If you are retiring, looking forward to retirement, can work from home or just want to change your life, why not take a look at one of the world's happiest countries? Costa Rica is a top-rated retirement destination for so many reasons -- we urge you to consider Villa Harmony in the country's relaxed and beautiful southern zone.

Villa Harmony
San Vito | Costa Rica
Offered at $ 449K US

Now Accepting Reasonable Offers

Villa Harmony is not available for rent

 Fully Furnished | Turn-Key | Move-In Ready

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PEACEFUL & HEALTHY LIVING

Living a tranquil life is a dream in today's world where we combat stress in our workplace, home, rural town, and especially cities. We have to think seriously about how to live a peaceful, fulfilling life.  It is a given fact that living closer to nature is better for your health.  

For that, we offer Villa Harmony.

  • Fully furnished – turn key 

  • 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, dining area, office and outside patio

  • Additional amenities include a gaming room with a standard sized pool table

  • Laundry room, storage room 

  • Two covered carports and garage

  • Excellent internet - Fiber Optic

  • Beautiful solar-heated pool

  • More than an acre of landscaped gardens with mature trees 

  • Large driveway with an electric gate

  • Fully fenced property that includes a small greenhouse

  • Two cabins than can accommodate family, friends or paying guests

  • An option to buy the adjacent home, another beautiful property described below for an ideal family compound

  • Villa Harmony is a five-minute drive from the town of San Vito or 20 minutes walk

  • The local hospital is a five minute walk away

  • Panama's western border is about 25 minutes by car

  • Lovely and unspoiled beaches are 2 hours by car

Villa Harmony offers two guest houses or cabinas for year round tourism rental

The additional guest home is located adjacent to the main home

and is available to buy with Villa Harmony

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  • Fully furnished, turn key

  • 2 bedrooms, two bathrooms, office, kitchen-dining and living room as one big room, storage room and large laundry room

  • Lot of 60’ X 130”

  • Electric gate entrance to gated property

  • 1625 square feet +over 600 square feet of covered patio area and 400 square feet for car porch

  • Amazing sunset views on the mountain range

Offered At $249,000

San Vito

San Vito is an unusual place in an extraordinary country. It is quite civilized with five supermarkets, banking choices, post office, good coffee shops, several highly recommended restaurants, an Italian Cultural Center, social medicine hospital, airstrip, and well-maintained roads. Every Saturday local growers offer fresh produce, food items, plants, and sometimes dance performances downtown. 

 

The climate is governed by the 4,000' altitude creating lovely, warm days in the '80s and cooler evenings in the 60s. No AC required!

 

Local attractions include the internationally-recognized Wilson Botanical Garden at the Organization for Tropical Studies Las Cruces Biological Station. Another destination for nature-lovers is Finca Cantaros, a park-like biological reserve. Additionally, San Vito has an active bird club, the San Vito Bird Club offering free, bi-monthly Bird Walks and volunteer opportunities.

 

San Vito was settled by Italian immigrants looking for a better life after World War !!; they came to grow coffee and maintain a presence on the southern border. Descendants of the original 60 families are still here and you can savor some of this rich cultural history at Restaurante Pizzeria Lilliana.  And talking of Italian restaurants, a somewhat newcomer to the region but quickly becoming a favorite is La Casa Italiana Ristorante

 

If you have friends coming to visit, you can set them up with amazing adventures through Desafios Tours, an adventure and nature-oriented tour company showcasing coffee processing, cave explorations, and mountain terrain.

 

Further south, sport fishing excursions can be arranged in the port town of Golfito and the unspoiled beaches of Playa Zancudo and Pavones (famous for surfing) are within a 2-3 hours drive, offering restaurants and accommodations.  Other beautiful beach areas reachable in 2 hours are Ojochal, Uvita, and Dominical (15 min further).

