Information about Mal Pais, Costa Rica, Central America on the Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste region, the history, the locals, and a map showing some landmarks - surf, dive, snorkel, horseback ride, hike, watch sunsets, and talk with the tourist friendly locals in this small, unspoiled, old style Costa Rican village.

<body> <p>Welcome to Costa Rica Beach Rental . com, where all our houses are on the beach! <br><br> Mal Pais is the place of golden light and warmth and soft, green shade. Of the tranquil play of sea, sky and forest, of furious thunderstorms before velvet nights of stars and fireflies. It is where life is lived to the moon's cycle; where grownups always have time for the children; where work is fishing or ranching, building or planting, and play is dancing and surfing, fiestas and football. And dozens of species coexist without endangering each other. When you were a kid, you wanted to live here. Mal Pais is old Costa Rica - still unspoiled and charming and tourist friendly with virtually no crime or security bars on the windows.<br><br>Mal Pais is a long thin village with houses, restaurants, and small hotels strung sparsely on three kilometers of gravel road parallel to the ocean. Immediately to the north is Santa Teresa. Cabo Blanco Nature Preserve is to the South.<br><br> This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Please go to <a href="http://www.costarica-beachrentals.com/mpplace/place.htm"> http://www.costarica-beachrentals.com/mpplace/place.htm </a>for a non-frames version.</p> </body>