and there. The artwork and color scheme were inspired by the landscape and culture of Guanajuato. Lobster pasta dish from Enrique. Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure There are two restaurants and two bars at Numu. Enrique is a "late breakfast," farm-to-table Mexican restaurant, which serves things like San Miguel eggs, chorizo, and fresh large pastries until 2 p.m. Lunch and dinner options include everything from tapas and crudo to pasta and tostadas. On the rooftop, you'll find Noia, which serves Mediterranean-Mexican fusion for lunch and dinner along with incredible views of San Miguel's historic downtown. If the atmosphere wasn't enough, you can also expect perfectly prepared steaks paired with inventive cocktails. Guests can even take cooking classes with head chef Omar Tovar or mixology classes with guest bartenders. Feeling thirsty? Head to the lobby bar, where you'll find everything from "revitalizing" cocktails to any coffee drink you could desire. The rooftop pool at Numu Boutique Hotel. Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure The standout amenity at Numu is arguably the rooftop pool, which is lined with lounge chairs, umbrellas, and a lovely garden that overlooks the surrounding historic buildings. The pool is serviced by Noia, so you'll get to enjoy top-notch food and drinks during your sunbathing session. Numu has the only rooftop pool in San Miguel's historic downtown, ensuring that you'll have a one-of-a-kind experience while simultaneously beating the heat. Numu was conceptualized and is operated by Hamak Hotels, a Mexican hospitality company that describes itself as, "not your typical hotel group." Hamak curated a range of activities to help guests explore the area in fun ways, including things like food tours, cooking classes, and mojiganga workshops. During my time at the hotel, I took advantage of this as much as possible. One of my favorite experiences was the mojiganga class, where I got to create papier mache dolls with the only family in town who still teaches this San Miguel Allende craft. I was also able to attend a cooking class where I went to the market with Noia's executive chef, where we bought the ingredients together and cooked two courses. On the ground floor, guests have access to a gym stocked with all the essentials, which is located next to the spa. The relaxation room at Numu's spa. Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure Numu Spa is a wonderful full-fledged spa with a relaxation room, a red light sauna, and a host of treatments including aromatherapy, deep tissue massages, and body wraps. Much like the hotel's general ethos and philosophy, treatments at the spa are inspired by the hotel's surroundings, and treatments often feature the use of botanicals like sage, aloe vera, passionfruit, and starfruit extracts. I opted for a massage after my flight, and my masseuse was very thorough in finding the exact pain points to focus on. Numu is pet-friendly and even has a hotel dog. Pancho is a friendly Bernese Mountain Dog that guests can usually find napping by the front desk. Guests can walk Pancho any time, and if you let the hotel know you're arriving with children, they'll be able to provide a miniature stuffed animal version of Pancho as well as a 'paw-written' letter welcoming your little ones himself. Complimentary cribs are available upon request, and childcare is available for an extra fee. Patio dining at Numu's restaurant Enrique. Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure There is one accessible room at Numu, a room with two queen beds, a roll-in shower, and a garden view. The room has other accessible features such as emergency strobe lights as well as a lowered peephole and door latch. The hotel avoids single-use plastics and provides all guests with reusable water bottles and has several refilling stations around the hotel. The hotel also has a cistern that's used to hold recycled water for public restrooms. Rooftop view from Noia restaurant. Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure The hotel is 53 miles from the Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO) and 58 miles from the more popular Guanajuato International Airport (BJX). Both are about an hour and a half drive from Numu. It is possible to hire an airport transfer to and from the hotel, but if you decide you'd rather opt for a rental car, Numu does have complimentary valet parking. Once at the hotel, San Miguel Allende's downtown is completely accessible by foot (albeit with hills and cobblestone), and almost all of the major attractions are no more than a 10-minute walk away. NUMU is a part of World of Hyatt, and is a category six hotel, meaning it will cost you 21,000 points per night. The property is also a part of American Express' Fine Hotels + Resorts program. So, if you book the property with a qualifying travel card, you can get perks like early check-in, late check-out, room upgrades, daily breakfast, and a $100 property credit. Nightly rates at Numu Boutique Hotel start from $450 per night for a standard room. Every T+L hotel review is written by an editor or reporter who has stayed at the property, and each hotel selected aligns with our core values.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
My husband and I have been together for over 50 years. These 3 tips are the keys to our marriage.
