Inn of the Five Graces

Inn of the Five Graces is one of America's most distinctive small luxury hotels — a Relais & Châteaux property in the Barrio de Analco, which is among the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhoods in the United States, established by Tlaxcalan Indian servants of the Spanish colonists before 1620. The inn's 24 suites are individually designed with Tibetan wood carvings, Turkish mosaic tilework, antique kilims, and hand-forged ironwork collected from the Silk Road trading cultures of Central Asia — the effect is opulent and singular, unlike any other property in the American Southwest. Many suites include private steam rooms and heated soaking tubs; the spa offers sauna and thermal treatments. The inn's Silk Road aesthetic connects the ancient trade route cultures of Asia with the equally ancient Pueblo cultures of the Rio Grande Valley in a way that feels genuinely researched rather than decorative.