The front door of Hacienda Del Mar under its arch, looking through the house to the courtyard and the sea — Hacienda Del Mar · the front door

Our story

A family home first.

Hacienda Del Mar was never meant to be rented.

In the early 2000s, Nicolas Boulay, a French investment banker who spent his career in New York and Latin America, much of it on the region’s energy and mining deals, and his wife, Stéphanie, built it on this beach for their own family, and lived in it.

Building a hacienda rather than a villa was her idea: thick walls, open courtyards, rooms that bring a family together. She was there at every stage, from the drawings to the furniture.

In 2009 they opened the doors to guests and built Hacienda Corazón next door, then took on Hacienda Mágica and, in 2023, Hacienda Jaguar. The family still owns and runs all four.

The four haciendas

Side by side on the same beach.

Jaguar
12 suites · 4-night minimum
The newest of the four, first opened to guests in December 2023.
Mágica
14 suites · 3-night minimum
Joined the family’s estate after Corazón, the largest of the four.
Corazón
10 suites · 3-night minimum
The second house the family built, next door to their own home, in 2009.
Del Mar
15 suites · 3-night minimum
The first. The family’s own home, where the story started.

Compare the four

The courtyard of Hacienda Del Mar at dusk, seen through a lit arch, with string lights over the arcade

Who has stayed

Over the years the haciendas have welcomed Grammy winners and film stars, NBA and NFL players, political leaders, the chief executives of some of America’s largest companies, and families who could stay anywhere.

You won’t find their names here. That is why they come back.