Green Goes Glamorous | The Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa

Nicaragua is hot, especially for those who are craving the latest spot for exotic travel. Forget the rustic aesthetic of Tulum or Belize?the travel savvy set has moved on to a remote and intimate resort on the emerald coast of Nicaragua?s south side called the Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa. Set between lush greenery and a stunningly beautiful four-mile stretch of white sandy beach, this secret hideaway?(Mukul means secret in Mayan)?provides plenty of pampering with 23 luxe Bohios or ?tree houses? edging into the rainforest on a steep hillside 300 feet above the breaking surf.

Nicaragua is hot, especially for those who are craving the latest spot for exotic travel.  Forget the rustic aesthetic of Tulum or Belize?the travel savvy set has moved on to a remote and intimate resort on the emerald coast of Nicaragua?s south side called the Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa.  Set between lush greenery and a stunningly beautiful four-mile stretch of white sandy beach, this secret hideaway?(Mukul means secret in Mayan)?provides plenty of pampering with 23 luxe Bohios or ?tree houses? edging into the rainforest on a steep hillside 300 feet above the breaking surf.

 

 

These lavish wooden casitas are built of sustainable native teak and pine, and each has a welcoming wooden deck with a private plunge pool. Especially intriguing are the outdoor ?showers-with-a-view??one villa even offers a ?liquid temple? complete with a monsoon shower and an entire wet room with a soaking tub. Globetrotters with no budget restraints should opt to rent resort owner Carlos Pellas?s personal vacation home; named Casona Don Carlos, the villa is a 20,000 square-foot, four-suite beachfront mansion with an indoor-outdoor living area, 80-foot high palapa ceiling, and wraparound stone terrace with a large private swimming pool. What else would you expect from the richest man in Nicaragua?  If all this barefoot luxury still isn?t enough, Mukul also has a sensuous spa offering sybaritic treatments from India, Turkey and Japan, a golf course designed by Scottish architect David McLay Kidd, plenty of lush tropical rainforest to explore, and playful monkeys swinging from the trees.

 

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