Majestic Mansion Flirting with the Clouds in Costa Rica
Mansion, estate, B&B, spa, home, organic farm, private hideaway.
Live in still one of the best and affordable areas of Costa Rica: Easy to convert into business with municipality, used as a private house now. Close enough to Cartago but out of the craziness of the city areas. Land (lot: 5732 m2) and house: (600 sq. meters or 6,458.35 sq. ft.) . Business for offices, or large unique manor house, guesthouse in style of French chateau and plenty of land to develop for those interested in raising their own organic food, coffee, passion fruit, avocado, tea or farming. Private, quiet vacation home for large family in world famous quality coffee region, Tarrazu, right next door. Small pool all bedrooms have their own bathrooms. More than reliable water source from mountain spring. With little investment can expand, completely finish and make into luxurious spa, or resale for triple the amount.
Grand vistas, low maintenance, peaceful, right off the new road from Manuel Antonio to San Marcos de Tarrazu to Cartago. Road planned to be resurfaced in coming years with asphalt. Small, finished swimming pool and main kitchen with large, wood burning stove. Armed guard/security house. Fruit trees of oranges, guayabas, mulberries, etc. 3 hours away from Southern Pacific Beaches. Owners want to downsize, a change of place.
Price: $1,000,000
Property Id: PN4
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PROFITABLE Manuel Antonio Gourmet Restaurant For Sale - R.O.I. in 5 Years Or Less!
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Asking $350,000 Firm for an ongoing, money making, restaurant operation. Owner needs capital for another business venture and wishes to liquidate this asset. For sale is the equipment, the menu, the goodwill of proven ongoing business, a stellar reputation and a VERY profitable business plan in a perfect location. The loyal, dependable staff will all stay in place and owner will stay on to train new owners in the operation. The building itself has 7 years remaining on its lease and the owner is open to an extension.
This restaurant ranks in the top 5 of the 65 restaurants in Manuel Antonio regarding income and cash-flow. You are simply not going to believe the numbers on this turn-key business - all of which will be divulged to qualified inquiries. This is, indeed, a unique opportunity for the investor who wants to relocate to Costa Rica to run a business with a proven profitable history and eventually retire in paradise. This restaurant has the history, the numbers and the open books to prove it.
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Guatemala Dental Services at Affordable Prices
Why pay exorbitant prices for dental work in the U.S. when you can travel a short distance to a relaxing vacation destination and receive world-class dental services at a savings of 50% to 80% or more?
Located just two hours from Miami and Mexico City, Guatemala is a beautiful country featuring warm, friendly people and a year-round climate that is mild and pleasant. Its picturesque surroundings and diverse culture are sure to bring a smile to just about anyone’s face.
Known for its high-end dining and shopping, Guatemala City is a hotspot for tourists seeking an exciting getaway. The affordability of this amazing destination makes it easy for tourists to take in all the city has to offer – from exploring museums and eating at trendy restaurants to staying in luxury hotels and browsing the city’s shopping malls. If you’re looking for a little more adventure, you can go golfing, fishing, hike the volcanoes, or plan a day trip to nearby historical sites.
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DISCOUNTED TO $75,000 – Popular Restaurant, Bar & Disco For Sale in Esterillos, Costa Rica
DISCOUNTED TO $75,000 – A profitable 70 seat restaurant, 60 seat bar & disco operation for sale in Esterillos, Costa Rica, right on the Pan American highway.
This is a profitable and popular 70 seat restaurant, 60 seat bar & disco operation for sale in Esterillos, Costa Rica, right on the Pan American highway, on the Central Pacific coast. The operation is fully staffed, well equipped and in a perfect location with a great local reputation.
A VERY AFFORDABLE, VERY PROFITABLE
TURNKEY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!
