Sure, Playa Negra is a sleepy little town. There are only a couple hundred full time residents so it just doesn't make any sense that there would be first class dining experiences. However, first class dining is just what you will find whether on your vacation or on a hunt for your dream property here in the Playa Negra area.   Cafe Playa Negra This is probably the best Peruvian cuisine that you will...

The Costa Rica Global Association of Realtors, better known as CRGAR, recently held their annual charity fundraising golf tournament. The weekend began with a Taxation for the Real Estate Professional seminar. This was followed by a sunset welcome party at the exclusive Pangas Beach Club in Tamarindo. The grand event was held at the prestigious Reserva Conchal golf course that was designed by Robert...

Hacienda Pinilla is the best planned development on Guanacaste’s Gold Coast. It is the brainchild of Hooper Gordon Pattillo who had the foresight, over thirty years ago, to purchase this beautiful 4500 acre cattle ranch. It is located just south of Tamarindo and Langosta and just north of Playa Avellanas and Playa Negra. In fact, the southern portion of the project is located on the north end of Playa...

The incredible improvements. Most of you don’t live here or travel here often. You may not be aware that we have had many infrastructure upgrades. Many of them were on the list for years and years and others were completely unexpected. All of the recent upgrades have made Playa Negra and the nearby areas so much more interesting whether you are considering a purchase for investment, retirement, or...

Global economy, the thousands of possibilities in Central America. The global economic crisis is obviously a top three topic on everyone’s minds. These last  years have been especially hard on those that were on the edge of retirement and were forced to continue working well past the retirement age just to survive the loss of pensions. Many are seeking new options to make their retirement dollars...

O.k. Here it is. This is our first blog for the new webpage. What do we talk about? The possibilities are limitless. Why don’t we just start with some information about who we are. Playa Negra Realty came to light about three years ago. Ooof! This was just when things were going south in the world financial sector. I was working in Tamarindo for years with another real estate company. That drive from...

Introducing: Salvemonos Project While we are making a life and taking care of our duties —in our case trying to find homes for people that wish to live in awesome locations— we are also dedicated to giving back. It is for this reason we have partnered up with the howler monkey project Salvemonos. This is quite a worthwhile project. Patricia and Simona have been working very hard for several years to...

Hmmm. You think it’s a coincidence? Costa Rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it’s also arguably the happiest nation on earth. There are several ways of measuring happiness in countries, all inexact, but this pearl of Central America does stunningly well by whatever system is used. For example, the World Database of Happiness, compiled by a Dutch sociologist on the...