Mexico City is known for its abundance of fascinating architecture with styles ranging from classic and colonial to Art Deco, modern and contemporary – a la renowned architects like Juan O’Gorman, Luis Barragán, Felix Candela and David Chipperfield – however the recent opening of the city’s hottest new luxury property, Hotel Volga, is bringing intriguing new design style and refreshed excitement to the Cuauhtémoc neighborhood.
Opened last fall and designed by the same prominent architects behind Pujol and The Cape in Cabo (Javier Sanchez and Aisha Ballesteros of JSa), Volga is the ideal hotel for architecture lovers, design-forward travelers and those partial to refined aesthetics.
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Volga is centrally located in one of the most eclectic areas in Mexico City, and the property reflects this with a contemporary minimalist edifice provocatively contrasted with a hulking, brutalist exterior. The focal point of the building is an open U-shaped core that extends from basement to rooftop, turning the open-air ground floor into a central hub. The rooms converge around this interior opening, like the limestone walls of a cenote, providing guests with a unique social experience to opt into.
Inside this urban cenote, each guestroom and suite feature a customizable iron screen that can be opened and closed freely to expose mesmerizing views of the dramatic grand atrium below. The sobriety of Volga’s interiors contrasts with the theatricality of the building’s architecture, and intentional design choices were made to connect the aesthetics of the hotel with the functionality of its structure. The result is a contemporary aesthetic, with elements of brutalism and minimalism to create an unprecedented urban hospitality experience.
Hotel Volga features 49 guest rooms, including 33 deluxe rooms, 14 junior suites and two grand suites, all adorned with luxury comforts, a variety of Turkish marble, and a soothing custom scent collaboration with Aromaria. Two dining establishments on property include Elora, a Mediterranean fine dining restaurant led by global restaurateur Edo Kobayashi and executed by rising star Executive Chef Juan Manuel González, and The Rooftop, offering light bites and botanical cocktails complete with a sun deck, lounge chairs and swimming lanes. Additionally, Volga boasts an ultra-private subterranean music room and cocktail bar, Minos, with local DJs and international music guests making appearances regularly.
