Hacienda Buenavista

An amazing place. Beautiful facility and location (the pics don’t do it justice). Lynn is a great hostess- accommodating, friendly and a wry Scottish humor. Food was excellent. Ginger the cat is very welcoming and snuggly. Staying here made our visit to the Coffee Region.

My collection of remarkable lodgings--assembled over four decades--includes a ryokan in Kyoto, a 17th century manor in Portugal, a guest house in Entebbe and now Hacienda Buenavista. We arrived with high expectations after a six-night stay in hustling, bustling Medellin. In every way possible, our expectations were exceeded by the grace and hospitality of HB's staff and the exceptional beauty of the property and environs. A few highlights: **In the mornings, we were never more than a few steps out of our room before Melinda and Lynn greeted us with a cheerful "Good Morning" and cups of perfectly brewed coffee. **The owners have impeccable taste; the Hacienda is "Architectural Digest"-worthy. My wife and I never tired of noting the home's one-of-a-kind features and marveling over its construction. **Chef Enrique prepared scrumptious breakfasts, lunches and dinners using hyper-local ingredients. Our evening meals were accompanied by excellent cocktails and wines. **Perched atop 100 acres of citrus groves, HB is blessed with views that at times seemed Photoshopped! **Lynn arranged a terrific tour of a coffee farm--with a phenomenal lunch--and a visit to Filandia with another incredible lunch at Helena Adentro. **Ginger and Mariposa loved to be stroked. For the record, the girls are cats.