If your idea of romantic relaxation is to kick off your shoes and pad around in a sarong all day, then Ser Casasandra is your boho beach paradise: think gauze-draped four posters (where staff leave you a Frederico García Lorca poem on your pillow at turn-down), veranda hammocks and sunset mojitos at the bar.(more)

Ultra-personalised service from artist-owner Sandra Pérez Lozano and front-of-house Antonio Llinas makes a stay here rather special. There’s a brilliantly positioned beach bar, top-notch food (yucca salad with lobster) and morning yoga. (more)

You can easily recalibrate at CasaSandra, set on Holbox, a Mexican island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula that’s known for its spectacular nature, endless sun and barefoot sensibility. The island is separated from mainland Mexico by a shallow lagoon that is home to thousands of flamingos, pelicans and other exotic birds. (more)

By general consensus, the best restaurant on the island is at Casa Sandra hotel, where diners sip mojitos by candlelight and the Cuban chef visits each table to describe the specials. (Be sure to try Grandma’s meatballs for 125 pesos.) Sandra Pérez Lozano… (more)

WHAT IT’S LIKE: The island of Holbox (pronounced “Ole-bosh”) is a tiny spit off the Yucatán Peninsula with sand roads. At the chic 16-room CasaSandra Hotel, Cuban-born owner and artist Sandra Pérez wanted the property to feel more like a residence… (more)

It wasn’t too long before she opened up CasaSandra to paying guests. With 18 rooms only, Sandra created a place you may never want to leave. (more)

Liberate yourself from the tyranny of tiny flags and zip down to CasaSandra in sunny Mexico where the water is crystalline blue, the beach is white… (more)

It’s difficult to think of Cancun and not imagine a long stretch of beach laid out at the base of towering resorts. If a visitor ever gets their toes wet, it’s a cinch that the No. 1 vacation activity will be claiming to spot on Cancun’s glittering strand. From that position, a world of leisure pursuits waits to be discovered. (more)

“The CasaSandra Boutique Hotel is simple, one of my favorite places on the planet. I stayed with my fiancee Briana for three days, and I could not imagine how they could have done anything better. Saying that as a turn of phrase, I literally can not imagine how anything could have been better. ” (more)

Casa Sandra is a tiny boutique hotel — it only has 18 rooms! You’ve got to book far ahead for this reason.

Everything about this property is dreamy. It’s all designed so carefully, with a local, rustic look that blends into the island but is still gorgeous. The staff are excellent — some of the best hospitality industry folks I’ve met in recent memory.