Mal Pais - Real Estate & Properties For Sale

If you love peace and tranquility, untouched beaches and don’t mind driving to the surf – Mal Pais could be the location for you!

Although Mal Pais is considered to be the more tranquil of the two, it was actually populated before Santa Teresa, its busier neighbor to the north. Originally a quiet fishing village, Malpais retains its sleepy pace of life, it's incredibly beautiful and rugged coastline and its deep connection to the ocean.

The Malpais fishing village marks the most southern point of the town, bordering with the Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve. It is here that the fishermen launch their pangas each dawn, unload their catches and prepare them for sale. You ...

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Properties in the Area

Mal Pais Properties For Sale

Area Features

Mal Pais is generally a bedroom community of Santa Teresa and surrounding areas, or a vacation home destination for guests who appreciate longer stays, and a quiet, laid back community. There are a few really nice beach front residences, but most of the homes take advantage of the dramatic, down the coast sunset and forest views.
As a laid back, residential community, Mal Pais does not yet offer typical Condominium style development. However, there is one residential project that has an HOA formed around a unique eco-friendly theme, it is called Mi Casa en el Bosque, a small community in which owners commit to building using eco-friendly materials.
Mal Pais has a variety of lots available with most of them in the 5000m2 (1.2 Acre) range and up. There is a large variety of land available in this area from individual building lots with easy beach walking access, to view properties that take advantage of their proximity to the quiet bays and beaches nearby.
Mal Pais currently has a number of small boutique hotels, grocery stores, a stand-up paddle school, and several restaurants, but does not have extensive commercial development. However, there is land available for entrepreneurs who wish to take advantage of the local resident pool to develop businesses.