Businesses for sale at Lake Arenal, Costa Rica

Lake Arenal, Costa Rica, real estate for sale

Business Opportunities at Lake Arenal

Arenal Lake Partners has a variety of businesses for sale at or near Lake Arenal. Enjoy tropical life and earn your living here.

The 6-room motel is hidden 50 yards above the highway 5 minutes north of Nuevo Arenal.

B56 Tidy 6-room motel and 1/2-acre lakeview lot - $250,000

Hidden in a wooded setting just above the lake highway 5 minutes north of Nuevo Arenal, this small motel does a steady business with both Tico and tourist clientele.The extra 1/2-acre lot provides a very nice space with territorial and some lake view for a swimming pool or other amenities.

The Arenal Country Club borders San Luis Cove and has beautiful views of the cove and Lake Arenal.

B58 Country club in wonderful lakeside location - $775,000

With a huge covered pool, two tennis courts, a fitness building, volleyball court, small soccer field, restaurant, large aerobics room, two homes and lake access, this many-featured facility is beautifully located 15 minutes from Tilaran. It's on 5 acres with 3.5 additional lakeside acres available.

The 8.67-acre ranch with multiple tilapia ponds anad a new home fills a small paradisical valley high above Lake Arenal.

B36 Paradisical valley ranch with tourism potential - $350,000

In a beautiful hidden valley above Lake Arenal, this 8.67-acre property has fascinating tilapia ponds, golf-course landscaping, a new home, a cabin and a building with a large indoor swimming pool. Now a peaceful private residence, it could be a family compound or mini-resort featuring sports, yoga, etc.

This popular lawkeview bar, restaurant, and motel is at San Luis village near Tilaran.

B64 Popular lakeview bar/restaurant at San Luis - $350,000

Located beside the paved lake highway to Tronadora, this exciting business opened in 2008 after complete remodeling. Health problems now force sale of this enterprise extremely popular with both Gringos and Ticos. The 3-story building includes 6 guest rooms.

the luxury 3BR 4ba home on 3.5 acres has tremendous lake and volcano views.

A great property for an upscale B&B

H162 Luxury furnished multi-suite home on 3.5 acres - $740,000

This custom-crafted, 5-year-old 2900-square foot home has wonderful lake and volcano views. There's also a home for the caretaking family. The master and 2 other bedrooms are ensuite and there is a 4th bathroom by the office. Bed and breakfast permits are in place. Guests will find it fabulous.

4BR 4BA B&B on river near Pacific beaches - $198,000

H166 B&B: 4BR 4BA on river near beaches - $198,000

On 2.2 acres 15 minutes from the Pacific Ocean, this home/B&B has excellent investment possibilities. The Rio Sardinal curves around 3 sides and there are 4 riverside lots in addition to the present B&B.

Until 3 years ago, Toad Hall Art Gallery and Restaurant was a popular tourist stop on the lake highway.

SOLD

B10 Former Toad Hall tourism site - $250,000

The formerly famous and popular Toad Hall Gallery and Restaurant is back on the market as a distressed property. The shy half-acre with vandalized buildings is poised over tropical lakeside forest with fine views of the lake and volcano. At this great location, hard work and vision might pay off.

75-acre working ranch with luxury home, volcano views, tennis, guest homes.

B59 75-acre working ranch, luxury home, tennis, etc. - $3,800,000

This finca is a gorgeous property with lake and volcano vistas and present development of highest quality. There are 3 furnished homes, tennis court, stables, livestock, cabin cruiser, tractor, BMW and great commercial potential for multiple homes and/or hotel. Water features abound. Owner financing is available after down payment of $1,000,000..

The owners' suite in the charming Tilaran hotel/restaurant La Carreta.

B57 Tilaran's nicest hotel/restaurant, La Carreta - $275,000

This five-suite hotel, for years recommended in all the guidebooks, has WiFi throughout, custom furniture, indoor and outdoor dining, handiapped-accessible room, and handsome owners' quarters..

This condo project is ready to start construction of 8 volcano-view condos since all the preliminary work has been done in the last 3 years.

B55 Terrific opportunity: 14 acres, all condo plans - $750,000

Investors, 3 years and many thousands of dollars have gone into permitting and planning for 2 exciting 4-condo buildings and 7 chalets on this beautiful lake and volcano-view property. Owner-financing options are available.

The two-story lakeview home is reached by a 1000-foot paved driveway.

