Hacienda Pinilla Beach Resort and Residential Community, located south of the booming North Pacific coastal resort town of Tamarindo, offers the most exclusive real estate in Costa Rica with a blend of environmental planning and comfort. This 4,500 acre of paradise in Guanacaste has three miles of coastline and its own 18-hole, tournament class golf course offers the choice of owning individually built home and pre-built villas of the highest international standard. It is close to world-class beaches, unparalleled year-round sportfishing, surfing, fine dining and every possible nature and aquatic activity. A five-star, 310-room JW Marriott hotel with 30 executive-level guest rooms and 10 casitas will be built at Mansita beach in the complex, with completion scheduled for the end of 2008.

Hacienda Pinilla's Lagos de Palma Real community offers spacious Spanish Colonial three-bedroom villas from 3,400 to 3,950 square feet, close to serene beaches of renowned beauty. Large half-acre-plus home sites in the gated Golf Reserve community overlooking a lush 18-hole championship golf course touted as one of the best in Latin America offer both privacy and a breathtaking view of the golf course and Pacific Ocean. Las Golondrinas, Las Brisas, Jardines de Palma Real and Los Almendros are unique communities with oceanfront and 18-hole golf course access that offer homesites of up to one acre with common areas and parks, 24-hour guard service, gated security, a beautiful white sand beach, and spacious park areas. Resale homes and estates both furnished and unfurnished, are also available.

LOCATION: On the beach south of Tamarindo, the fastest growing residential area in the North Pacific, 75 minutes from Liberia international airport

PRICE: $349,000-$3,000,000 (homesites, villas and exclusive resale homes)

For more properties in Guanacaste, see Cerro Grande Estates Forest and Beach Community