Rediscovering Romance and Family in Costa Rica‘s Clouds

From the seaside Si Como No, located near Manuel Antonio National Park, and Aguila de Osa, perched overlooking Drake's Bay on Costa Rica's wild Osa Peninsula, to Villa Blanca, set in a remote Cloud Forest reserve, and Santa Juana, which offers an authentic rural mountain adventure, for more than 20 years Greentique Hotels has been devoted to "sustainable hospitality." Defined as a devotion to respect, honor and protect Costa Rica's natural resources, which it defines as its people, history and culture, the resorts also actively promote the economic sustainability of the properties' surrounding communities. Nestled in the remote countryside of the Los Angeles Private Cloud Forest Reserve near San Ramon and just two hours from Costa Rica's capital, the Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel & Nature Reserve is also interested in nurturing their guests' inner peace, intimate connections and culinary pleasure. Designed as an homage to early 19th-centurey village life in Costa Rica's Central Highlands, the resort features private casitas, wood-burning fireplaces, elegant terraces, walks through an orchid-ladened tropical forest and gourmet meals in the El Sendero Cloud Forest Restaurant. In this pod cast Joseph speaks with Operations Manager Carlos Sanchez about the special joys of a Villa Blanca escape.

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