The 30 Best Hotel Openings of 2021

Pablo Carmona and Joshua Kremer opened the 35-suite Paradero Todos Santos in La Mesa, a Mexican farming community in Baja California Sur, to illuminate the natural environs and local culture through a slate of experience-inclusive programming spanning morning yoga and sunset bike rides. For the execution of this sustainable, adventure-driven hotel that integrates with the land, Carmona and Kremer turned to Yektajo & Valdez Architects and Guadalajara design studio B-Huber. The result is a clever trapezoid-shaped structure that maximizes sightlines, features suites with outdoor seating areas, and weaves in earthy materials like concrete, metal, and local wood. Thronged with indigenous plants, a botanical garden designed by Mexico City-based Polen is the centerpiece. Photo by Yoshikoitani Photography