Located on the beautiful Riviera Nayarit, an internationally renowned tourist destination, Grand Velas Boutique Hotel Los Cabos enjoys a beachfront location. The hotel features 79 rooms and offers first-class service worthy of its 5 stars, including a luxurious infinity swimming pool, a renowned spa and an excellent restaurant run by a 2 Michelin-starred chef.

The hotel’s décor exudes an air of relaxed exclusivity through the use of light tones, organic shapes, natural materials and the power of textures used throughout. Among the materials used are Dekton and Silestone, which can be found from the walls to the floors, ceilings and even the worktops.

The hotel’s large lobby is clad in Dekton Tk06 Marmorio, one of the hotel’s flagship colours. Inspired by Travertino Navona, a natural stone quarried near Tivoli, east of Rome, its porous, light coloured striped structure gives the space an elegant, bright and lightweight character.

In fact, this colour is part of the Pietra Kode collection, which decodes ancient Italian stones to adapt them to the needs of contemporary architecture. Therefore, as with any other Dekton colour, it is very easy to clean (a damp cloth is all that is needed) and is resistant to fire, water, frost, thawing, stains, impacts, scratches…

In fact, “the durability and maintenance-free nature of the material” were two of the reasons that led architect Ricardo Elías and designers Ernesto Vela and Melín Castro to use Dekton in the hotel. Aesthetics also played a key role in the decision: “The Pietra Kode collection fits in perfectly with the hotel’s concept, especially the Marmorio colour, which is inspired by natural stone and exudes timelessness with its shades that evoke elegance and beach environments,” they say.

All these advantages led to the use of other Dekton colours in addition to Marmorio. For example, Dekton Liquid Shell, a colour born from the collaboration between Cosentino’s design team and Patternity, a London-based design studio specialising in motifs and patterns, was used on the restaurant’s breakfast island. This colour features an off-white shade with cream nuances and a change in brightness that occurs on its surface as a result of its colour pattern, which is perfectly suited to the luxurious and relaxed coastal atmosphere of the hotel.

Meanwhile, Dekton Lunar, a discreet reinterpretation of conventional cement, was used on some of the tables in one of the restaurants, while the charismatic Dekton Morpheus, with its many nuances, reflections and flashes of colour in the form of veins crossing a white surface, was used on other tables and in some architectural details of the swimming pool bar.

Last but not least, Dekton Albarium and Dekton Soke, both with the Grip+ finish (an innovative and advanced anti-slip treatment) were used on a number of floors, while other surfaces were clad in the beautiful and sober Dekton Laos.

Alongside Dekton, Silestone was another of the surfaces used for the hotel’s cladding. Specifically, the matt grey shade of Silestone Camden was used to define the space between the terrace and the planters.

This extensive use of colours and products was based not only on aesthetics, but also on the trust that the hotel’s designers placed in Cosentino. “Trust is the most important factor when relying on Cosentino. Cosentino and Grand Velas are both companies with shared visions and values and with a long-standing close relationship,” concludes the design team at Grand Velas Boutique Los Cabos.