Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa
Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil
Location
Trancoso
On and just off the Quadrado, Trancoso's UNESCO-protected grassy hilltop colonial square over the Atlantic on the Bahia coast — a beach lounge a short walk or shuttle away, with the square's church and galleries at the door.
Transfer
A Bahia transfer
From Porto Seguro, BPS, down the Bahia coast to Trancoso — the gateway for the UNESCO Quadrado and its beaches.
Villas
Around ten casas
Around ten individually styled casas — restored five-hundred-year-old fishermen's houses facing the square, garden casas, a recycled-wood treehouse and a rooftop-pool casa — full of Bahian art and salvaged antiques, most with a kitchen and several with private plunge pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and design-minded travellers wanting bohemian Bahia — individually styled casas full of Bahian art, an aventurine-lined garden pool and a salvaged-boat beach bar, where authenticity and design are the luxury, on Trancoso's UNESCO Quadrado.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
A bed-and-breakfast base of Bahian breakfasts — the open-air pool-side restaurant for Bahian farm-to-table cooking and seafood with Wednesday guest-chef nights, and UXUA Praia pouring drinks from a salvaged fishing boat.
Overview
A bohemian-luxury hideaway on the Trancoso Quadrado
Uxua Casa is a Wilbert Das-designed bohemian-luxury hideaway on and around Trancoso's UNESCO-protected Quadrado, the grassy hilltop colonial square above the Atlantic on the Bahia coast. Around ten individually styled casas — restored five-hundred-year-old fishermen's houses facing the square, garden casas, a recycled-wood treehouse and a rooftop-pool casa — brim with Bahian art, salvaged antiques and Pataxó and Afro-Brazilian craft, most with a kitchen or kitchenette and several with private plunge pools. The open-air pool-side restaurant plates Bahian farm-to-table cooking and seafood, with guest-chef nights on Wednesdays, while UXUA Praia, the beach bar a short walk or shuttle away, pours drinks from a salvaged fishing boat. An aventurine-lined garden pool, the organic UXUA Vida spa with indoor and outdoor rooms and yoga, and the Quadrado's church, galleries and candlelit evenings complete the picture. Porto Seguro is the gateway, on a bed-and-breakfast base of Bahian breakfasts. Here authenticity and design are the luxury — made for couples and design-minded travellers drawn to bohemian Bahia.
Accommodation
Casas
Around ten individually styled casas range from restored five-hundred-year-old fishermen's houses facing the Quadrado through garden casas to a recycled-wood treehouse and a rooftop-pool casa, brimming with Bahian art, salvaged antiques and Pataxó and Afro-Brazilian craft. Most have a kitchen or kitchenette and several add private plunge pools, the larger casas running to two and three bedrooms.
Entry
Fisherman's Casa
Sleeps two. A restored house with antiques, some with a patio, in the gardens.
RestoredGarden
Signature
Terraço Casa
Sleeps two. With a private rooftop plunge pool, a sculpted bathtub and panoramic Quadrado views.
Rooftop poolQuadrado view
Unique
Casa da Árvore
Sleeps two. A recycled-wood treehouse among the canopy.
TreehouseCanopy
Family
Two-Bedroom Quadrado Casa
Sleeps four. Around 164 square metres facing the square, with a kitchen.
164 sqmQuadrado view
Top
Three-Bedroom Casa
Sleeps six. Around 300 square metres with a private pool and patio and a social kitchen.
300 sqmPrivate pool
Food & Drink
Dining
The open-air pool-side restaurant plates Bahian farm-to-table cooking and seafood, with guest-chef nights on Wednesdays, while UXUA Praia, the beach bar a short walk or shuttle away, pours drinks from a salvaged fishing boat. It is a bed-and-breakfast base of Bahian breakfasts, the cooking rooted in the region.
Signature
The pool restaurant
The pool-side restaurant, Bahian farm-to-table with guest-chef nights.
Beach
UXUA Praia
UXUA Praia, drinks from a salvaged fishing boat.
Breakfast
Bahian breakfast
A Bahian breakfast, to start the day.
Wellbeing
UXUA Vida
The organic UXUA Vida spa works in indoor and outdoor rooms with yoga and pilates, alongside an aventurine-lined garden pool and private plunge pools in several casas. It is barefoot, design-led wellness in the heart of Trancoso.
UXUA Vida spa
The UXUA Vida spa, organic, with yoga.
An aventurine garden pool
An aventurine-lined garden pool, lined with the stone.
Private plunge pools
Private plunge pools, in several casas.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The Quadrado, the beach and Bahia define a stay — wander Trancoso's grassy colonial square and its galleries, walk or shuttle down to the beach lounge, dine on Bahian farm-to-table seafood, and unwind by the aventurine-lined garden pool. Pataxo and Afro-Brazilian craft and candlelit evenings on the square round out the bohemian Bahia mood.
The Quadrado
The Quadrado, Trancoso's colonial heart.
The beach lounge
The beach lounge, a short walk or shuttle away.
Bahian dining
Bahian dining, farm-to-table seafood.
The garden pool
The garden pool, aventurine-lined.
Pataxó craft
Pataxo craft, Bahian art throughout.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
From Porto Seguro (BPS)
A coastal transfer down the southern Bahia coast from Porto Seguro to Trancoso, ending at the hilltop village.
In Trancoso
The Quadrado
On and around Trancoso's UNESCO-protected colonial square, with its grassy lawn, church and galleries at the door.
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Good to know
Board basis
- A bed-and-breakfast base, with Bahian breakfasts.
Made for couples
- Made for couples and design-minded travellers.
Setting
- On Trancoso's UNESCO-protected Quadrado.
Getting there
- From Porto Seguro, BPS, on the Bahia coast.
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