VILLA VISTA REAL
SURFER´S PARADISE IN MAL PAIS
A HILLTOP VILLA FULLY FURNISHED AND DECORATED ON 15 ACRES OF LAND

Features:
• Location: Mal País, Peninsula of Nicoya, Province of Puntarenas.
• Bedrooms: 4.
• Bathrooms: 4.
• Construction area: main house of 556 m² (5982,56 sq.ft) + Caretaker’s house of 86,64 m2 (900 sq. ft).
• Land extension: approximately 6 hectares (5 hectares with 9133.27 m2 or aprox. 15 acres).
• Built by: American architect H. Don Bowden.
• Amenities include: Infinity edge pool with waterfall and Jacuzzi / Fully air conditioned / BBQ ranch / Brazilian black granite counter top in the kitchen / Exotic tropical hardwood cabinets / Kitchen with 6 burners and 2 commercial oven ranges / Exceeds US earthquake standards / Italian tile throughout / Tree water resources: spring, well and rain.
• Sale price: $2,750,000 fully furnished and decorated.
• Vacation rental: available year round. Nightly rates from $500 to $800; Weekly rates from $2,500 to $4,300; Peak time weekly rates from $5,000 to $6,000. Rates vary depending on season and number of people in the group.

Description:
Enjoy nature in the unimagined comfort of this hilltop retreat. Sit down and enjoy the view that others only see in their mind. Walk slowly through the living room, the dining room, and under the vaulted ceilings and ponderous concrete cross beams. What planning and construction to bind together such an edifice of this size. Slide you hand across the smooth Brazilian, black granite counter tops. Exotic tropical hardwood cabinets holding chinaware or just for storage, all in Cristobal and other uniquely textured woods. This house is an unusual find, and anyone living here, unusually privileged. Step up the open, hardwood stairs and continue down the curved hallway to the bridal suite like master bedroom. Imagine yourself lounging in the whirlpool bath, or sitting in front of the vanity, and, of course, overlooking the pool, and viewing the ocean and countryside from your private balcony. And not only that, the gift from nature is the greatest! Cabo Blanco National Reserve is very close to the property, as well as some of the best and famous beaches of the country such as Montezuma, Mal Pais, Tambor, Santa Teresa, Manzanillo and many more spectacular beaches that make you forget you are on hearth!

This magnificent villa is built in two floors approximately eight years ago. It is very ample, with an adequate architectural design. Wall footings, foundations, walls in exteriors and lower floor divisions and inter- floor structures are made of concrete. The inner divisions of the second floor are gypsum laminates. The roof structure is of galvanized laminated profiles, and supports a cover of tiles and thermal insulation. The materials used in the construction are of excellent quality, and reveal excellent maintenance. From the architectural point of view, the lower floor has a garage for two vehicles under roof and up to 6 extra spaces of parking area, ample living room and dining room, magnificent American style Kitchen, one bedroom with dressing room and full bathroom, a staircase nucleus leading to the second floor, guest bedroom with full bathroom and laundry room.

On the second floor one finds the main bedroom with full bathroom, Jacuzzi and a dressing room of ample dimensions, and a second bedroom with full bathroom and dressing room. Each of the bedrooms has an open terrace, balcony type. The views from both bedrooms are breath taking!. The property also has an independent guest house equipped with kitchen, living and dining room, full bathroom and mezzanine. Thanks to the wide windows and their orientation, natural illumination is abundant, taking full advantage of the panoramic view to the mountains and the beaches of Mal País, El Carmen, Santa Teresa and Hermosa. The swimming pool is properly equipped with installations for its optimal performance, as well as the recycling and water purification pumps, with an area of approximately 50,oo m². Among the main finishing’s we can mention ceramic floors, flooring boards. The ceilings are of laminated gypsum and wooden slabs. The window frames and doors are made of PVC Kommerling profile type, the windowing is of double glass. The bathrooms are covered with ceramic up to ceiling level and the sanitary furniture is of imported good quality. Toilet facilities are provided with high quality imported standard faucets.

The kitchen furniture is of the integral type with solid wooden doors and top of marble. Walls are properly plastered and painted. The house is equipped with an air-conditioning and fan system in each of its rooms. With regards to the electrical system, the house has excellent illumination andall electro-mechanical elements, outlets, light switches, motors of the different air-conditioning devices, swimming pool, Jacuzzi, and drinking water pumps are in good condition. The electric installation is in good shape and fulfills established norms and requirements. The house has a supply system of both cold and hot water, with the installations in perfect condition. To this end, there are strategically distributed water heaters supplying the whole living area. Sewer and soup are discharged to a septic tank by means of evacuation plumbing that works through gravity with no problem of any kind.

