Las Coronillas

Las Coronillas is one of the best-kept secrets around José Ignacio: twenty-two five-hectare chacras spread along the lagoon shore, in one of the areas richest in native flora and fauna on the entire coast. Flamingos, black-necked swans and storks share this enclave with its few residents, where every parcel was laid out to preserve views and privacy. Access is unique and controlled, via Camino Saiz Martínez, and all utilities run underground, connected to Aguas de la Costa. You're five minutes from the village, but it feels like another era: still water, tall grass and sunsets reflected in the lagoon.

Las Coronillas is a subdivision of just 22 country estates of 5 hectares on the shore of the Laguna José Ignacio, on camino Saiz Martínez km 3,5. The layout has an elegant simplicity: a single gated access on the road that connects directly with the village, and a main dirt road that winds between lagoons, groves and hills linking every parcel. Utilities are fully installed underground and the community connects directly to the Aguas de la Costa network, an infrastructure standard uncommon in rural developments. The rolling topography ensures each chacra has its own views of the sunsets over the lagoon, the area's daily spectacle.

Laguna José Ignacio is a singular ecosystem: its brackish water periodically connects with the sea through a sandbar that opens and closes in natural cycles, allowing fish and crustaceans to enter. That explains the richness of its wildlife — herons, storks, pink flamingos, swans — and makes it a paradise for fishing and birdwatching. Horseback rides through dunes, hills and unspoiled beaches round out the repertoire of country life. And the town of José Ignacio, with La Huella, Marismo and its whole dining scene, is just five minutes away by direct road. It's the exact balance between a nature-reserve landscape and the closeness of the country's most sophisticated seaside resort.

Las Coronillas's case rests on scarcity: only 22 parcels in one of the coast's most protected lakeside settings, fronting a lagoon that doesn't allow large-scale development. Low density is guaranteed by the design itself — five-hectare country estates (chacras) — and it supports long-term family projects: businessman Federico Alvarez Castillo, one of its buyers, says he chose the place to build a unit for each of his children and turn it into his family's gathering point. That legacy logic defines the product: this isn't a lot for short-term speculation but land with its own landscape, underground utilities and a direct connection to Aguas de la Costa, five minutes from José Ignacio.

• Country estates with direct frontage on Laguna José Ignacio
• Nature reserve home to flamingos, black-necked swans and storks
• Only 22 plots in the entire development
• Five minutes from the village via a direct road
• Country estates set on high ground with panoramic views of Laguna José Ignacio
• Some country estates (chacras) have their own lagoon within the property