Santa Teresa’s Most Flexible Private Estate
The question we hear most often from advisors placing groups in Santa Teresa isn’t “where do we go?” It’s “how do we fit everyone without losing privacy?”
Two new additions to the Costa Rican Trails Villa Portfolio answer that precisely.
Set along the same stretch of Santa Teresa’s mountainside, these two architectural villas can be booked separately—each a private retreat—or together as a single estate accommodating up to 19 guests.
For multigenerational families, groups of friends, or corporate retreats, the appeal is simple: space to gather, and space to unwind. Together, the villas offer the scale of a resort with the privacy of a home.
Villa One: The Mountainside Estate (Sleeps 11)
Perched on an acre of mountainside with surf-break views to the Pacific, the architecture is contemporary and confident: dark stone, warm timber, floor-to-ceiling glass that dissolves the boundary between inside and out.
At its centre sits a 25-metre semi-Olympic saltwater infinity pool that mirrors the horizon, long enough for morning laps and dramatic enough to stop a conversation mid-sentence.
Four minutes to the heart of Santa Teresa. Completely removed from its noise.
The master suite anchors the upper level, while four ocean-view bedrooms each have their own private entrance, a detail that matters when you’re placing a group that wants to be together but not on top of one another.
The state-of-the-art chef’s kitchen, outdoor dining for 12 with a gas BBQ, fully equipped fitness area, and Bluetooth sound throughout make this a villa that works as well for a week-long family gathering as it does for a quietly indulgent couple’s escape.
Daily housekeeping, concierge service, laundry, and surf lessons are all included. A private chef is available on request.
Contact the Costa Rican Trails team at costaricantrails.com to request the full property
brochure and availability.
Villa Two: The Architectural Retreat (Sleeps 8)
At 12,900 square feet, Villa Two is the more intimate of the two: smaller in guest count, just as considered in design. Set on the northern, most private stretch of Santa Teresa with direct beach access, it carries the same DNA. Hand-carved wood details, expansive glass walls drawing in Pacific panoramas, a saltwater infinity pool that seems to pour into the jungle canopy below.
Less than a five-minute walk to the beach. The howler monkeys usually wake your guests before the alarm does.
Four bedrooms give a group of eight the privacy of a boutique hotel with none of the compromise: a king master with its own entrance, and three ocean-view suites each with an ensuite bathroom and private access. The open-plan living flows onto multiple terraces. The chef’s kitchen is built for real cooking. The outdoor dining table seats 12 under the stars. Classic Defenders are on hand for transfers, and a private chef and massage are both available on request.
Contact the Costa Rican Trails team at costaricantrails.com to request the full property
brochure and availability.
Book One. Book Both. We’ll Handle the Rest.
When reserved together, the two villas form one of the most compelling private estates on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast: 19 guests, two pools, direct beach access, and a combined footprint that gives every traveler their own corner of Santa Teresa.
The Costa Rican Trails team manages every detail, from transfers and private chefs to surf lessons and activity programming, so your guests arrive to something that feels less like a rental and more like their own house on the coast.
Why Your Guests Will Love Santa Teresa
On the southern tip of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, about an hour from the domestic airport at Tambor, Santa Teresa has carved out a distinct identity on the Pacific coast, one that rewards the traveler who sought it out.
The surf is consistent and varied, with breaks suited to every level, from first-timers finding their feet at Playa Hermosa to experienced surfers working the more demanding breaks at Mal Pais. The beaches are largely uncrowded. Santa Teresa, Mal Pais, and Playa Hermosa each have their own character, and none of them feel overrun.
The food scene is internationally minded, with several world-class chefs having quietly made this stretch of coastline their permanent home. A serious wellness and yoga culture has taken root here too, drawn by the same qualities that attract everyone else: the light, the pace, the sense that the rest of the world is very far away.
The surrounding landscape is genuinely wild: howler monkeys, volcanic reef, olive ridley turtles, without the tour-bus infrastructure. It rewards a specific kind of traveler, active, curious, unbothered by unpaved roads. For advisors placing design-conscious, independently minded guests, it’s worth knowing well.
Craft an Experience Your Guests Will Remember
Two villas, one estate, and a team that knows exactly how to make it work. Reach out at costaricantrails.com to check availability, request pricing, or start building the itinerary around it.
