Tucked away in the Talamanca mountains just south of San Isidro de El General, in the pueblo of San Francisco de Cajon, Rancho Villa Verde lives an unbelievable estate that exudes elegance and beauty in all aspects. Located a half-hour to San Isidro, the second largest city of Costa Rica, in the steadily growing southern zone. This home is only an hour away from some of the countries most popular surf beaches and the beginning of endless walks on the beach. This home’s dreamy location is also not too far from a newly built 5 Star Resort with elaborate equestrian center and luxury amenities bringing more attention to the beauty of this area. Rancho Villa Verde offers its future owner the choice of using it’s 3,319 square meters of living space (over 35,000 square feet) as a luxury family compound, or an exclusive boutique hotel. Built at an ideally located altitude just over 800 meters (2,625 feet), this home enjoys a year-round comfortable climate. This luxury estate home was built with the finest of local and imported materials. Travertine (tolú chocolate) and Coralina (golden) from the Dominican Republic enhance the floors of this home that is more like a piece of art. Carolina Onyx from Mexico was used in the facades while the pool features Tikal marble from Guatemala. Interior construction features artisan ceilings throughout with exotic tropical woods such as Teca, Ron Ron, Cenisaro, Laurel del Atlantic, Guayacan, Surá, and Bamboo. This estate home stands out immediately thanks to its overall layout and design but also in every small detail, including the intricate custom iron work in the doors, main living room chandelier, and light fixtures, all made with material from Italy. The main chandeliers in the house are all custom made. The living room consists of 11 meters high vaulted ceilings, an enormous fireplace and a 6 meter iron chandelier weighing over a ton! In the kitchen you will find the main dining table was custom built and graciously seats 22. A separate breakfast table for 10 looks out to an immense covered BBQ area, and a sculptured fish pool to be stocked with coy. A refreshing infinity pool is located just outside the living and dining areas, ready to catch incredible sunsets each clear evening thanks to it’s Westward facing design. The house includes a master suite that is over 2100sq feet of immaculate living space including a full deck and lookout tower. There are four regal suites, as well as an additional four rooms all with double queen beds. The main property has 15 bathrooms. There is also a guest house with four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terrace and kitchen as well as a housekeeper’s room including a Terrance, kitchen and bathroom. As if this wasn’t enough, there are 5 newly built studio casitas with luxury finishing. Two of the casitas have relaxing bathtubs while the other three, spacious showers. All five have decks overlooking the estate grounds with spectacular mountain views. There is an additional 18-room building that can be used for employee housing along with 8 additional building sites and a caretaker's house. Other features of the estate include a quaint chapel for weddings and other ceremonies, a green house, a sauna for 22 with gym, volley-ball court, infinity-edge swimming pool with swim-up wet bar, kids pool, stables and a poultry house. Views from all over the property span out over the mountains and never-ending valleys. It is just as amazing as you would expect from a home of this calibre. The total area of the land included is 44 hectares (108 acres), much of which is forested, or under use as pasture or for coffee production. Many locations exist throughout for additional construction. The property is being offered 'turn-key', with all furniture, appliances, adornments, and even the incredible artwork included.