The hotel is housed in a house dated 1870, in the Paseo Dimalow, Cerro Alegre. Paseo Dimalow connects the center of Cerro Alegre with the Queen Victoria - 1912 - lift; This is accessed via staircases, passages, bridges and small streets that are part of the pedestrian circuit that connects one hill with another. Its original construction, who served for more than 100 years as residential housing, lies within the first buildings erected on the hills that contornean to the port of Valparaíso. In 2003 Unesco declared Valparaíso city patrimony of the humanity, Cerro Alegre being one of the main protagonists of this hallmark.
From the year 2008, we began the restoration process, which, under the concept of an architecture of observation and interpretation, would unify the four floors of the building into a small hotel with six rooms - in the three first floor-with games and a terrace with unbeatable views over the Bay and the surrounding hills - the fourth floor. Under the supervision, execution and labour from its owners, the project of rehabilitation, at all stages lasted little more than three years, adjusted to the original techniques and own the building materials. Wood and Earth - the original components - were re-used and replaced by 100% of other houses and buildings of the port in the period of reconstruction. In addition to other elements and objects of interest to join the panelling, furniture and decoration of the building. Adapting to contemporary aesthetics each space underwent tailored to create comprehensive environments that respect the original specialty and put into value the characteristic elements of the building: the heights, coatings, lights and shadows, the disposition of each floor according to their transit.
Each room, all en suite and a small living room, has a unique style, as each has a different way to relate to the immediate environment. On one side are the rooms facing north, high brightness, which are closely watching the historic center of Cerro Concepción and the prospect of the bay, which allow clear air days to see the Andes and the Aconcagua. Then there are the rooms attached to the yard of light and the hill where the rock or retaining walls are listed as giving players a unique and exotic warmth to the interiors. The bathroom matches the style of each room. Is projected according to their function with the use of stone, ceramics, wood, earth, screen printing and glass coating, environment and distribute artifacts and facilities with the highest standard of quality.
The fourth floor is the hotel 's common room where guests can have coffee -bar service. It is an open, warm, bright, surmounted by a terrace overlooking the promenade, to the hills and the bay. On this floor, a skylight is opened in heaven, where there are solar panels that provide hot water to the hotel.
Fauna is a different hotel proposal, authentic, committed to the city, heritage and the environment. All our services are focused on satisfying clients a close and friendly, so that your stay an experience to remember. and to return to.
