Experience Bon Vivant and make every moment matter on a unique and memorable holiday.
Bon Vivant is comprised of a collection ranging from three bedroom flats with stunning views to 7 bedroom spacious homes. These properties are located in the prime parts of town, all a short and lovely walk away from the beach, as well as town’s restaurants, shops, and outdoor activities.
Casa Brewer - 19 Paseo del Mar
Six bedrooms including a two bedroom guest house, a central courtyard and pool with dining grotto, numerous open-air porches and terraces, and an ideal location between cozy Plaza Escondida and the lively beachfront road of Paseo del Mar, just steps away from beaches and trails all combine to foster an intrinsic connection to town, nature, and each other when you stay in Casa Brewer.
- 6 bedrooms | up to 12 guests -
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Stu Casa - 21 Paseo del Mar
This six bedroom home has spaces to socialize with family and friends on vacation. A beautiful pool terrace and an open air dining area are adaptable for kids and adults to enjoy together. Two oceanview porches create a natural connection to each other and to passersby. There’s a full guest house to invite family and friends. The home is located just steps from Playa Danta, the trails, and town’s shops and restaurants, so every generation can find something to do together in walking distance.
- 6 bedrooms | up to 12 guests -
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Castillo del Mar - 18 Calle Cartagena
Immediate access to the beach, a patio and dining terrace with seating for twelve, four indoor social areas, and six bedrooms provide a blend of social and personal spaces throughout Castillo del Mar that makes it a perfect home for a lively vacation with family and friends. With indoor and outdoor living as well as large windows throughout the home, the beauty of the tropical beachfront is never far away during time spent together in the villa.
- 6 bedrooms | up to 12 guests -
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Casa Encantada - 10 Calle Virginia
Casa Encantada is located in the lively pedestrian town of Las Catalinas, where there are activities to share on the water, in the trails, or around town all in walking distance. Inside the casa there are four bedrooms, an indoor-outdoor multilevel living area at the center of the home, and a large rooftop terrace with panoramic views, which make Casa Encantada ideal for a lively and social stay in town.
- 4 bedrooms | up to 10 guests -
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Casa Blanca - 19 Calle Cartagena
Casa Blanca is an elegant town home on the beach in Las Catalinas, a walkable pedestrian town with an easygoing way of life. This home embraces the beauty and tranquility of the beach with a decor of soft whites, blues, and sand tones as well as hand-selected art, which can be found in the four bedrooms, pool patio, reading terrace, and open concept living room, dining room, and kitchen. Casa Blanca is a place to settle into beach town life in a town that blends natural and manmade beauty.
- 4 bedrooms | up to 10 guests -
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The now traditional form of tourism, ecotourism’s smart eco lodging accommodations propelled Costa Rica as a global vacation destination to a global audience. Eco tourism paved a path for Costa Rica to be able to receive increasing numbers of tourists. Vast national resources and national parks lent to responsible travel and plentiful pacific coast beaches opened the door to a new branch of tourism, luxury vacations.
Recognizing the influx of tourism and the natural strengths of a tropical climate with pristine beaches in the aptly named, Costa Rica, big box luxury entered the scene. The Instituto Costaricense de Tourismo (ICT) expanded the tourism economy to include tourism projects with simplified regulations to allow for multinational luxury brands to enter with ease.
Both national and international hotels and resorts soon dotted coastal swaths of land like Papagayo Peninsula in the Guanacaste province. Thinking luxury travel could not exist without seclusion and privacy, these brands built walls and gates around resorts often centered around golf courses or similar sprawling amenities.
The Definition of Luxury has Changed
The shortsighted vision of walls and gates unfortunately isolated luxury hotels from the exact riches of nature, beauty, and sociability of the happiest country that attracted tourists to Costa Rica. Resulting in hotels without charm or sense of place, tourism for the country has shifted yet again to adapt to a new definition of luxury vacationing. An important part of luxury is now connection.
Service, connection and easy sociability are the new luxury. Excellent service, personal concierge services, private chef dinners, and casual authentic experiences eclipse large amenities.
Discerning an opportunity to fit in the marketplace gap between smart eco-travel and big box luxury, alternative accommodations offerings emerged with branded partners such as Airbnb Lux and travel agency Luxury Retreats.
Las Catalinas as a Luxury Alternative Accommodation in Costa Rica
In line with the expanding definition of luxury vacation home rentals in Costa Rica, Las Catalinas is a car-free town with a coastal climate ideally nestled along the north pacific ocean and 1,000 acres surrounding tropical dry forest and nearby state parks.
With the infrastructure comparable to a large hotel brand, restaurant reservations for Ponciana at Santarena Hotel, a signature House Mom lifestyle management service, epic ocean view private pools, luxury ocean experiences, and the highest luxury service standards and amenities, Las Catalinas is an obvious destination for a luxury beach vacation.
Bon Vivant Luxury Rentals in Las Catalinas
Bon Vivant is characterized by its top of the line villas, comprehensive services, and a cohort of humble, curious guests. Bon Vivant offers guests a personal, authentic version of more traditional big box luxury offerings.
Bon Vivant is comprised of thoughtfully designed and excellently furnished properties in the heart of town, aimed at providing exceptional quality for travel leisure. Bon Vivant properties are luxurious but subtle. The utmost care taken to ensure ideal spaces for comfort and relaxation, entertaining guests, or simply enjoying Costa Rica’s natural beauty. As a whole, these homes are testaments to the authentic elegance and grounded vibrance of Las Catalinas.
What is included with a Bon Vivant Stay in Las Catalinas:
In line with the best luxury hotels of the world, Bon Vivant is for the seasoned world traveler searching for an ideal vacation. Bon Vivant visitors have an appreciation for the finer things in life, yet a humble and curious attitude about each destination they visit.
A trip booked through Bon Vivant provides its guests with truly unique vacation packages of culinary excellence, environmental excursions, and lively intown events, and presents a compelling argument to return.