This business opened in July of 2012 and has steadily grown into a well-rounded, local food & entertainment venue. This completely equipped, on-going, profitable business is in Esterillos, right on the Pan American coastal highway, along Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast. This high-traffic area brings in locals and tourists alike who all must pass this route when going to popular Costa Rica hot spots like Jaco, Quepos, Dominical and Manuel Antonio. It's the only establishment around that is licensed to stay open until 2:30am, and it has the only Disco found in a 40-kilometer radius ensuring year-round patronage from locals and tourists alike.
The building and land are not included in this sale. There is presently 2 years left on a 5 year lease with assurances to renew the lease for a further 10 years thereafter.
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Wyndham San Jose Herradura Hotel and Convention center San Jose, Costa Rica. Quick walk around.
Taking a Quick walk around the hotel before crossing the parking lot for dinner at the Hard Rock.
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Manuel Antonio Boutique Hotel & Restaurant Ocean View 16 Rooms
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This is a quaint, 16 room boutique hotel and 24 seat restaurant, overlooking the Pacific ocean near the Quepos Marina in the Central Pacific region of Costa Rica. The hotel is perched on a hillside facing the ocean that offers fantastic views and awe inspiring sunsets each and every evening.
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Profitable Costa Rica Hotel, Restaurant & Bar For Sale in Cariari, near the Airport, Central Valley
This is a profitable, 34 room hotel, restaurant & bar for sale in a perfect location in Cariari, near the airport in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. This is a modern, profitable, well run hotel in a perfect location with many rooms to let, multiple revenue streams and an excellent marketing program that ensures consistent, year-round occupancy resulting in a high return on investment for a most exceptional cap-rate.
FEATURES:
- Located in Cariari, close to the prestigious Cariari Country Club in the Central Valley of Costa Rica
- Only 10 minutes to the San Jose International airport, and 20 minutes to San Jose and Escazu
- 34 large, revenue generating, double queen bed rooms with A/C, cable TV, wireless internet, in-room safe and direct dial phones
- A computer center
- Pool lounge with jacuzzi
- Restaurant, bar and grill
- Offices, laundry room, sixteen parking spaces
- Tour center offering tours of rain forests, volcanos, rafting, canopy, beaches
- Golf privileges for guests at the famous nearby Cariari country club
GREAT LOCATION:
- Proximity to the airport makes this a practical stop over hotel for travelers before moving on to other parts of the country
- A new commercial center within Cariari with restaurants and shops within walking distance
- Very close to the Real Cariari Mall
- Quick access to the Autopista which connects you to San Jose, Escazu and the new highway within 15 minutes that will get you to the Pacific beaches in a little over an hour.
BOOKS ARE UP TO DATE AND OPEN QUALIFIED BUYERS WITH PROOF OF FUNDS
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Costa Rica real estate - A Dream House for the Active Minded with Pool, Tennis court!
Price: $375,000.00
City: Turrucares -- La Garita
Province: Alajuela
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3,5
Floors: 2
Year Built: 1993
Construction m2: 1200
Land m2: 6346
Garage Size: 2
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HUGE DISCOUNT-Spectacular Ocean View Mountain Home 3 BR Near Jaco, Costa Rica
ASKING $529,000 - This is a beautifully built, 2,562 square foot custom home for sale with 2 master suites, an efficiency apartment, over 4,000 square feet of total living space, set on a 1/4 acre lot near Jaco Beach, 1,000 feet up right off the coastal highway in the mountains of the Central Pacific region in Costa Rica. The developer is offering this lot and home combo at a $140,000 discount making this a combination of construction quality, central location, spectacular views and dollar value that's tough to find anywhere.
Regular Price: $669,000
SPECIAL OFFER: $529,000
Save $140,000!
HOME FEATURES:
- 1/4 Acre, Ocean View Lot
- 2,562 Sq. Ft. Home
- 2 Master Suites
- 376 Sq. Ft. Guest Efficiency Apartment
- Covered Carport
- 622 Sq. Ft. Covered Terrace
- 450 Sq. Ft., Ocean View Pool & Deck Area
- Infinity Swimming Pool
- 4,012 Sq. Ft. of Total Living Space
- Safe, Secured Community
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La Garita, Costa Rica Luxury Estate & Equestrian Center For Sale
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This is a breathtaking luxury estate property is on 11 acres of land with a 4 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom main house, a 12 stable equestrian barn, a separate 2 bedroom guest home, 2 servants apartments, swimming pool and party rancho, large deck overlooking the river, storage room and beautiful landscaping. The property is located in a very private area of La Garita in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. It's surrounded with a security wall with two entrances and electric gates.