My husband and I have been together for nearly 51 years. We don't keep score, and we make sure to give each other ample space. Though we're not perfect, having certain agreements helps make our relationship more successful. Next month, my husband Barry and I will have been together for 51 years — a length of time that frankly surprises us. We met in a classic self-help workshop in the 70s in Vancouver, BC. When people ask us the secret to a long marriage, Barry and I chuckle ruefully and reply half-jokingly, "Skip the first year." It's true — the initial chapter in our marriage was rough, but we did ultimately succeed, and we attribute our success partly to the three ground rules we developed over time. Our motto is "intimacy and independence." We enjoy spending time both together and apart, so we give each other a lot of freedom, spending about four weeks a year on our own. We have an ideal opportunity to practice this, as we live part of the year in Guanajuato, Mexico, and part of the year in California. In the fall, I fly from our home in California to Guanajuato about two weeks before Barry, and in the spring, he returns to California two weeks earlier than I do. The disruption in our marriage routine feels liberating, since all our usual patterns loosen up — sleeping, eating, and socializing differently. For example, in Guanajuato, I join a Sunday women's hiking group, which I rarely do when Barry's in town because on Sundays we go cycling. Of course, we also give each other space when we're together, but the period of two weeks apart twice a year gives us even more time to replenish. Let's say I wash the dishes after dinner one evening. The next morning, I don't get to say, "I washed them last night, so it's your turn." In other words, we can't use a choice we made as a bargaining chip. We can wash the dishes or not wash the dishes, but if we choose to do them, the action stands alone, free of expectations or obligations. Our goal is to either do things freely or not at all. It's not a perfect system, of course, but rarely does either of us feel like a martyr. Score-keeping was a huge source of contention with his first wife, and it was clear early on that Barry wanted to change that pattern. I agree that it's been good for us. Revisiting difficult issues was once our toughest issue. In the past, sometimes one or the other of us (OK, usually me!) would bring up an old hurt, and we would delve back into our history and try to hash things out. Rarely did this work. Frequently we wouldn't even agree on what had happened in the first place, and resentments would inevitably resurface. Sometimes we'd be "processing" (a word Barry now abhors), and he'd say, "Does everything always have to be a workshop around here?" (I'd remind him, though, that we did meet in a workshop, after all!) So, as a sort of compromise, we've developed what we call our "statute of limitations," which is a point when we agree to no longer bring up a past conflict. It's not that we don't try to resolve conflicts if one of us does something that bothers the other. But after a couple of conversations, assuming we've reached a resolution — even if it's not perfect — then the subject is closed. At that point, it's no longer "our" problem; it's his problem or mine, to handle independently: discuss it with a friend, write about it, or otherwise sort it out on our own without involving the other. Of course, we sometimes screw up. One of us occasionally does play tit-for-tat, or brings up something that we have closed the book on. If we do, the other says, "Hey, remember?" These agreements didn't arrive preserved, polished, and ready-made. Hardly! They evolved gradually, over years and years of practice, disagreements, difficult conversations, therapy, psychedelics, and what we call "our dome" — meaning the safe place where we share with deep honesty something that is troubling us about the other. Hammering out our ground rules along the winding road of our marriage is part of what made us resilient. And they have given us a deep foundation of trust. Without them, we wouldn't be able to feel safe with each other, enjoy our lives as fully, or have so much fun together. Quite simply, without these ground rules, we wouldn't be who we are. Read the original article on Business Insider
CBS News
06-07-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Mexican city councilor gunned down during basketball game
A local Mexican government official was shot dead while attending an amateur basketball game after a gunman burst into a sports hall on Saturday, officials said. Families and children were gathered at the sports center in the violent state of Guanajuato, where Ignacio Alejandro Roaro, a city council secretary in Apaseo el Grande, was killed. The city council "strongly condemns the treacherous, despicable, and cowardly attack that occurred this Saturday, in which our colleague and friend, city council secretary Ignacio Alejandro Roaro, lost his life," it said in a statement. Local media said an armed man had been arrested. Guanajuato is a thriving industrial hub and home to several popular tourist destinations, but it is also Mexico's deadliest state due to gang turf wars. Criminal violence, most of it linked to drug trafficking, has claimed around 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left more than 120,000 people missing. Much of the violence in Guanajuato is linked to conflict between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of the most powerful in the Latin American nation. The Jalisco cartel is one of several that have been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration. Guanajuato recorded more than 3,000 murders last year, the most of any Mexican state and accounting for 10.5 percent of the cases nationwide, according to official figures. The bloodshed has continued this year. In June, 11 people were shot dead and about 20 others injured in a shooting targeting a neighborhood party in Irapuato, about 50 miles west of Apaseo el Grande. A 17-year-old was among those killed, along with eight adult men and two women, the Guanajuato state prosecutor's office said, vowing that the crime would not go unpunished. A month earlier, investigators said they found 17 bodies in an abandoned house in Guanajuato. Just days before that, officials said gunmen opened fire and killed seven people, including children, in the same state, and officers found two banners with messages alluding to the Santa Rosa de Lima gang. In February, five women and three men were shot dead in the street in Guanajuato. The month before that, security forces clashed with gunmen in the state, leaving 10 suspected criminals dead and three police officers injured.
