Live in your own botanical park and stroll to the town center in a matter of minutes.  Super convenient and super private.

Exclusive, forested, landscaped, gated and fenced. Super quiet residential area. Accessed by paved municipal road just 1 block from Hwy C11 (San Pedro Sula-Copan-Guatemala). A five-minute walk takes you to the Central Park Gardens, hotels and restaurants, market and shops. The Archeological site is another 10-minute stroll on a paved walkway from the town center.

Total Lot size: 9,208.69v2 (6,439.65 m2) 1.6 acres

Villa: 302.49m2 (3,256 ft2) Contemporary Hacienda Style

Ascend a forested hill from the main gate upon a 700 ft. long. (215m) set stone, driveway, illuminated at night by decorative landscape and garden lighting.

1-foot thick adobe walls, 1-inch thick, handmade floor tiles and custom built, hardwood French doors and windows set off the Main floor of the house. From the Foyer, a cedar plank, steel and cable stair system rises to the second level. The extra large living room boasts a raised seating area and a soaring, 16 ft high, Santa Fe style fireplace. An archway leads from the Living room into the combined dining area and ample kitchen, which features freestanding cabinets, prep stations and a breakfast bar. There are Cathedral ceilings in both rooms. The Kitchen and the Dining room both have access to an 11.2m (37ft) long, vista porch that looks out upon an expanse of garden, a protective mini-forest and the Copan River Valley just beyond. Sunday breakfasts and dinners are often enjoyed from this picture postcard vantage point.

Off the foyer, through double hardwood doors, is the first of two bedroom suits. The first floor suite measures 25.27m2 (272 ft.2) has a generous 8ft. x7 ft. walk-in closet with full-length mirror. The adjacent Bathroom measures 8ft x 10ft.

The second floor Master suite also features cathedral ceilings and French style, enameled, aluminum windows and Spanish ceramic tile floors. The Bedroom measures 31.77m2 (342 ft.2) and also has a walk-in close, full-length mirror and Bathroom. This suite offers two extra amenities: A cozy TV alcove and a private sunny porch enhanced by potted flowers. Every room in the Villa looks out onto spectacular, flowering gardens, stone patios and pathways.


Gardens: The north side of the Villa features the oval driveway with a lawn covered interior garden planted with pink and white Orchid trees, Allspice, Peruvian Oleander, Yellow Butterfly Palms, Alamanda, Justicia, Schefflera and more.
The eastern side of the house has two levels of gardens bisected by a row of Lemonaria. Color is the key word here. The plantings consist of red Impatiens, purple and variegated Bougainvillea, pink and red Alpinias, pink Plumerias and multi-colored Crotons.
On the western side, a pathway ambles between white Plumerias and Crotons on the house side and Jaboticaba (Brazilian Cherry), Persian Limes and Loquat trees on the garden side. The soil below these trees is filled with a variety of flowering and non-flowering bedding and border specimens. From the south facing, 37 ft. long porch, the vista is filled with Hibiscus, blue Plumbago, Manilla Palms, Crotons, and the tree tops of the protective mini- forest beyond.

Cottage: 65.85m2 (708.75 ft.2). 1 bedroom split level unit, 1 bathroom and kitchenette. Living area has built-in sofa seating. A covered Porch runs full width of unit offering a quiet and protected area for leisure and meals al fresco. A dense variety of colorful tropical plants and flowers surround the building. Plumeria, Jasmine and Quisqualis scent the air both morning and night.

Because the property is protected on all four sides by old growth tropical trees we play host to dozens of varieties of bird species, some permanent and other that make their home and nests here as part of their migration pattern.

LOT includes 1,367m2(14,714 f2) of manicured, lawn covered open space on the North side of property. Optional uses: pool, tennis court, horse stable, apartments, etc.

Villa Amenities:

• Full Municipal Services. Water, electricity, garbage collection
• Local cable tv and wireless internet service
• Ceiling fans all rooms all buildings
• Custom, US made, Solar shades in Villa
• Garden and driveway decorative lighting
• Water and security tower with storeroom below
• Water on demand 24/7 from the City +16,000 Gallons water storage capacity contained in 1 cistern and 3 storage tanks.
• Complete, operating, water pump machinery
• Garden sprinkler system around the house and cottage
• Experienced gardener
• Two gated accesses at upper and lower levels of property
• Bird Sanctuary
• bank financing available to qualified applicant through local banks
• clear title held by owners/sellers

Sale price negotiable.  All offers considered.

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