The Town
Atenas
The friendly mountain town we call home — small, warm, and full of pura vida.
A town built around its climate
Atenas sits in the central highlands of Costa Rica, perched at 700m above sea level. The result is a year-round microclimate so balanced that ticos joke nobody owns a sweater. Days are warm, evenings are cool, and the mountain breeze never stops.
What makes Atenas, Atenas
World's best climate
National Geographic once named Atenas's climate the best in the world — warm days, cool nights, and an eternal spring at 700m elevation.
The Friday feria
Every Friday morning the farmer's market fills the town center: tropical fruit, fresh fish, hand-rolled tortillas, flowers, and the best coffee you'll ever taste.
A real community
Atenas is small enough that you'll see the same faces at the bakery, the park, and the soda. Everyone says 'buenos' — and means it.
Plaza & parque central
Sunday concerts in the bandstand, kids playing soccer, families sharing helado. The plaza is the beating heart of town.
Green everywhere you look
Coffee farms on every hillside, rivers and waterfalls in walking distance, toucans and motmots in the garden at sunrise.
Perfectly placed
30 minutes from the airport, an hour from the Pacific beaches, and a quick drive to volcanoes, cloud forest, and rainforest reserves.
Where you'll be
A boutique gated community on a quiet hillside above Atenas — private, secure, and close to everything.
Atenas town center15 min
SJO Juan Santamaría Airport30 min
Pacific beaches (Jacó)50 min
Manuel Antonio National Park2 hrs
Poás Volcano1 hr 15 min
La Paz Waterfall Gardens1 hr 30 min
