Trancoso, Brazil

UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa

Restored casas on Trancoso's Quadrado, with a Vida Spa that works from Bahian plants, including almescar from the garden.

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The place

The Quadrado

A UNESCO-protected colonial square in Trancoso, overlooking the Atlantic, without cars.

Named casas

Restored village houses, some centuries old, each with a name and a suite count.

Almescar

A resin from trees in the garden, used in the signature oil massage at Vida Spa.

Vida Lab

A bungalow on the grounds where spa products and nutritional work are made from four local biomes.

The aventurine pool

A pool composed of 40,000 pieces of green aventurine quartz, a Bahian stone.

Our read

UXUA is worth the journey because you sleep in a named casa on the Quadrado, restored in Trancoso, not in a resort block on the beach road.

Come here for

Travellers who will choose a named casa on the Quadrado rather than a numbered hotel room
People who want the Vida Spa's almescar work and Bahian plants, not a generic treatment menu
Guests who will walk from the square to UXUA Praia rather than stay inside a gated resort

Skip it if

You wanted a large beach resort with a standard room grid.
You need a hotel that is not in the village square. UXUA is on the Quadrado.

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa sits on the Quadrado in Trancoso, Bahia, a grassy colonial square overlooking the Atlantic, under UNESCO protection. Half of the casas date back hundreds of years to the village's founding. They were restored by designer Wilbert Das with local artisans, using traditional techniques and reclaimed materials. Each casa is named. The published list includes Quintal, Seu Pedrinho, Seu Irênio, Terraço do Céu, Casa da Árvore, Seu João, Zé e Zilda, Gulab Mahal, Eugênia, Casinha, Casa Das Artes, Casa Luz and Casa do Lago. Some hold one suite, some two, Casa Luz and Casa do Lago hold three. Vida Spa & Lab uses Bahia's plants and Pataxó healing traditions. Signature work includes an Almescar oil massage. Almescar, also called breu branco, grows in UXUA's gardens and is endemic to southern Bahia and the Amazon. Products are made at Vida Lab on the grounds. The spa also lists a moonbath pre-sun scrub, Bahian cacao facial, foraging across restinga, Atlantic rainforest, mangrove and mussununga, capoeira with local masters, and an aventurine quartz pool made of 40,000 pieces of native Bahian stone. Reservations: +55 73 3668 2277, info@uxua.com. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

03 · Live here

How the days go

01
Arrive
The Quadrado, Trancoso. Phone +55 73 3668 2277.
02
The casa
Sleep in a named house restored with reclaimed materials, not a corridor room.
03
Vida
Almescar from the garden, products from Vida Lab, and the aventurine pool.
04
The square and the beach
The Quadrado is the village. UXUA Praia is the mangrove beach lounge.
05
Go
Book at uxua.com. MindReach does not take the reservation.

04 - Stay

Ways to stay

A named casa

Ask UXUA. A figure is not printed on the pages used here.

Book a specific house on the Quadrado. Suite counts differ. Ask UXUA which casa is open.

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Vida Spa

Ask UXUA.

Almescar oil massage, Bahian cacao facial, foraging, capoeira, and the aventurine pool. Confirm inclusions with UXUA.

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More of the place

05 - Know

Before you go

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.

UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa, Quadrado, Trancoso, Bahia. Phone +55 73 3668 2277. Email info@uxua.com.

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Is this a beach resort outside Trancoso?

No. The casas sit on the Quadrado in the village. UXUA Praia is the beach lounge in the mangroves.

Who made it?

Wilbert Das is named as the leader on the official about page. The casas were restored with local artisans.

What is almescar?

A resin from trees that grow in UXUA's gardens, also called breu branco, used in the signature massage oil and in homemade soaps.

How do I choose a casa?

Each casa is named and listed with a suite count on uxua.com. Ask which house you are booking.

Where do I book?

With UXUA at info@uxua.com or +55 73 3668 2277. MindReach does not take the reservation.

06 · Go

UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa

Trancoso, Brazil

UXUA is worth the journey because you sleep in a named casa on the Quadrado, restored in Trancoso, not in a resort block on the beach road.

Getting there: UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa, Quadrado, Trancoso, Bahia.
From where you are: Distance appears once we know where you are.

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