Perfect for tropical, scenic B&B - now $425,000

H41 Luxury lakeview home with resort privileges - $575,000

This 2-story home, very private on 3.5 acres, is great for enjoying a tropical

lifestyle with big spaces, lots of glass, and wide wrap-around patio and deck. It

has 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, and a guest cottage.

The two 2BR 1BA homes are in a beautiful sheltered setting in the allage of Sabalito.

Off the market

B53 2 small rental homes in lovely sheltered setting - $80,000

Owned by a professional nurseryman in the Central Valley, these 2-bedroom 1-bathroom homes enjoy a beautifully landscaped quarter-acre near the Rio Sabalito 20 paved minutes from Tilaran.

The luxurious Red Sunset Inn crowns a hill with beautiful iews of Lake Arenal and the Arenal olcano.

B52 Luxury inn, 5 suites, pool house, volcano view - $1,500,000

High above the lake on the road to Lago Cote, this highly praised inn has a glass pool house with very large pool, jacuzzi, and fitness room, and a separate owner's home. It's the ultimate in comfort and beauty at the lake.

The 4BR 1BA large and bright house has office potential since it's located near the lake highway and a service station.

H153 4BR 1BA home with business potential - $200,000

Sited on a landscaped half-acre+ near the service station Lago Arenal, this glassy and bright house could be converted to offices or an office/home. It's 100 yards from highway with much parking..

Finca la Florida on the north Osa Peninsula beside the Rio Sierpe has 2239 acres, a lodge and cabins and great potential.

Now considering offers above $6,300,000

B25 2239 forest acres with lodge for eco-tourism - $15,000,000

On north Osa Peninsula beside the Rio Sierpe, Finca Florida has good forest,

river, and ocean tourism business and enlightened plans for timber harvest,

multi-acre homesites, education of locals and foreign biology students.

Famous windsurfing meccas at Lake Arenal with 20 rooms, pool, tennis court, bar, restaurant.

60% interest available for $1,200,000

B50 Famous multi-featured windsurfing mecca - $2,000,000

Beautifully situated amid forest and landscaping with great lake and mountain vistas, this 20-room hotel modeled after an anciant Greek palace has a swimming pool, tennis court, restaurant, bar, hot springs poo, dairy farm, organic vegetable farml and a microbrewery called the Volcano Brew Co..

3-story new commercial building with offices, apartments, bakery across from central plaza in Tilaran.

B48 New commercial building in central Tilaran - $400,000

On one of Tilaran's main streets, right across from the central plaza, this excellent building has three stories with office spaces on top floor, a bakery occupying the whole street-level floor, and two apartment in back on the first level. With several rental spaces in a prominent location, this modern building is a promising investment opportunity.

This 5920-sq-ft warehouse is on paved Libano highway near Tilaran.

B47 5,920-sq-ft warehouse on Libano road near Tilaran - $87,000

Only about 1 km from Tilaran and 100 yards off the paved Libano road, this building has several spaces, including a capacious 2-story section.

Commercial building with restaurant, Internet, 3 rental offices, apartment on tourist highway at Nuevo Arenal.

B46 Lakeview building with cafe, rental spaces, apt. - $275,000

On the busy tourism highway, Route 42, as it passes through Nuevo Arenal, this air-conditioned commercial building is a promising investment opportunity with indoor/outdoor dining, an Internet area, three rental offices, an apartment and room to grow. New retaurant management a terrific success. .

Producing 4+-acre tilapia farm with huge potential - $100,000

Tilapia farm with small house now $75,000

B45 Producing tilapia farm on 4+ acres at just $100,000

Licensed for 55 ponds, this beautifully situated farm has 18 ponds in place and all the fresh river water it will ever need. In a pretty valley near Rio Piedras at the windsurfing end of the lake, it's just 20 minutes from Tilaran.. There are also many fruit trees.

The two large lots are beautifully sited near San Lui and Cico Esquinas.

L54 Income-producing lot with fine building sites - $115,600

This large rural lot a few minutes from Tilaran has 2 self-storage buildings totaling 13 units. This lot already produces excellent income and has lots of space for a fine home with good territorial views.

This 2-story incomplete building beside the lake highway at Rio Piedras is an entertainment center.

Price reduced to $70,000

B44 2-story gaming center at Rio Piedras - $95,000, negotiable

The new village entertainment center has pool tables and gaming machines in large room as well as apartment. It's near a gringo residential area and close to a windsurfing center, but the current installation is for popular Tico pinball machines and pool. It's an opportunity for income while in Costa Rica.

