5-BD with Pool, Guesthouse at Mar Vista

Summary:
Casa Vi in Flamingo is a spectacular 4-bedroom home with a separate 1-bedroom apartment featuring a private infinity pool in the exclusive Mar Vista community.

This home is located within a welcoming neighborhood, yet feels entirely private once inside. It’s surrounded by lush vegetation and abundant wildlife (monkeys, coatis, birds), and offers easy access to Mar Vista's extensive trail system. In the dry season there is a partial ocean view.

The Space:
Casa Vi in Flamingo is a spectacular 4-bedroom home with a separate 1-bedroom apartment featuring a private infinity pool in the exclusive Mar Vista community.

This home is located within a welcoming neighborhood, yet feels entirely private once inside. It’s surrounded by lush vegetation and abundant wildlife (monkeys, coatis, birds), and offers easy access to Mar Vista's extensive trail system. In the dry season there is a partial ocean view.

The five bedrooms are beautiful, modern and spacious, with 3 king beds and 2 queen beds. It has 7 clean, bright bathrooms and 6 televisions, one in each bedroom and one in the living room. The 5,000-square-foot home has air conditioning, good Wi-Fi and a full-size washer and dryer.

The kitchen has a stove, oven, microwave, fridge, ample counter space, an island that seats five and an artistic rectangular glass table.

This 2-story home has two balconies with glass railing for an unobstructed view of the tropical dry forest. The design is modern tropical and minimalist.

Security in this gated community is provided by 24/7 guards, a gate at the property and an alarm system.

The Neighborhood:
Playa Brasilito

Brasilito is a beach town between Huacas and Flamingo with a traditional Costa Rican feel but also many businesses that cater to tourism.

Brasilito has several smallish hotels, little soda restaurants and larger restaurants. The relatively new Masala Indian Food is excellent, and the Patagonia del Mar steakhouse is very popular. There are various small convenience stores and the well-stocked Super Conchal. The Sea Star Souvenir store is a great place to buy gifts.

Downtown Brasilito has a large, open field that is primarily used as a parking lot for people walking to Playa Conchal. Conchal is sometimes called the most beautiful beach in Costa Rica, and it’s well worth a visit, but you have to walk about half a kilometer from Brasilito to get there. This field is also used for seasonal fairs and rodeos, with a temporary bullring that’s erected every year in February.

Horseback riding is another popular activity. You’ll often see horses tied up on the beach waiting for customers who want to ride.

Brasilito is small enough that you can easily get around on foot. Visit some of the lively bars at night, and you may feel like a party is breaking out everywhere at once.

Work began in February 2023 on expanding the one-lane bridge in the heart of town to a two-lane bridge with pedestrian sidewalks. The work was expected to take up to six months, with a detour from the Beach Community Church in the south to the Agua y Sal bakery in the north. Pedestrians and motorcycles are able to cross at the bridge construction site, but cars and trucks are not. Completion of this work will unclog a major regional bottleneck that has always caused traffic jams.

On the southern outskirts of Brasilito, there’s an Ebais medical clinic, a police station, the private Hospital Metropolitano, the Costa Rica International Academy, and the high-end Reserva Conchal resort, with two hotels and a golf course. In nearby Huacas, there’s a gas station, several large grocery stores, all kinds of shops, the Beach Side Clinic hospital and other conveniences.

Getting Around:
Our agents will be happy to assist you with renting a car, giving you the freedom to explore the area where you want, when you want. For short drives to nearby towns or beaches, golf carts are another popular mode of transportation. You can also rent a bicycle to ride around in town or beyond.

We can arrange transfers to and from the airport. Rental cars can also be delivered to your property at no additional cost, allowing you to relax and enjoy the scenery as our private van drives you here from the airport.

Taxis are available but can be a bit hard to find. Many locals use buses to get around, though there are a limited number of routes and times of day when you can catch them. Private shuttles can be a great option for traveling to nearby destinations, and many tour companies offer transportation to and from the tour. Our information brochure will provide you with useful information on local transportation options and points of interest, as well as contact information for taxis and shuttles.

Other Things to Note:
Special Places of Costa Rica is committed to protecting our properties and keeping up-to-date with short-term rental regulations, which is why you will be asked to complete our independent verification. Before your stay begins, you will need to verify your details with us to complete your booking. You will be contacted via email and/or text to complete the verification. You will also be given the choice between paying a refundable deposit or buying a non-refundable damage waiver. We suggest you buy the damage waiver as this protects you in case you cause accidental damage during a booking.