Ten properties including beachfront and ocean view lots ranging from 11,000 square feet to 1.9 acres, and beachfront homes from $155,000 to $355,000 are available in Palo Seco, a high-demand nine-mile Central Pacific beach strip near Parrita. The Jaco-Quepos corridor is one of the upcoming boom areas of Costa Rica; a new Ramada Inn is under construction along with many condo projects. The Jaco and Manuel Antonio regions offer some of the country's best offshore and inshore sportfishing with world-class captains; the beautiful Carara and Manuel Antonio National Parks; fine dining at restaurants such as El Gran Escape and Karola's; the Los Suenos Marriott Hotel and Los Suenos Marina; other fine four-star local hotels such as El Parador and Si Como No; hospitals and clinics, and all the modern conveniences one desires. The sandy beaches at Palo Seco are perfect for jogging and water sports.

One of the properties available is an attractive two-bedroom, two-bathroom beach home featuring a nice kitchen area with breakfast bar, covered porch and swimming pool, caretaker's cottage and boat dock. Another is a 15,000 square foot oceanfront lot ready for development located near an upscale hotel. Docks are permitted and it is only about 15 minutes by boat to the best access to the ocean; this property would support a tourist-related business or that dream home you've always wanted which has suddenly become affordable.

LOCATION: Palo Seco beach near Parrita on the Central Pacific, 20 minutes north of Quepos/Manuel Antonio, and 45 minutes south of Jaco.

PRICE: Lots from $100,000 and up, homes from $155,000 to $355,000

For more properties in the Jaco/Central Pacific area, see Hermosa Beach ocean view lots