A nineteenth-century casa particular in Mérida's historic centro, with its colonnaded courtyard of white-painted arches and palm-planted interior garden, provides the structural armature for Decu Downtown — and the conversion keeps that colonial bones deliberately legible. The checkerboard courtyard ground, laid in alternating squares of pale gravel and black volcanic stone, introduces a graphic contemporary gesture against the building's original arcade of slender columns and louvered mahogany doors, a contrast that sets the hotel's governing tension in a single image. The interiors work through material restraint rather than period recreation. Guest rooms are finished in trowelled lime plaster left to weather and mottle into amber and cream, the walls carrying the texture of the original structure without pretending to restoration. Platform beds in warm oak sit on floors that shift register between rooms — original encaustic cement tiles with cobalt floral patterns in some, sage-green ceramic squares in others — while pendant lamps in hand-blown glass supply the only decorative weight. The restaurant animates the same vocabulary at larger scale: black marble table tops on cast-iron bases, oak armchairs with a silhouette close to Hans Wegner's Round Chair, and slatted timber screens that fold open toward a light-washed inner courtyard. At the pool terrace, a raw limestone staircase climbs a pebble-mosaic wall beneath a timber-slatted canopy, the arched bathroom opening mirroring the colonial arcade on the opposite side of the property.

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Villa Verde Merida Boutique Inn is a beautifully restored 250 year old colonial mansion and grounds located in the downtown heart of Merida's "Centro". Just steps to everything!While Villa Verde is a huge property centrally located, we feature only 5 guestrooms to ensure your tranquility and comfort during your stay in Merida.Enjoy your tasteful guestroom featuring private bath, premium linens and towels, upscale amenity products, free Wi-Fi, flat screen televisions, safes, iPod/iPad chargers, blow dryers, and much more. All reservations receive complimentary breakfast each morning and complimentary happy hour cocktail each evening in our bar.Pool lovers will appreciate Villa Verde's large waterfall pool surrounded by sun and shade areas, including our roof top sundeck.Stroll or relax in our historic front portico courtyard with mosaic French pasta tile and 5 trickling fountains. The Villa Verde dining room features a guest computer and library of Merida maps and history. Read a book, share cold drinks in our outdoor lounge - or reserve a relaxing massage in our back private tropical garden.Villa Verde Merida is your home away from home while you explore beautiful Merida and the wonders of the Yucatan. We feature on-site spa services, excursion arrangements, and are always here to assist with restaurant and bar referrals, details and directions