Penthouse Pallazzo

The Pallazzo takes up the entire third floor of a colonial townhouse built in the 1760s. The building faces the Montesinos monument across a small park, and past it, the open Caribbean. From the terrace you watch ships enter the mouth of the Ozama River, the same approach Columbus's fleet used.

Inside, the house is anything but a museum. The living room is painted a deep cobalt blue with arched shelving floor to ceiling, the floors are original terracotta, and each of the three bedrooms has its own bathroom, its own air conditioning, and its own character. Every bedroom opens onto a covered outdoor gallery — the old hacienda layout, built for the Caribbean air long before air conditioning existed.