“The Zone” is made up of a stretch of coastline starting from Hatillo in the north, and stretching south to Palmar Sur. Included in that zone are the following towns, noted from north to south:
- Hatillo
- Dominical
- Uvita
- Ojochal
- Palmar Sur
The inland portion of The Zone is a leg that runs from Dominical to San Isidro de el General, also known as Perez Zeledon. In between Dominical and San Isidro is the town of Platanillo.
The Southern Pacific Zone of Costa Rica
A word about pricing:
When dealing with ocean view properties in Costa Rica’s southern zone, the usual criteria of looking for a “per square meter” pricing fails us. This becomes evident quickly as one familiarizes themselves with the market place.
Evaluating an ocean view property in this area is a combination of attributes, or virtues that come together to give the property its value. Based on observing land buyers over the years, I rank these virtues in roughly the following order:
- view
- access
- size
- infrastructure
- amount of usable land
- proximity to the beach or a river
- privacy
- air motion
As an example of this, I once had a 10 acre property that had a window view of the ocean. Of the 10 acres, perhaps 1 ½ were usable, the rest falling away in jungle covered hillsides. Price: $115,000
Across the way from this property, perhaps within 500 meters, I had another property of 2 acres with a sweeping ocean view, (more…)
