UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa

UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa is a boutique hospitality property in Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil. The hotel is located around the Quadrado, the historic central square of Trancoso, and combines accommodation, wellness, dining, and architectural preservation. Its lodging consists of a collection of individual casas, or houses, together with a tree house rather than a conventional large hotel block. Several of the structures were renovated from existing homes, including buildings described as dating from the sixteenth century, giving the property a strong connection to the colonial-era history of the settlement. The property was designed and built by Wilbert Das, who served as creative director of the Italian fashion label Diesel from 1993 to 2009. Das's involvement gives UXUA a design-led identity, but the property's character is expressed through its relationship with Trancoso's local architecture and setting rather than through a conventional fashion-brand extension. The accommodation concept emphasizes individually configured houses, historic materials, craft, and integration with the surrounding village environment. In addition to lodging, UXUA includes the Almescar spa and two restaurants. These elements position the property as a destination resort and lifestyle hospitality brand, combining overnight stays with wellness and food experiences. Its location near the Quadrado is central to the guest proposition: the hotel operates within a culturally significant historic landscape rather than in an isolated resort compound. UXUA has also been associated with local cultural traditions. In 2011, Wilbert Das was appointed festeiro, or honorary host, of the Festa de São Brás, a religious festival held annually on February 3 in Trancoso and described as a tradition dating back to the colonial period. Brazilian director Cisma documented the event in a short film. This connection illustrates the property's association with the social and cultural life of Trancoso, although the available reference material does not establish UXUA as the organizer of the festival. Available reference material does not provide a confirmed founding year, ownership structure, corporate parent, financial information, public listing, or current executive roster beyond Das's design and development role. The brand is therefore best characterized as a distinctive, design-oriented boutique hotel and spa rather than as a publicly documented multinational hospitality group.

UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa is a boutique hotel and spa in Trancoso, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Its concept is based on a group of separate casas and a tree house arranged around the Quadrado, Trancoso's historic central square. Rather than relying on a newly constructed hotel tower, the property incorporates renovated houses, some of which are described as dating to the sixteenth century. This approach makes architectural reuse and the preservation of local character central to the hotel's identity. The property was designed and built by Wilbert Das, an Italian fashion-industry creative known for serving as creative director of Diesel from 1993 through 2009. His role connects UXUA with a broader design and lifestyle sensibility, while the hotel's physical expression remains tied to Trancoso's vernacular setting. The accommodation format, historic structures, and village location distinguish UXUA from standardized international hotel properties. UXUA's hospitality offer extends beyond rooms and houses. The property includes the Almescar spa and two restaurants, creating a combined accommodation, wellness, and dining destination. The available reference material does not specify the names of the restaurants, the hotel's opening date, its ownership, or its corporate affiliations. It also does not provide financial results or a detailed chronology of expansions. The hotel has been linked to Trancoso's cultural calendar through Wilbert Das's appointment in 2011 as festeiro, or honorary host, of the Festa de São Brás. The festival takes place each February 3 and is described as a religious tradition with roots in the colonial period. Brazilian director Cisma recorded the event in a short film. This episode provides evidence of a relationship between the people associated with UXUA and local cultural traditions, but the sources do not indicate that the hotel owns or controls the festival. In brand terms, UXUA is a place-based boutique hospitality identity. Its differentiation comes from the combination of historic accommodation, contemporary design, local context, wellness, and food. The available sources clearly establish the property's location, principal facilities, architectural concept, and Das's creative role, but leave its formal corporate structure, founding year, current management, and present operating status undocumented.

• 2011

  Wilbert Das becomes Festa de São Brás festeiro

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  Wilbert Das was appointed honorary host of Trancoso's annual Festa de São Brás, a religious celebration held on February 3. The event was later documented in a short film by Brazilian director Cisma.

• Creation of the Trancoso property

  [1]UXUA Casa Hotel & Spaen.wikipedia.org

  Wilbert Das designed and built UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa in Trancoso, creating a collection of casas and a tree house around the Quadrado from renovated historic structures.

A design-led boutique hospitality experience rooted in restored historic architecture, Brazilian regional character, wellness, dining, and the cultural setting of Trancoso.

• Hotel accommodation

  Casa accommodations

  UXUA's principal lodging consists of individual casas arranged around Trancoso's Quadrado. The houses were renovated rather than presented as a uniform modern hotel structure, and some are associated with sixteenth-century construction. Their separate-house format supports the property's emphasis on privacy, historic character, and integration with the village setting.

• Hotel accommodation

  UXUA tree house

  The property includes a tree house as an alternative form of accommodation. It extends UXUA's low-density, individually designed lodging concept beyond the restored casas and reinforces the hotel's focus on distinctive architecture and a close relationship with its tropical surroundings.

• Spa and wellness

  Almescar spa

  Almescar is the spa associated with UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa. It forms the wellness component of the property, complementing the lodging and restaurant operations. The available reference material identifies the spa but does not provide a treatment menu, pricing, opening date, or separate operating structure.

• Food and beverage

  UXUA restaurants

  UXUA operates two restaurants as part of its destination-hospitality offer. The restaurants broaden the property beyond accommodation and wellness, although the supplied reference material does not identify their names, culinary concepts, menus, or management arrangements.

1. 1UXUA Casa Hotel & Spaen.wikipedia.org