Collection of vestiges, “in her desire to preserve cultural heritage’, born with a mission become a “custodian” of the historical and cultural heritage and architectural heritage of Spain.

For this you created new concept of storage and placement, repair and reconstruction of buildings possessing a unique magnetism and having played a paramount and huge role in the past, many of which were considered objects of cultural interest, give them a second chance And turn them into new “Paradors of the 21st century”.

The project was born with predict adding 25 properties to the collection in the coming years: 12 of them in hotel format and 13 in private estate format, located in exceptional, remote and special places in Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Extremadura, Galicia, the Basque Country and Madrid.

Asturias, after the reconstruction of the Palacio de Figueres, became the cradle of the project and the region in which the first estate was opened to be used as a private property. A 500+ year old fortress that overlooks the Bay of Biscay and needed more than 11 years of rehabilitation.

In addition, he plans to include this year in the collection two new properties located in Ciutadella, Menorca: Son Vell, a hotel located in the middle of the countryside in the south of the island, on an area of ​​more than 180 hectares, full of natural spaces “of exceptional beauty that recall the elegant style of Venice” and which has 34 rooms distributed between the main house, the old barns and renovated outbuildings. And in the coming months, Santa Ana will do just that, a charming country home that will benefit from a private estate.

In the next two years Vestige will expand its presence in the Balearic Islands with the opening of 3 new properties, two of them in Mallorca (hotel and private estate) and a new hotel in Menorca and also in Asturias, with a new private estate.

“We are excited to announce the launch of the Vestige collection, our new value proposition called increase tourism in Spain and equate it to high international standards. Our selection of hotels and estates was born with the aim of offering all our guests an unforgettable experience with which they can enjoy dream enclaves and discover the essence and historical diversity of Spain,” said Sebastien Steiger, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vestige Collection.

The rest of the properties are currently in various stages of the development and restoration process and will be gradually included in the Vestige Collection portfolio, creating unforgettable experience in which luxury and comfort together.

architecture and culture

In its quest to preserve historical and cultural heritage, the restoration of each item in the Remains collection follows a “painstaking, high-quality process” that begins with the acquisition of abandoned cultural property and conducting historical research which sets possibility of recovery with the intention of bringing back splendor to each of its places, always respecting the authenticity of the buildings and adapting them to tourism.

For each of the objects, its own historical and architectural rehabilitation project is being carried out, developing the reintegration of the object into the local community and conceptualization of the hotel or real estate in each case.

Each rehabilitation project of the Vestige collection takes from 5 to 8 years (depending on the accumulated experience), and in them involved interdisciplinary teams consisting of historians, architects, museums, artisans, landscape designers, interior designers, illuminators, artists.… working hand in hand with the authorities, institutions, scientists and populations of each region to make them participants in their renewed integration into the community.

Likewise, the objects in the Remains collection are meant to stimulate the local economy of the areas in which they are located by integrating into the life of the local community, interacting with people and participating in various local development projects.