La Casa
A 16th-century home in Mérida's historic Centro.
Restored. Considered. Entirely yours.
Arrival
The street outside Casa Mejorada is busy, ordinary, entirely itself — one of those Mérida Centro streets that moves with the unhurried confidence of a place that has been here since the 16th century. The facade gives nothing away. Four arched doorways. A crenellated roofline. You never know what is behind the door.
You unlock it. From the entrance sala, before you have even fully arrived, you catch the first glimpse: a sliver of the pool, lit and still, visible through the courtyard beyond. It is the house's first gift — and a quiet promise of what is still to come.
The Architecture
The original mansion dates to the 16th century — masonry walls, six-meter ceilings, the considered bones of a structure built for permanence. When Oriundo Taller undertook the restoration, their guiding principle was restraint: keep what matters, add only what serves.
Three trees already living on the land — a local pepino, a regional mango, and a 100-year-old oak that had grown wild along the property's edge — became the organizing logic of the entire design. The pool wraps around a fragment of original masonry ruin, deliberately preserved and lit from below at night.
Featured on ArchDaily. Nominated for Building of the Year 2024.
The bones were always extraordinary. The restoration let them speak.
The Interiors
The kitchen tells the story of the house most honestly: six-meter original beamed ceilings, pasta tile floors in a diamond pattern, modern cabinetry with integrated wine cooler — and above it all, fragments of original hand-painted fresco. Flowers and vines from the 16th century, kept not as decoration but as memory.
The social spaces flow with the logic of a home made to be lived in slowly. The dining area opens into the living room, where the art collection announces itself without apology. Arched steel-frame glass doors connect the living room to the garden and pool terrace beyond.
The Bedrooms
Three bedrooms, each considered with the same attention that runs through the entire house.
The primary bedroom opens to a private backyard where an Alamo tree shades the entire space. An outdoor shower, open to the sky and entirely private, is tucked beside the room — the kind of detail you don't expect and never forget. The dressing room, with its Yucatecan tiled roof and central island, is a room unto itself.
The second bedroom is a private oasis — floor-to-ceiling steel-frame glass doors opening directly to the pool lounge area. Inside and outside dissolve into each other. The pool is always just one step away.
The Grounds
6,265 square feet of land in a city center so dense that this kind of space feels nearly impossible. The pool courtyard, the gravel paths, the covered terrace, the private bedroom gardens — each space is designed to give you somewhere new to be, depending on the time of day and the quality of the light.
Solar-powered. Water softened and purified. Half a block from La Mejorada Park. Walking distance to some of Mérida’s most distinctive restaurants, the Sunday concerts on the plaza, the markets, the limestone churches, the life of this city in full.
At a Glance
Location — La Mejorada barrio, Centro Histórico, Mérida
Bedrooms — 3
Guests — Up to 6 · Adults only
Minimum Stay — 4 nights
Land — 6,265 square feet
Architecture — Oriundo Taller · ArchDaily · Building of the Year 2024 nominee
Highlights — Private pool · Outdoor shower · Fresco fragments · 100-year-old oak · Solar powered
Welcome Home.
Casa Mejorada is available for private stays of four nights or more. No shared spaces. No other guests. Just the house, the pool, the trees, and complete quiet in the heart of Mérida.