Hacienda de San Antonio

Hacienda de San Antonio was established in the late 19th century at the foot of the Nevado de Colima as a coffee and cattle estate, later expanded and remodeled in the 1940s into one of the most architecturally notable haciendas in western Mexico. The main house combines colonial hacienda massing with early 20th-century additions, including tiled courtyards, arched colonnades, and extensive gardens laid out to take advantage of the cooler mountain climate compared to the Colima valley below. The estate has changed ownership several times over the past century, at points operating as a private residence, a boutique hotel, and a working coffee farm, with the surrounding plantation still producing coffee grown on the volcanic slopes. Original structural elements, including hand-carved wood ceilings and stone masonry from the estate's earlier construction phases, have been preserved through successive restorations rather than demolished, giving the property a layered architectural history spanning more than a century. Because access depends on the estate's current operating arrangement, visits are typically coordinated in advance rather than offered as open daily admission, and the interior rooms shown to visitors vary depending on the property's use at a given time. The grounds and gardens remain the most consistently visitable part of the estate, reflecting the hacienda-era landscaping tradition common to Comala's coffee-growing haciendas.