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EXPAT FRIENDLY

For decades Costa Rica has been among the world’s premier retirement destinations.  It still is.  Are you in search of a mild climate, good healthcare, amazing view, and lots to do…and all at a lower cost of living?!  Villa Harmony in San Vito is in a welcoming community located in the Southern half of Costa Rica.  Not overtaken by tourists, this region retains the beauty and wonderful culture of Costa Rica.  Spanish is predominant, but everywhere you go you’ll be able to find English-speaking person weather at the bank, medical or dental offices, or just friends.  San Vito has a growing community of ex-pats, all very welcoming.

It is easy to make friends with whom to explore the rain forests, exchange plants, or have a drink and meals.  Locals are the nicest and most helpful people you can find, making your integration into Costa Rica life seamless.

Go to the beach for a day or two, go fishing, horseback-riding, scuba diving, birding, gardening, reading, creating art!  Here you can settle in a nature-filled area where hummingbirds stop by your garden every day.

Why Costa Rica?

"PURA VIDA" LIFESTYLE

One term you should be familiar with is “Pura Vida” (pronounces poo-rah vee-dah).  Simply translated, it means “simple life” or “pure life”, but here in Costa Rica, it is more than just a saying—it is a way of life. Costa Ricans (Ticos) use this term to say hello, to say goodbye, to say everything’s great, to say everything’s cool. However, it is not the words that reflect the true meaning of ¡Pura Vida!. Pura Vida is the way Ticos live. Not surprisingly, Costa Rica has been named one of the happiest countries in the world, mostly because its inhabitants don’t stress about things the way most foreigners do. Ticos have a very relaxed, simple way of looking at life. No worries, no fuss, no stress—pura vida to them means being thankful for what they have and not dwelling on the negative."Pura Vida" is an emotion, it’s an attitude, it’s happiness, and it’s a way of life.  Once you’ve visited, you will understand the true meaning of pura vida.

NATURE

With only 0.3 percent of the world's land mass and 4 percent of the world's species, Costa Rica is often cited as having the highest species per area unit in the world.  The government of Costa Rica, seeking to maintain this idyllic tropical setting has designated approximately one-fourth of the land to protected areas (national parks, wildlife refuges). Costa Rica also boasts many volcanoes, both active and inactive, that have been declared national parks. Environmental factors are responsible for this wealth of diversity. The geographic positioning of the country, situated between two large continental masses and two vast oceans, in addition to the combination of unique geology and climate, is highly conducive to the diverse biological and plant life.  Accordingly, one can find mangrove forests, cloud forests and rain forests, riparian forests, and deciduous forests.  In terms of ecosystem diversity, Costa Rica also has coral reefs and wetlands. 

COSTA RICA

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Moving to Costa Rica is the perfect choice for pretty much anyone. Enthusiasts of Latin American culture will find themselves right at home in one of Central America’s most peaceful countries. Under the hot sun and between the golden coastlines, you’ll find a warm people with a cheap cost of living! 

Costa Rica is a country that can be proud of both its history and its geography. A country underwritten by the philosophy of peace, Costa Rica abolished its standing army in 1949. Furthermore, while most of its neighbors were subject to civil war, dictatorships, and political corruption, Costa Rica has more than sixty-year history of democracy.

And yet, perhaps even more peaceful than the political system is the country’s beautiful landscape. Encompassed by beautiful coastlines to the east and west, Costa Rica is a mountainous and volcanic country, rich in forests. Amazingly, while Costa Rica only accounts for about 0.03% of the world’s landmass, its rich ecosystems are home to almost 6% of the planet’s biodiversity. Nestled among creatures big, small and fantastic is a relatively happy group of expats. InterNations’ Expat Insider 2019 survey found that over a third of respondents living there were retirees, with an average age of 52. Maybe it’s the sandy beaches or the volcanically enriched coffee, but whatever the case, expats living in Costa Rica have fallen in love with the country. In the survey, just under half of the respondents living there said they were considering staying in Costa Rica forever.