Approximately measures of the main house are:
• First floor (inside the house):375 m²
• Upper floor: 130,oo m².
• Master bedroom & terrace: 46,00 m²
• Second bedroom & terrace: 20,oo m²
• Plus indoor garage for two cars and large storage room

Location information:
The property is located in the Mal País, on the southern tip of the Peninsula of Nicoya, Pacific coast of Costa Rica. According to the administrative territorial division of Costa Rica, the site belongs to the District of Cóbano, County of Puntarenas, in the Province of the same name. The house is located on a hilltop, the distance from the beginning of the hill to the house is of 800 meters. In a range of 10 to 60 minutes you have a great variety of beaches, the main closer beaches are Mal País, El Carmen, Santa Teresa, El Peñón, Hermosa and Manzanillo. Some important distances are:

Some important distances to consider are:
From the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José: 100 km to Puntarenas port (to take the ferry)
From Paquera port (after the ferry trip): 23 km to Tambor airstrip
From the house to:
- The main road crossroad in Mal País (Mary’s Place) 2.2 km
- Mal País beach entrance #1 (the cemetery) 2.4 km
- Mal País beach entrance #2 (the football field) 2.5 km
- Mal País beach entrance #3 (the fishermen’s) 2.8 km
- Mal País beach entrance #4 (Mar Azul) 3 km
- Mal País beach entrance #5 (hidden entrance) 3.5 km
- El Carmen beach entrance 5.4 km
- El Carmen beach entrance #2 5.9 km
- Santa Teresa beach (surf point break) 8.3 km
- Cóbano town 16.8 km
- Tambor airstrip 34 km
- Pochote Beach 38.4 km
- Curú National Park 46.7 km

Access to the area:
For those travelling to this sector from the city of San José --the Costa Rican capital--, there are several access options. One alternative is through air. Take a domestic flight from one of the International Airports (San José or Liberia) and fly to the airport located in Playa Tambor, approximately 40 Km from Malpaís. For those who choose to travel by land, there are several alternatives. One is taking the route leading to Guanacaste which passes through the La Amistad bridge over the Tempisque river, and then take the route to San Pablo of Nandayure, Jicaral, Playa Naranjo, Paquera, Cóbano and Malpaís. This is the longest route and the road is not always in good conditions. The route most taken is going to the City of Puntarenas and get aboard the Peninsular Ferry that joins this city with Paquera, going through the Gulf of Nicoya, and then follow the paved road to Cóbano and later Malpaís. This is a nice drive, and an enjoyable ferry trip of 1 hour.

Forest Reserve: Cabo Blanco Strict Nature Reserve
Very close to Mal País is located the Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve. This reserve is a sanctuary for many animal species, and is located between Mal Pais and Montezuma. This is an important added value that opens the possibility to visitors of the area of enjoying the reserve with all its natural beauty. Located on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula just a few miles from Mal Pais or Cobuya, this refuge is a marine bird sanctuary and is one of the most beautiful park/reserves on the Pacific coast. It is a "must see" for those who would like to experience the pristine beauty of the original virgin forests of the Nicoya Peninsula, before the clear cutting took place by the cattle ranchers and fruit growers. The woods are predominated by evergreen species. Some of the most common trees are lancewood, bastard cedar, wild plum, gumbo-limbo, trumpet tree, dogwood, frangipani, and the spiny cedar.

One spiny cedar is a veritable natural monument growing beside the trail to Maven Peak -it towers 50 meters and measures 3 meters in diameter at chest height. Among the 119 types of trees in this reserve, the dominant species in the primary forest are spiny cedar, chicle, and espave. The white-tailed deer, howler, spider and white-faced monkeys, porcupines, agoutis, pacas kinkajous, coyotes, long-nosed armadillos, and margay cats are also found here. Marine birds are very numerous, particularly brown pelicans, magnificent frigatebirds, laughing gulls, common terns, and brown boobies. Terrestrial birds include the long-tailed manakin, magpie jay, cattle egret, crested caracara, elegant tragon, white-bellied chachalaca, ringed kingfisher, sulphur-winged parakeet, and turkey vulture. In the sea, large populations of fish, crabs, chitons, lobster, shrimp, giant chanches, and clams are present, while many other species inhabit the intertidal zone and neighboring shores.

Beaches and Surfing
The Mal País area is supposedly one of the world's best surf spots, not because the waves are extraordinary, but rather because of the consistent swells and crowds. Its location between the central Pacific and Guanacaste lends it big southern swells in the rainy season and good offshore breaks in the dry season. There are actually several isolated surf spots along the coast with slightly different conditions. South of the crossroad to Playa Mal País is actually poor for surfing and better for tide pool exploration. Playa El Carmen, directly ahead of the crossroad, has a long right wall and a shorter left breaking on a soft sandy bottom. The best spot on Playa Santa Teresa is 3km north of the crossroad behind Cabinas Santa Teresa. It's a more powerful, consistent break than El Carmen and holds a better wave at low tide.

Playa Hermosa, the next beach north of Santa Teresa, has almost no crowds and fast peaks rising along the beach. Four kilometers north of the crossroads is Playa de Los Suecos. The best place here has good lefts with frequent hollow tubes to glide through. The beach farthest north in the area is Playa Manzanillo, an idyllic spot 8km from the crossroads with an offshore reef and waves much less reliable and less surfable than its neighbors'. It's only accessible by 4WD vehicle or a 1-1½hr. bike ride over rough roads and through shallow rivers, but it's worth a daytrip for a picnic and the amazing unspoiled scenery. Several surf shops in Mal País and Santa Teresa rent boards and provide instruction.

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