Costa RicaThe Hermosa Palms gated beachfront community south of Jaco, the Central Pacific surf coast from Esterillos to Manuel Antonio, and 11 private-pool villas with full Costa Rica jungle-and-ocean access

Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast is the country's most-developed tourism corridor — Playa Hermosa de Jaco is the championship surf-break beach with the November Annual Quiksilver Pro contest, Jaco town five minutes north has the Pacific-coast restaurant-and-nightlife strip, and the Costanera Sur (Highway 34) runs south through Esterillos and Parrita to Quepos and Manuel Antonio National Park. Juan Santamaría International (SJO) outside San José is the closest big-airport at 90 minutes to 2 hours via Highway 27 and Highway 34 — most renters fly direct from JFK, Newark, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Miami, and Toronto. Costa Rica accepts U.S. dollars at every shop, restaurant, and tour, runs entirely on stable U.S.-style 110-volt power, and English is the working language at most rental villas and tour operations.

Our 11 Costa Rica rentals concentrate at the Hermosa Palms gated beachfront community on Playa Hermosa de Jaco — modern 5- and 6-bedroom contemporary villas with private pools, jacuzzis, gourmet kitchens, and direct sand-walk access to the surf break (Hermosa Palms #8, #50, #110 are the inventory anchors, all remodeled 2018-2020). The Hermosa Ocean View Lot above the gated community sits in the hillside ridge with the bigger ocean-and-mountain panorama; Casa Sueños in Jaco's golf-course neighborhood is the more-affordable 4-bedroom alternative; the Esterillos Lote villa 25 minutes south of Hermosa is the off-grid 6-bedroom estate; and the Villa Corasol Tropical Retreat in Tamarindo's Langosta Beach is the Guanacaste-side outlier 4 hours northwest.