A local couple who winters in Mexico has watched a small hotel transform into a tourist draw. Casa de los Soles, a hotel in Mexico, is decorated with more than 3,000 ceramic suns. Writing in the Hernando Sun, Hernando County resident Peter and his wife have rented the same 450-square-foot third-floor apartment for five years, spending about two months each in the fall and winter.
When they first arrived, the hotel had just six apartment-style rooms. Over five years, owner Jorge, whose landlord role gave him the nickname of the hotel’s host, has expanded the property. A storage room became a small restaurant with a counter. The counter was later removed, the kitchen grew larger, and tables were added to the courtyard. Around a year later, a leather store in front of the hotel closed, and the space where Jorge kept his office became an indoor restaurant area.
The restaurant now thrives, largely because of the suns. Jorge collects ceramic suns and keeps a rough tally on the walls. The count has risen by several hundred since the couple began visiting. Known in English as the House of the Suns, the property has its own Instagram page, and visitors from across Mexico and occasionally abroad come to see the decor.
Visitors often stay for lunch after they step into the courtyard. Many take photographs and selfies, pose on the stairs, and sit on a painted bench covered in suns for family portraits. The writer notes that guests smile at the photos, at the suns and at the food from the kitchen. The author says the couple now lives in the middle of this growing tourist attraction.
Originally reported by Hernando Sun
Sources: Hernando Sun