The new and attractive office and apartment are beside the tourit-heavy Lake Arenal to Tilaran highway.

Versatile modern complex now just $275,000

B17 New office, 1BR 1.5 BA apt on tourism route - $365,000

On busy route between Arenal Volcano, Liberia airport, and the Pacific beaches, this really secure and attractive complex is just 2 miles from Tilaran, Costa Rica's best town. There's a lockable 3-car garage.

superbly maintained 38-acre ranch has 3BR home, new outbuildings, gardens, volcano vistas.

A73 Model 38-acre ranch with 3BR home, vistas, forest - $389,000

A superbly maintained ranch occupies beautiful terrain on the western slopes

not far from Tilaran and Libano. There are springs, gardens, forest, and all

services, including satellite TV. Has tourism possibilities.

The mists of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve can come right down the forested mountain to the hotel.

B18 New 10-room eco-lodge at cloud forest - offers considered

Located at the famous Monteverde Cloud Forest, this brand-new lodge and restaurant, surrounded by abundant wildlife, oriented to fantastic vistas, has great potential. It's on a shortcut to the Cloud Forest and other prime tourism destinations. 3.6 acres includes much forest with a trail.

The attractively remodeled home is still suitable for an appealing roadside restaurant or continue as a home.

B34 2.75 lakeview acres, house, 2 cabinas, commercial potential

These 2 neighboring properties, located beside the lake highway between the volcano and Nuevo Arenal, may be bought separately or put together as a B&B or restaurant with cabins. There are also excellent lakeview building sites. $450,000. Owner financing is available.

This miniature volcano is near the base of La Vieja Volcano, not far from Aroma del Campo resort.

B6 New small hotel at entrance to a national park - $550,000

This three-year-old lodge with a brand-new swimming pool is wonderfully placed to

benefit from the increasing tourism to the trails, hot springs, fumaroles, thermal mud,

cool rivers, waterfalls, and rich wildlife at Rincon de la Vieja National Park..

The 31-acre finca near Miravalles Volcano has four dwellings, a tilapia pond, fruit trees, and native hardwood trees.

A87 31-acre finca, 4 dwellings at Miravalles Volcano - $600,000

This former family dairy farm on the Miravalles Volcano Tourist Circuit in the beautiful temperate highlands 45 minutes from Liberia airport has commercial potential. Nearby are hot springs, cloud forests and many tourist activities.

Working farm with lecheria, rich earth, fruit trees, fish ponds.

A36 Productive 12-acre finca with rich earth, fish ponds, house

Rich earth, many fruit trees and other crops, lecherria, 3 ponds with two

waterfalls, supporting 20 cows at present. $14 sq meter. $700,000 negotiable.

Lake Park Town Homes is located 300 yards from Nuevo Arenal's boat ramp.

B32 Whole townhome project near boat ramp - $750,000

Located 300 yards from Nuevo Arenal's boat ramp, this site prepared for 31 homes, a clubhouse with pool, and a sewage treatment plant is now available for $750,000, including the 2-story townhome already completed. It's just a few minutes' walk from the town center.

The house and guest cabin stand among orchards and forests on the beautiful 65-acre property overlooking Lake Arenal.

SOLD

H106 65 acres with home, building sites, commercial potential

Developed over 9 years by a civil engineer, this beautiful property with stalwart infrastructure has 12 springs, just one of which supplies the town of Nuevo Arenal. There 10 hidden lakeview building sites reached by 3.5 kilometers of practically pastoral roads, 3 ponds, one of them for swimming, and loads of fruit trees. It has commercial potential as farm, residential community, and retreat. A million-dollar property for $795,000.

B1 Famous sports lodge with restaurant and cabins - $800,000

This lodge, spectacularly located at the west end of the lake, is especially

attractive to windsurfers and mountain bikers but enjoyable to all.

The hotel has 9 modern cabinas with much glass, stone facing, and custom hardwood doors and trim.

B43 Busy 9-bungalow hotel/restaurant in Tilaran - $980,000

Only 3 blocks from Tilaran's central plaza, this 6-year-old inn is entered from a hilltop street but immediately turns rural and tranquil with beautiful views as it hides in the lush hillside. The price is negotiable.

The 55 acres has great lake and volcano views.

A33 55 lakeview acres ready for development - $995,000

A modern, furnished 2BR 2BA home with garage provides a handy place

to oversee your plans for this beautiful acreage near Nuevo Arenal.

