Mark’s Studio – a stand alone and large, 36 square metre (360 ft2) accommodation for two with natural stone floors, queen bed. Features en-suite, snack making facilities (electric kettle, toaster, sink and bar fridge) plus a breakfast counter with stools. The Studio has views of the Laguna and garden and is only a moment’s walk from the Rancho, the pool, and the Laguna shore. Monkeys are often spotted in the trees beside its broad flagstone terrace with outdoor table. Finca Malinche, a serene getaway on the shores of Laguna de Apoyo, was the brain-child of Etienne Dusart, a Harvard-trained, award winning organic architect who designed and built Finca Malinche as his home. Acutely environmentally aware, his goal was blending the structure into the inner side of the Apoyo volcanic caldera as it sloped down to the edge of the Laguna. Instead of one large, sprawling building, he laid out a meandering series of casas built of local volcanic rock that nestle under the tropical forest canopy and comingle with the rock-strewn slope. Today, with Etienne’s philosophy as a guide, these casas have been updated to private, self-contained guest accommodation with a large gathering place, the Rancho, down at the Laguna shore.