Stay in a Baranda home

The well versed traveler with Costa Rica or the new world tropics in mind now looks to find a travel destination to get into the rhythms of life in a foreign country.  With the trail blazed by both smart ecotourism lodging options and pampering luxurious big box luxury, room in the Costa Rican tourism market place has opened for a new type of travel. 

Neither rife with the uncomfortably of low-grade infrastructure, nor the shortsighted isolation created by big box luxury, a modern sabbatical is a new method of travel. It offers a chance to live abroad and explore a new country while feeling at home.

The Modern Sabbatical 

The intention behind sabbaticals has evolved. Originally, sabbaticals were taken only by professors, academic faculty members, and intellectuals. They offered a chance to disconnect with one perspective and connect with a new one. 

As connection with one’s self and with others is the new form of luxury, the sabbatical has become an aspiration, goal, or bucket list item for many. The traditional 12 months without full pay, however, left the traditional form of sabbatical leave unavailable to many. The modern sabbatical has now emerged as the Goldilocks solution for the extensive time and resources normally required for the traditional sabbaticals of the past. 

Modern sabbaticals apply to breaks of all periods of time and financial ranges making it an accessible purpose for travel.  Modern sabbaticals now include options to take a sabbatical style vacation, work or abroad for a few months, working holidays, a student gap year, or taking a break from work for a year. 

Travelers relish the opportunity to shift gears and embrace a different way to live. Whether that be for creative inspiration, spiritual and personal refreshment, or a chance to simply balance the way of life by spending quality time with their families.

Taking a break to live differently, gain perspective, and connect with yourself, with others, and to spend time with family is now a common practice.  Costa Rica’s rich beaches, low cost of living, and high literacy rate, plentiful options for physical activity suitably coalesce for the perfect modern sabbatical destination.

Las Catalinas as a Modern Sabbatical Destination

In line with the expanding reasons for renting a home in Costa Rica for a modern sabbatical, Las Catalinas is a car-free town ideally nestled in a 1,000 acre tropical dry forest preserve to experience a way of life in a foreign country. Las Catalinas is unencumbered by the walls and gates and even cars that normally stand between your home and the destination experience of the country. It is a travel bucket list ideal destination. 

With an active lifestyle, great education in Costa Rica, infrastructure comparable to a gateway city, and services and amenities standards for a comfortable affordable and helpful lifestyle, downshifting to a better way of living in Las Catalinas is easy and authentic for all family members.

Baranda for the Modern Traveler

Baranda is defined by homey and well-furnished places which contain all the necessary services for easy integration into town life, and a cohort of guests that values authenticity, culture, and the feeling of home.

Available as both vacation rentals and long term rentals in Costa Rica, Baranda homes provide spacious accommodations suitable to be lived in, not just visited. Baranda comprises studios, flats, and up to six bedroom homes in excellent locations in the heart of Las Catalinas. Both short and long term rental homes provide a full range of living spaces for relaxing, working, or entertaining. 

Baranda’s goal for service is to provide guests with all comforts and amenities of home with services to assist residents as they integrate into the way of life in Las Catalinas. Baranda guests should feel at ease. They have access to everything they could ask for in their home with the tremendous added benefit of safety, easy access to Las Catalinas’ natural beauty, lively town, and wide range of outdoor activities.

Visitors to Baranda are thoughtful and caring travelers looking to immerse themselves in the vibrant culture, natural splendor, and way of life in Costa Rica without entirely disconnecting from the outside world. Perhaps more than anyone, Baranda’s guests understand the concept of pura vida, and value the ease of life and friendly culture that permeates every aspect of Las Catalinas.

Booking through Las Catalinas preferred modern travel agency, Beach Town Travel, makes living life for any period of time here even easier. 

What is included with a Baranda stay in Las Catalinas

• Check-in and check-out
• Pre-arrival concierge services
• Concierge service on site
• Welcome juice + cold towels upon arrival
• House mom service for homes or daily cleaning service for flats and studios
• Beach Club and gym access
• Toiletries: Shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and bar soap
• Wi-Fi and IPTV

Baranda’s goal is to provide our residents the opportunity to become engaged, happy, healthy, and part of our town. Success for Baranda is a trip in which a guest seamlessly experiences the real Costa Rica. 

Parting from town feels like saying goodbye to a valued friend and community member and leaves both town members and guests eager for the next meeting no matter your home country.