These five lush acres sit beside beautiful San Luis Cove.

H34 4.5 lush acres, 3 dwellings, best lake access, $1,200,000

This verdant property has 155 meters of frontage on the 50-meter green belt that surrounds the lake, especially with the recent liberalization wherein ICE is accepting applications for passage to the water and installation of docks and buildings. It borders the Arenal Country Club on San Luis Cove.

The 4000-square-foot furnished home sits on a promontory with 360-degree views of the lake, the surrounding mountains, and Arenal Volcano.

H89 Luxury volcano-view home, 2 cabinas, 5 acres - $1,200,000

Located less than 10 minutes from Tilaran, this lovely furnished estate

has botanical gardens, a thick forest with steam and trail, and 2 B&B cabinas

in addition to the 4,000-square-foot home.

The popular restaurant and small hotel on beautiful lakeview acreage has a 20-year history.

B41 Popular restaurant/hotel on 6.4 lakeview acres - $1,300,000

Located 10 minutes north of Nuevo Arenal, this beautifully landscaped property has 8 accomodations for tourists, a first-class tennis court, owner's home, and a German-themed restaurant that seats 30 inside, more on the charming lakeview terrace. There's plenty of room to grow.

This busy gas station is the only one in town and one of only 6 in the whole Lake Arenal region.

B39 Nuevo Arenal's only gas station $1,300,000 negotiable

One of only 6 gas stations in the entire Lake Arenal region from Tilaran to Fortuna, this busy and prosperous station is on the corner of the lake highway and Nuevo Arenal's main street.

The 6.25 acres have a very broad and close lake view and border on the 50-meter lake forest.

B28 6 1/4 promising acres at San Luis Cove - $1,450,000

This historic "quinta" or secluded country place on over 6 acres fronts the

paved road to Tilaran and also borders the 50-meter forest surrounding the

lake. It's also on the lane to the San Luis Cove marina.

This mountain ranch, convenient to the Interamerican Highway, has beautiful views to grand mountain valleys.

A47 Fabulous vistas in 106-acre ranch - tourism potential

Wonderful water features, this ranch near Penas Blancas National Park in the

mountains not far from Puntarenas used to be a weekend resort. Home was

huge restaurant. Soccer field. $750,000 negotiable.

The modern conference center near Ciudad Quesada accomodates 120 persons.

B20 Conference, ecology center at Ciudad Quesada - $1, 700,000

This modern, fully equipped center for 120 persons occupies 19 acres on

mid-level mountains a few minutes from the Northern Zone hub, Ciudad

Quesada. The property is largely forested and the owners have emphasized

preservation and enhancement of flora and fauna.

The 25-room hotel with pool and restaurant has views like this of dawn lighting Arenal Volcano.

B24 Fine 25-room lodge with lava views of volcano - $1,800,000

Only 2 or 3 other lodgings have these spectacular night views of the lava

flows on Arenal Volcano. There are 13+ acres with large restaurant, pool with

swim-up bar, private forest with trails, and much more.

B5 Bed and Breakfast with mansion and 4 villas - $2,399,000

Spacious grounds, lake and volcano views, five quality villas, a pool, this could

be a family compound or continue as a high-end B&B with rental villas..

The full-featured 46-room hotel is in a prime location for Arenal Volcano tourists.

B35 Full-featured hotel for Volcano tourists - $2,500,000

With 46 rooms and cabins, 85-seat restaurant, convention center, souvenir shop, hotsprings pool, spring-fed swimming pool, and one of the best Arenal Volcano viewing locations at this premier tourist destination, this 9-year-old hotel is a great value at the asking price.

A 260-foot slide descends to a huge pool with swimmers' bar.

B19 4.5-acre riverside watersports complex located on developing Miravalles Volcano Tourist Circuit - $2,000,000

Just a mile up the paved Miravalles Volcano road from Bagaces on the

Interamerican Highway, this 2-year-old local and tourism site has a 260-foot

slide, forest campground, sports field and 870 feet on Bagaces River.

The 500-acre Finca Cote overlooks and has access the fabulous forest-surrounded Lake Cote and is only a few minutes from Lake Arenal.

B30 Finca Cote, 500-acre lodge between Lakes Cote and Arenal

This 15-year-old 9-bedroom lodge has access to fascinating and protected Lake Cote's fishing and kayaking. This lodge and setting would be terrific for a private school, retreat or healing center as well as a tourist lodge or private home. $3 million.