Town pages tell you where to live; these pages tell you what you are actually buying into. Every community below is one I show and sell in. HOA fees, rental rules and construction guidelines change and are rarely published, so where a number matters I confirm the current figure directly rather than quoting a stale one.

Avellanas
Hacienda Pinilla
4,500 gated acres between Tamarindo and Avellanas — golf, beach club, three miles of coastline, and one of the deepest resale markets of any resort community on this coast.
Est. 1990sGolfers, luxury buyers, established rental investors
Brasilito
Reserva Conchal
One of Guanacaste's most complete resort communities — Robert Trent Jones II golf, the Westin and W hotels, and a beach club on Playa Conchal itself.
Turnkey resort buyers and relocating families (CRIA next door)
Tamarindo
Senderos
Tamarindo's largest luxury gated community — 110 hillside acres above town with a private beach club at the estuary and 'Natural Modern' architecture.
Build-your-own buyers who want privacy five minutes from town
Tamarindo
Tamarindo Park
The newest gated community in Tamarindo — a planned 220-home village in the reforested hills between Tamarindo and Langosta, designed by Richard Müller.
Est. 2020sEarly buyers who want new construction between two beaches
Playa Grande
Las Ventanas de Playa Grande
A 380-acre, 73-property community on the ridge between Playa Grande and Playa Conchal — one of the lowest-density gated communities on this coast.
Land, views and quiet - full-time relocators and builders
Brasilito
Mar Vista
750 acres between Brasilito and Flamingo — 5,000 m² lots, 30 km of paved roads, a third of the land preserved, and La Paz school at the entrance.
Relocating families (La Paz onsite) and acreage builders
Brasilito
Catalina Cove
An established 40-hectare community in Brasilito — around 100 oversized lots, mature trees, full-time neighbors, and some of the most accessible entry prices behind this coastline.
Est. 2005First-time Costa Rica buyers - value, land and walkability
Las Catalinas
Las Catalinas
The car-free New Urbanist beach town on Playa Danta — walkable streets, 1,000 acres of tropical forest trails, and architecture found nowhere else in Central America.
Est. Mid-2000sWalkable-town lovers and design-driven buyers
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I'm Tiago Leao, a luxury real estate agent with KRAIN Luxury Real Estate in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Golf or surf, gated quiet or walk-to-dinner, full-time or rental — tell me what your life here looks like and I'll narrow these communities to the two or three actually worth flying down to see. Then I organize the tours, the questions worth asking about HOA fees and rules, and — when you're ready — the independent professionals the purchase needs.

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