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4K - Walking Around Cali Colombia - Yi 4K+ Camera
In 2014 I traveled for about 5 months. In 2015 I traveled about 6 months. In 2016 I traveled about 7 months. This year I plan to travel about 7 months. Subscribe to follow me around the world. I have been to about 74 countries/independent territories.
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Costa Rica real estate - B&B - 7 Bedroom, 9 Bathroom established since 2002 Alajuela
Price: $495,000.00
City: La Garita
Province: Alajuela
Bedrooms: 7
Bathrooms: 8
Floors: 2
Year Built: 1974 continuly renovated in the last 8 years
Construction m2: 515
Land m2: 2078
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I am walking to Zona Rosa area of Bogota, Colombia, which is also called Zona T. This is a big tourist zone for lots of shopping, restaurants and bars. It is also a fairly safe area of Bogota.
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Estoy caminando a Zona Rosa zona de Bogotá, Colombia, que también se llama Zona T. Esta es una gran zona turística para un montón de tiendas, restaurantes y bares. También es una zona bastante segura de Bogotá.
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Spanish conquest of Petén | Wikipedia audio article
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Spanish conquest of Petén
00:02:38 1 Geography
00:04:50 1.1 Climate
00:06:12 2 Petén before the conquest
00:09:44 3 Background to the conquest
00:11:41 4 Impact of Old World diseases
00:12:52 5 Weaponry and armour
00:14:02 5.1 Native weaponry
00:16:01 6 Strategies and tactics
00:18:53 7 Cortés in Petén
00:21:43 8 Prelude to conquest
00:22:50 8.1 Missions in southern Petén
00:28:21 9 Conquest of the central lakes
00:29:47 9.1 Early 17th century
00:32:42 9.1.1 Spanish setbacks in the 1620s
00:36:27 9.2 Late 17th century
00:37:14 9.2.1 Spanish–Itza diplomatic contacts, 1695
00:40:38 9.2.2 García de Paredes' entry from Yucatán, March–April 1695
00:42:06 9.2.3 Díaz de Velasco and Cano's entry from Verapaz, March–April 1695
00:43:46 9.2.3.1 First skirmish
00:45:25 9.2.3.2 Second skirmish
00:47:47 9.2.3.3 Retreat to Guatemala
00:49:27 9.2.4 García de Paredes' entry from Yucatán, May 1695
00:53:41 9.2.4.1 Skirmish at Chunpich
00:54:44 9.2.4.2 Reinforcements
00:55:45 9.2.5 Avendaño's entry from Yucatán, June 1695
00:59:46 9.2.6 San Buenaventura among the Kejache, September–November 1695
01:02:13 9.2.7 Avendaño's entry from Yucatán, December 1695 – January 1696
01:05:40 9.2.8 Battle at Ch'ich', 2 February 1696
01:10:19 9.2.9 Amésqueta's entry from Verapaz, February–March 1696
01:12:13 9.2.9.1 Amésqueta's attempt to locate Díaz de Velasco
01:14:54 9.2.9.2 Fate of Díaz de Velasco's expedition
01:16:39 9.2.9.3 Aftermath of Amésqueta's entry
01:17:49 9.3 Fall of Nojpetén
01:18:29 9.3.1 Final preparations
01:20:39 9.3.2 Assault on Nojpetén
01:23:42 9.3.3 Aftermath
01:25:45 10 Final years of conquest
01:28:35 10.1 Reductions around Lake Petén Itzá
01:30:12 11 Legacy of the conquest
01:31:54 12 Historical sources
01:34:28 13 Archaeology
01:35:01 14 Notes
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The Spanish conquest of Petén was the last stage of the conquest of Guatemala, a prolonged conflict during the Spanish colonisation of the Americas. A wide lowland plain covered with dense rainforest, Petén contains a central drainage basin with a series of lakes and areas of savannah. It is crossed by several ranges of low karstic hills and rises to the south as it nears the Guatemalan Highlands. The conquest of Petén, a region now incorporated into the modern republic of Guatemala, climaxed in 1697 with the capture of Nojpetén, the island capital of the Itza kingdom, by Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi. With the defeat of the Itza, the last independent and unconquered native kingdom in the Americas fell to European colonisers.
