Kosmos will feature luxury villas with stargazing spas, observation decks, and personal golf carts.
Thanks to its sparse universe , high altitude , and isolation , the San Luis Valley ’s dark night make it a seaport for whizz - stuff and nonsense fans , astronomy buffs , and UFO spectator likewise . What the SLV is not known for , however , is posh lodging . Currently , option for persist near the deepest , darkest wilds of this bombastic alpine valley in the world are dry camping , a fistful of rustic glamping outposts , and the overbooked two - star Sand Dunes Lodge .
Enter Gamal Jadue Zalaquett , an enterpriser on a quest for magnanimousness . He ’s broken ground onKosmos , an astro - tourism eco - resort sport a collection of luxury villas , each with its own glass - noodle stargazing spa , hammock - garnished observance deck , and personal golf cart .
“ Call it a mini remote world for astronomers , universe , andStar Warsgeeks , ” he pronounce .
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Jadue Zalaquett developed his idea in 2020 , after visiting the San Luis Valley and becoming urge on by its pristine space . Feeling burned out on his corporate career , he purchase 40 acres of wide - open saltbrush and chamisa - studded plains , not far from Great Sand Dunes National Park , and lived off - control grid there in a tent for 45 sidereal day .
“ I freak love stars , ” he suppose . “ And coming to this vale , right by you could feel the higher relative frequency , the healing Department of Energy . We ’re in a very sacred valley . ”
Kosmos combine Jadue Zalaquett ’s real estate savvy with his family ’s cordial reception expertise , which has root dating back four generations in Chile . He articulate he intends to be respectful of how the luxuriousness and ambition of his $ 11.5 project , which will be $ 700 to $ 1,200 a night , could contrast with the culture of the San Luis Valley , which hold in four of the poorest counties in the res publica . He ’s also aiming to be an environmental steward by construct the building complex from the ecologically friendly hempcrete , a first for Alamosa County building .
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The first villas are scheduled to open in January 2025 . By 2027 , he hop the coordination compound will reach its full aureole , include 20 Villa , a full - sizing planetarium and observatory , learn plaza , watering hole and health center , yoga greenhouse , playgrounds , astronomy computer memory , and Mediterranean eating house .
But for now , he ’s just looking forward to pouring the first concrete foundation next week , and dispatch hiscrowdfunding campaignat the end of August , which is offer discounted engagement for 2025 and 2026 .
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