Developer Los Suenos
The pictures of Los Suenos Resort almost say it all. Los Sueños is a 1,100-acre master planned resort community with a 600-acre private rain-forest reserve. It is a 200 slip international marina with world-class sport fishing. It is an 18-hole championship eco-golf course, where the golf carts did not contain machetes and snakebite kits. It is million dollar luxury residences and ocean view home sites. It is 4-star luxury condominiums. It is a new Marriott Ocean and Golf Resort with a sprawling beachfront swimming pool, fine dining and a first class casino. It was every thing we dreamed of and more. It was the dream of one man, William Royster (above), President and CEO of Los Sueños Resort.
Los Suenos story, It is a great story and it is Royster’s story. Back in 1991, he was aboard his 80-foot long-range sport fishing yacht off the coast of Costa Rica. He had just released a 700 lb black marlin when he began to fall in love with this paradise. Following negotiations and postponing his own retirement, he purchased the land and 10 years later opened a spectacular new resort and marina complex that is attracting boat owners and fishermen from all over the world (read full article here)
The waters surrounding Costa Rica are usually calm and the rides to the fishing grounds short. Long known as one of the world’s premier big-game destinations, the country offers traveling anglers the opportunity to match skills with three heavyweights — blue, black and striped marlin — as well as enormous numbers of big Pacific sailfish. This makes Costa Rica one of the few places where anglers get a real shot at the elusive “grand slam”- catching and releasing three different species of billfish in one day.
Located in the heart of Central America, Los Sueños is the place for pure relaxation and a wonderfully exciting marine life. It is the only government-sanctioned, international marina in Costa Rica and the only world-class facility in Central America. The marina can accommodate vessels from 20’ to 200’, with all the amenities boaters expect from a sophisticated facility
At the heart of the Los Sueños Community lies the spectacular Marriott Ocean and Golf Resort, which has received high praise from the travel industry for its stunning Spanish colonial architecture and traditional Costa Rica warmth. “I don’t think there’s a Marriott resort that equals this hotel,” say Gonzalo Aguilar, General Manger. “With 201 rooms and 11 suites, it is smaller than average, so we can manage it along the lines of a boutique hotel with a highly personalized level of service.”
One of the hotel’s principal attractions is an 18-hole golf championship golf course designed by Ted Robinson, Jr. Dennis Levinson (at left points to the "Monkey House") and I played the par-72 course through the Resort’s rainforest reserve, offering challenging play in one of the most unique environment in the world. It is not uncommon to see sloths, scarlet macaws and toucans. The monkeys were everywhere and served as our gallery. Interesting enough, all the caddies are trained by a leading Costa Rican naturalist guide, so they are able to point out the unique native species found along the fairways.
On the ninth hole, we came upon a large wood sculpture called “Dreams of the Grand Ceibo.” It was carved out of a 300-year old ceibo tree that fell during a storm in 2001. It was a majestic tree that served as inspiration for the resort’s logo, so instead of removing it or cutting it up for firewood, Royster decided to make a monument out of it. He commissioned renowned Costa Rican woodcarver Fabio Brenes Morales to create the sculpture, which represents man’s relationship with nature.
Definitly there is keystone in history of resort developement in Costa Rica, which is Los Suenos Resort, and there is a man behind the keystone, and he is Mr. Bill Rosyter.
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