Malay Mail
03-07-2025
- Malay Mail
Refuge at risk: Mexican drug rehab centers in cartels' crosshairs
CELAYA, July 4 — Mexican rehabilitation centers were supposed to provide sanctuary to drug users trying to kick their addictions. Instead, they became targets for the same ultra-violent cartels that traffic illegal narcotics. The refuges are reeling from a series of deadly attacks by criminal gangs fighting for control of the multibillion-dollar drugs trade, particularly in Guanajuato, Mexico's most violent state. Some of the people in rehab are pursued by drug dealers whom they owe money, Nicolas Perez, who leads a network of 180 rehabilitation centers in Guanajuato, told AFP. Perez, 55, said he had himself received calls from suspected criminals demanding he hand over some of the addicts at the centers he oversees. Instead, he contacts their families so they can take them to a safer location. Not even the managers of the facilities—some of which are run by former drug users and sometimes lack official permits—are safe from the gang violence. Three of them disappeared on June 2 after participating in a meeting of the network led by Perez. In some cases, the cartels murder people in rehab because they suspect they have been recruited by rival gangs, said David Saucedo, an independent expert on Mexican criminal groups. One of the worst massacres occurred in July 2020, when gunmen killed 26 people at a clinic in Irapuato in Guanajuato state. In the northwestern state of Sinaloa, where cartel infighting has caused a spike in violence, gunmen killed nine people this April in what was the seventh attack on a drug rehab clinic in months. In June, authorities launched an investigation into a suspicious fire that left 12 people dead at another such center in Guanajuato state. 'Always hope' Perez knows that his work will not stop drug use, but he hopes that it will at least make some difference. 'Even if they're afraid, people seek help,' he said. Perez has first-hand experience, having suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction 20 years ago. Today, he says his family is his biggest source of motivation. 'I'm a father, a grandfather, and I wouldn't like to leave this cursed legacy of ignorance,' he said. Azucena, a volunteer at the center, said she stopped using drugs more than a decade ago at a rehab center in the city of Celaya. 'There's always hope,' the woman, who asked not to be fully named for safety reasons, told AFP. Javier Torres quit using drugs at the same center, where he now mentors fellow addicts. After 10 years of abstinence, he returned to working as a school teacher and reestablished his relationship with his daughter, which he described as 'the best reward.' 'Costly cartel war' In Guanajuato state alone, the number of rehab centers has soared from 150 in 2016 to 290 today. 'We're starting to become more professional,' Perez said, estimating that a fifth of the people he helps manage to break free from their addictions. While President Claudia Sheinbaum likes to credit family values for the absence of drug use in Mexico on the scale of the United States' opioid crisis, addictions to hard drugs are increasing in Guanajuato. In 2021, 41 percent of people seeking drug use treatment at state-backed Youth Integration Centers reported having used methamphetamine in the previous 30 days, up from about 10 percent in the first half of 2015. Meth, a highly addictive synthetic drug, is now the main substance for which people seek treatment, said Nadia Robles, an official with the government's National Commission on Mental Health and Addictions. According to Saucedo, the increase in addictions in Guanajuato is the result of a fierce turf war. The Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of several powerful drug trafficking groups classified as terrorist organizations by US President Donald Trump's administration, is at war with the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang. The rivals are vying for control of a highway on a key trafficking route between a major Pacific sea port where synthetic drug ingredients arrive from Asia and the border with the United States. Cartels are also fighting for control of two important drug markets in Guanajuato—an industrial corridor, home to car assembly plants owned by companies such as Toyota and Mazda, and the popular tourist destination of San Miguel de Allende, Saucedo said. 'To finance this costly cartel war, they expand their consumer base,' he said.
Free Malaysia Today
30-06-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Mass shooting in gang-plagued Mexican state leaves 12 dead
Guanajuato has been one of the most violent regions in Mexico for many years. (EPA Images pic) MEXICO CITY : At least 12 people were killed, including a teenager, and more wounded in a Tuesday night shooting in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, authorities said today. The attorney-general's office in Guanajuato, the violence-plagued state where Irapuato is located, said some 20 others were hospitalised with gunshot wounds. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said earlier yesterday that the victims included children, although the attorney-general's office later confirmed only one casualty was a minor, aged 17. 'It is very unfortunate what happened. An investigation is underway,' Sheinbaum said. Local media reported the shooting happened during an evening party celebrating a Catholic holiday, the Nativity of John the Baptist. A video circulating on social media showed people dancing in the patio of a housing complex while a band played in the background, before gunfire erupted. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the video. Guanajuato has been for many years one of the most violent regions in the country. On Tuesday, five other people were killed in other parts of the state, according to the attorney-general's office.