Sizeable Maya populations existed in Petén before the conquest, particularly around the central lakes and along the rivers. Petén was divided into different Maya polities engaged in a complex web of alliances and enmities. The most important groups around the central lakes were the Itza, the Yalain and the Kowoj. Other groups with territories in Petén included the Kejache, the Acala, the Lakandon Ch'ol, the Xocmo, the Chinamita, the Icaiche and the Manche Ch'ol.
Petén was first penetrated by Hernán Cortés with a sizeable expedition that crossed the territory from north to south in 1525. In the first half of the 16th century, Spain established neighbouring colonies in Yucatán to the north and Guatemala to the south. Spanish missionaries laid the groundwork for the extension of colonial administration in the extreme south of Petén from 1596 onwards, but no further Spanish entry of central Petén took place until 1618 and 1619 when missionaries arrived at the Itza capital, having travelled from the Spanish town of Mérida in Yucatán.
In 1622 a military expedition set out from Yucatán led by Captain Francisco de Mirones and accompanied by Franciscan friar Diego Delgado; this expedition was a disaster, and the Spanish were massacred by the Itza. In 1628 the Manche Ch'ol of the south were placed under the administration of the colonial governor of Verapaz within the Captaincy ...
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Mexico City | Wikipedia audio article
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Mexico City
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Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Spanish: Ciudad de México, American Spanish: [sjuˈða(ð) ðe ˈmexiko] (listen); abbreviated as CDMX, Nahuatl languages: Āltepētl Mēxihco), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America. Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centres in the Americas. It is located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus in the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,350 ft). The city has 16 boroughs.
The 2009 population for the city proper was approximately 8.84 million people, with a land area of 1,485 square kilometers (573 sq mi). According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21.3 million, which makes it the largest metropolitan area of the Western Hemisphere, the eleventh-largest agglomeration (2017), and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world.Greater Mexico City has a GDP of $411 billion in 2011, making Greater Mexico City one of the most productive urban areas in the world. The city was responsible for generating 15.8% of Mexico's GDP, and the metropolitan area accounted for about 22% of total national GDP. If it were an independent country, in 2013, Mexico City would be the fifth-largest economy in Latin America, five times as large as Costa Rica and about the same size as Peru.Mexico’s capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by Native Americans, the other being Quito, Ecuador. The city was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan, which was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards. In 1524, the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, and as of 1585, it was officially known as Ciudad de México (Mexico City). Mexico City was the political, administrative, and financial center of a major part of the Spanish colonial empire. After independence from Spain was achieved, the federal district was created in 1824.
After years of demanding greater political autonomy, residents were finally given the right to elect both a Head of Government and the representatives of the unicameral Legislative Assembly by election in 1997. Ever since, the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) has controlled both of them. The city has several progressive policies, such as abortion on request, a limited form of euthanasia, no-fault divorce, and same-sex marriage.
On January 29, 2016, it ceased to be the Federal District (Spanish: Distrito Federal or D.F.), and is now officially known as Ciudad de México (or CDMX). Mexico City is now in transition to become the country's 32nd federal entity, which gives it a level of autonomy comparable to that of a state. A clause in the Constitution of Mexico, however, prevents it from becoming a state, as it is the seat of power in the country, unless the capital of the country were relocated elsewhere.