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An Old World Hacienda in Malinalco, Mexico

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The Hacienda Los Apantles is designed by traditional Mexican architect Marco Aldaco.

There is a great demand for Mexican knick knacks created by the architect, who is the architect of choice for families like Guinness, Onassis and other global luminaries.

A professional photographer and her husband make their home in the peaceful green retreat.

Los Apantles is nestled in a beautiful wood setting within a small valley.

Imbued with the somnolent old world charm of the Mexican hacienda, its exterior is finished in turquoise and terracotta.

The site is on the border of one of the sacred sites of the five hundred year old Aztec Empire.

Nestled near the magical Mexican village of Malinalco, a mood of slumbering afternoon siestas is suggested.

The site is landscaped with the indigenous plants and trees that thrive in this mountainous forest micro-climate.

The pre-Hispanic word “apantles” means “little streams” – named for many charming little streams that run through the five-acre site.

Rooftop terraces afford access to the spectacular 360-degree view of the mountain peaks surrounding the valley.

Vine-covered pergolas shade the terraces next to the pool.

There’s a hint of the glamour of the the bohemian foreign retreats of 1930s Hollywood.

The humble Mexican kitchen seems like a set upon which Ava Gardner could suddenly appear.

Old fashioned 16 foot ceilings create a bedroom that Hemingway might have escaped to.

The masculine bathroom suggests the kind of old fashioned shaving that would involve lathering up with soap and a brush – starring Errol Flynn?

Altogether an old fashioned kind of luxurious far-away Shangri La for the bohemian cognoscenti of yesteryear.