Vacation Rentals on the Beach: Choose your spot

Vacation Rentals on the Beach: Choose your spot

Costa Rica, especially the town of Tamarindo, is known for both its beaches and surfing. It was made famous 40 years ago by the surf film Big Tuesday. Choose from one of the dozens of international restaurants or check out one of the many bars on the beach.

Its high end neighbor, half a mile down the road is Langosa. Here the beaches are whiter, life is quieter in this high end residential community. Both areas offer mid to high end vacation rentals. Langosta has some absolutely spectacular beachfront luxury villa rentals, complete with concierge service and private chefs.

Playa Grande is one of Costa Rica’s beach towns that actually have a lot to offer if you are looking to get away from it all. This area is connected to Tamarindo by an estuary which can  be crossed by wading or by hiring a local ' panga' (motorized canoe with driver), to take you across. Great fun. Depending on the time of year you may see Leatherback Sea Turtles which sometimes come to lay their eggs on Playa Grande’s shore.  Seeing one is an unforgettable experience since these are one of the largest species of turtle on Earth.

For those thinking about investing in real estate in Tamarindo we recommend arranging a real estate tour on the second or third day of your trip, once you have got your bearings and have a bit of sun on your back.

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Laurel and Tony,
The both of you were fantastic with us throughout the property search and purchase process. As we had mentioned, two other attempts to find thorough, attentive, responsive agents to work with in Tamarindo were failures. I expect that we are more work to deal with than many others as we asked a lot of thorough and analytical questions and expected responses to all of them. You two never failed to deliver. The organization and execution of our condo shopping trip in January was excellent and the fact that you two devoted 2 full days to us, around our schedule, to get this deal done was key to our success. The selection of properties that Laurel planned out, including a few places above and below our target zone helped us to refine our interests. We truly appreciated your interest in our success. This could easily have been very stressful for us, and yet, it wasn’t. Thank you very much.
As a side note, when we walked into the Coldwell Banker office randomly with no appointment in November had we not found your office staff patient and accommodating from the start we would have simply walked on to the next agency. Your staff deserves special mention for getting us interested in the agency to begin with.
We will give you some advance notice before we make our first trip down so that we can plan to get together for lunch or dinner. We are tentatively planning on somewhere in the last 2 weeks of May, as soon as our son gets out of school for the summer.

Dan Batliner, Costa Rica

We are- UNHAPPILY- home safe. Would much rather be back in Tamarindo. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING you did to make our stay a joy ! We look very much forward to seeing you on our next trip to Costa Rica. PURA VIDA !

Steve Perry, Costa Rica

We had so much fun at Buena Vista. Thanks for arranging that with Memo.
I also want to say many thanks for all that you have done. We have enjoyed Costa Rica and I have found you so helpful with everything and a pleasure to deal with that it was a very stress free vacation. When I do come back here hopefully you will still be doing what what you do.
Our last couple of days will be spent enjoying the sunshine and eating at great restaurants. Sincerely,

Tara, Kevin and Roy., Costa Rica

While my computer is still running here, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you for your help during our stay.
When we first came to your office, we were in dire straights and in desperate need of assistance. Andrea was extremely compassionate, spoke with candor, and had a "can do attitude" that was of immense help.
In addition, Andrea has put us in contact with Steve, with whom we are working, preparing to view a little property that might be just what we are looking for at this particular time.
In addition, having gotten to know Andrea personally as well as professionally has been our great pleasure. I wanted to let you know what a tremendous asset she is to your company. She is a great treasure -- a one in a million.

Tina Parker, Costa Rica
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