Who would have thought… our Director of Security, Armando Gutierrez, spearheaded the creation of this new heliport at Las Catalinas. Pretty cool. Except I am afraid of helicopters. I’m not going up in one of those things!
CEPIA Event
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CEPIA and Las Catalinas would like to invite you to the Christmas Creations fundraising event. The day will include sports competitions, activities for the children, photo with Santa, Santa letter box, treasure hunt, art and reading corner, judging and announcement of the winners of the decoration contest, our children’s talents show, raffle, and much more. Come join us December 11th 9 am to 2 pm at Playa Danta, Las Catalinas. This is annual event is one of the big events of the season in Guanacaste. Please come and enjoy!
All proceeds will benefit the CEPIA summer camp (January-February 2012) for 200 children from poor backgrounds. CEPIA (Culture, Education and Psychology for Infants and Adolescents) is a Costarican non-profit organisation that seeks to promote culture, health, sports and education for children and teenagers from low-income families in the coastal communities of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
JetBlue Flights Began Yesterday
November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The first JetBlue flight from New York’s JFK airport to Liberia (just 24 miles from Las Catalinas) began yesterday. They are offering fares as low as $119 each way – quite a deal. It appears the flight is currently operating 4 days a week. Checking on their website, it looks like the low fare is indeed available on some travel days, but not all.
New Punta Penca Clickable Map
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We have a cool new click-able map up on our Punta Penca Homesites page courtesy of Jim Hodgson. Check it out. We have several customers in conversation about these lots and are making a major push to have a critical mass of them sold so that we can begin construction on the new street there as soon as our permits are available, which should be very early in the new year. If you are interested in talking to us about a Punta Penca lot and are not in conversation with us yet, let us know right away. We do have special incentives in place for our first Punta Penca buyers.
New Flight from Twin Cities to Liberia
July 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
Delta has just announced that it will begin direct flights to Liberia (24 miles from Las Catalinas) from Minneapolis – St. Paul in January. The flights will be weekly, on Saturdays. This is great news and more evidence that the new Liberia airport terminal is attracting more and more flight options. Excellent!
Newsletter – Come and Visit
July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday we sent out a electronic newsletter and I thought I’d post it here as well. I must say it is very gratifying to be seeing our vision become reality!
- Charles
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THE FIRST HOMES ARE BUILT.
TWO BUSINESSES ARE OPEN.
TWO BUSINESSES ARE OPEN.
WE ARE READY
FOR YOUR VISIT.
FOR YOUR VISIT.
Five years ago, as we were preparing to buy the land named Las Catalinas, I wrote a description of a day in the life of the Las Catalinas of the future. That essay became one of the main tools we used to communicate the vision of what we hoped to create at Las Catalinas. In it I described the pleasures of…
- waking up in a beautiful seaside town,
- walking down to the beach for an early morning kayak,
- stopping by a shop for fresh baked goods,
- returning home for breakfast,
- my family scattering to a variety of outdoor activities,
- walking over for an enjoyable seaside lunch withfriends at a restaurant,
- drifting to sleep on my porch,
- hiking up to the high ground with my wife for sunset,
- dinner at home,
- and afterwards a sociable walk around townvisiting with friends.
WELL, IT HAS HAPPENED. MY DREAM DAY IS NOW A REALITY. After five years of work that place and that experience have come to life. Our initial group of houses frame beautiful plazas and pedestrian streets. Pura Vida Ride is offering top quality kayaks, stand up paddle boards, bikes and other outdoor gear, the baked goods I envisioned so long ago, coffee, and other general store goods. Lola’s del Norte restaurant offers the one of the most delicious, beautiful, and casually sociable seaside dining experiences you will ever experience.
Add it all up and Las Catalinas now offers something that is not available anywhere else in the new world tropics – the experience of a lively, walkable seaside town surrounded by breathtaking nature on land and at sea.
PLEASE COME ENJOY IT WITH US. Four of our initial houses are available for rental, and are starting to book up for the coming season. In addition my house will be serving as the Brewer Inn, offering deluxe lodging on a room-at-a-time basis for guests including prospective Las Catalinas home buyers. To inquire about rentals or lodging please contact us by writing to info@lascatalinascr.com or calling us at 506-2654-4600 in Costa Rica or 866.357.3872 from the US.
See you soon in one of my favorite places on Earth.
- Charles
Pura Vida Ride Open – and Rock’in!
June 8, 2011 By 3 Comments
Pura Vida ride opened for business last week and is doing great! Stand-up Paddleboarding, kayaking, mountain biking, snorkelling, and other adventures await. Here is a list of group activities that are currently underway:
- Sunday: Stand up paddleboard with Jake! Enjoy the ocean on Sunday morning with friends on a paddleboard. Meet at 8:00am at Playa Danta to paddle around the islands and practice for the race coming up on June 18th!
- Tuesday: Coming soon! 7am Mountain Bike with Tyler! We have some beautiful new trails that are ready for exploring on a bike. PVR has all new mountain bikes and a great guide to show you the way around Las Catalinas.
- Thursday: 7am. Come and enjoy a morning swim with Martyn to the island and back. This is invigorating and starts your day off right! PVR has life jackets if you need them. 1 mile round trip.
- Saturday: Running group with Amy and Tyler. They will have 2 pace groups that will guide you through the trails. Meet at 7 to run!
And of course, the big Robert August Stand-up Paddle Challenge is coming up on June 18. For more details go to www.puravidaride.com. See you there!
Yoga-Hike-Lunch at Lolas’ del Norte this Thursday
May 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
This Thursday, May 26th, Lola’s del Norte will host the first morning Yoga/Hike/Lunch. Renowned Yoga instructor Amy W. Jones will lead the Vinyasa Yoga class upstairs at Lola’s. Then she will lead a hike out to Punta Guachipelines on well-tended trails featuring some of the most dramatic views you’ll ever see. Lunch follows. It all begins at 8:30 am. See the poster below for details.
Town Architect Job Opening
May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We are ready to hire the first town architect at Las Catalinas. This will be a full time position, located at Las Catalinas. For the right person, it will truly be a dream job! More information about working at Las Catalinas as well as a PDF giving a full job description for the town architect position can be found on our employment page.
VP of Sales and Marketing Job Opening
April 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We are looking for a special person to join our Las Catalinas team as VP of Sales and Marketing. A link to a PDF with a full job description can be found here. If you know someone who is qualified and may be interested, please let them know! This is a great opportunity for someone, and obviously a very important hiring decision for us!
- Charles
