Type | Private |
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Industry | Hospitality, tourism |
Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | Trancoso, Bahia Brazil |
Owner | Wilbert Das |
Website | www.uxua.com |
UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa is a boutique hotel and Almescar spa located in Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil that was designed and built by Wilbert Das, Creative Director of Italian label Diesel S.p.A.[1] from 1993 to 2009.
The hotel has casas and a tree house that is around an area called "the quadrado", which is a Unesco World Heritage Site.[2] The casas are houses that were renovated, and some of them date to the 16th century.[1] The property also has two restaurants.[1]
Festa de Sáo Brás
In 2011 Wilbert Das was appointed festeiro (honorary host) of Festa de Sáo Brás, a religious festival held every February 3 as a tradition dating back to colonial times in Trancoso. The event was captured by Brazilian director Cisma, in a short film he produced.
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