Luxury Caribbean Real Estate for Sale - Life presents rare opportunities for a privileged few. Presidio Del Mar is just that opportunity. A timeless jewel adorning the crown that is the renowned North Shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands, it is an architectural masterpiece set on a private peninsula overlooking the finest beaches and islands the Caribbean has to offer. A seven year labor of love (completed in 2009), Presidio Del Mar is an exquisite custom creation perfectly blending the finest in luxury living with a casual comfort that captures the island spirit.

Behind the statuesque iron and bronze gates is an ultra-private estate set among the unparalleled beauty of Peter Bay and the timeless backdrop of a protected National Park. A hand laid cobblestone driveway leads you back to an elegant villa, designed with meticulous attention to detail and hand-crafted with the finest materials. Presidio Del Mar is a seamless blending of indoor and outdoor living, with a stunning floor plan that was quite literally designed around the sweeping views that distinguish it. From every hallway within the main residence and its finely appointed guest suites, one can gaze through rich mahogany arched doorways and windows to take in unobstructed views of the ocean and surrounding island splendor.

The highest point of the property, the rooftop deck above Hawksnest Suite, affords a spectacular vantage point overlooking pristine turquoise waters and a dramatic skyline of the nearby British Virgin Islands rising gracefully from the ocean. Covered terraces and wet bars adorned with imported stone and tile accents provide the perfect setting to entertain guests, or just slip away to one of the private view enclaves for quiet moments of relaxation. Stroll through flowering gardens along sandy pathways down to Peter Bay beach for a morning snorkel with schools of blue tang fish and green sea turtles patrolling the vivid coral reefs.

Presidio Del Mar exudes the ultimate in luxury island living and has set itself apart as the finest villa in all the Caribbean.

Caribbean real estate for sale - Presidio Del Mar.  Warm, crystalline waters and sugary-white sand beaches. Graceful palm trees dancing gently in the tropical trade winds. Sun dazzled days and a canvas of nighttime stars watching over a lush island. This is St. John, an unspoiled paradise at the crossroads of the Caribbean. 

St. John is only a short ferry ride from the hub of St. Thomas but feels a world away from it all. A pristine 20 square miles, the island's most unique attraction is the unparalleled beauty of Virgin Islands National Park. In 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower authorized the creation of the nation's 29th National Park which now encompasses almost two thirds of the St. John. Protected in perpetuity the park includes 5,600 acres of offshore land that has been set apart as an underwater marine garden. It is a sanctuary in which wildlife, natural beauty and historic sugar mill ruins are forever preserved for the enjoyment of all who live and visit this fairytale paradise.

Nestled in the middle of the National Park on the island's famed North shore, Presidio Del Mar is situated between two of the most renowned beaches in the world, Cinnamon and Trunk Bay. Rising from the point of Peter Bay on a peninsula surrounded on all sides by unimaginable tropical beauty, Presidio Del Mar offers sweeping panoramas of the British Virgin Islands and offshore cays. A secluded fortress, it is a creation perfectly at home in the natural beauty of its surroundings.

The ultimate dream has got to be ownership of a Caribbean island - and there are certainly many of the rich and famous who do.  Presidio Del Mar in St John US Virgin Islands is a piece of Caribbean real estate for sale that is located in a national park overlooking two of the best St John beaches, Trunk Bay and Cinnamon Bay.  This Caribbean property is a peninsula property that took over 7 years to develop and is a gated compound of the highest caliber. 

Caribbean real estate with this sort of acreage and privacy just aren't available anymore.  In fact, Caribbean property for sale typically consists of old construction, beautiful views and close-by neighbors.  Not the case with Presidio Del Mar!  St John real estate was taken to a new standard in late 2008 when she unveiled a mega-villa estate with multiple detached guest suites and the finest appointments available.  Caribbean villas and Caribbean homes for sale don't always have beachfront property location and access to private, white sand beaches. 

Directly in front of the peninsula property is an untouched reef, full of turtles, fish, coral and the British Virgin Islands as a backdrop.  When the St John real estate market announced the list price of $32,000,000 there was a collective gasp, and then a collective nod of approval - as tour boat guides have sailed past the landmark beaches and the landmark villa for the past several years - all the while letting their guests in on the latest "whispered price". 

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Caribbean Luxury Real Estate for Sale - Presidio Del Mar

Are you looking to buy a Caribbean island?  Let us suggest that you would be best served to buy the most exclusive mega villa compound in the most exclusive location on St John instead.  And this villa is called Presidio Del Mar - or 'fortress by the sea'.  Built in 2008, this property is located on a peninsula overlooking Cinnamon Bay and is a gated, secure 1.63 acres of true luxury.  Luxury real estate Caribbean has no match to this property.

Michael Jordan, Sir Richard Branson and the likes have all invested heavily in owning real estate in the tropics - small islands, or ulta-luxury beachfront estates such as this one.  But luxury Caribbean real estate for sale can come with a few unwelcomed surprises - for instance, if you buy an island you will have to build the infrastructure, utilities and everyday necessities essential to a comfortable lifestyle.  Presidio Del Mar is in the middle of a deeded national forest, yet a 10 minute drive to a supermarket, shopping, fine dining and all the comforts of a charming Caribbean town.  

St John luxury villas for sale don't pop up on every corner - giving the island a small community feel, managing to stay quaint in spite of controlled tourism development. For example the attractive shopping area of Mongoose Junction is at the closest point of Cruz Bay to Presidio Del Mar, and it is built of local stone and beautifully designed.  The Junction includes upscale shops, art galleries and restaurants. 

Of course, if 'roughing it' is your idea of luxury, then St. John real estate for sale is not what you are looking for - but rest easy as St John offers camping for its visitors with "the most famous campground in the Caribbean," being the Cinnamon Bay Campground.  The campground offers equipped cottages and tents as well as basic campsites. The eco-resorts of St. John, (Maho Bay Camps and Concordia Eco-Tents), provide tents with porches, basic kitchens, and stunning views.  But, no view can compare to this view at the ultimate Caribbean oceanfront real estate.

Caribbean luxury homes and villas is proud to present - Presidio Del Mar.

If you are in the market for premier luxury Caribbean real estate for sale, then the St John USVI real estate for sale is 'Presidio Del Mar'.  Located on a private peninsula on the coveted north shore of St John, this Caribbean Luxury Real Estate for Sale standout boasts the finest residential new construction villa in all of the Caribbean.  Caribbean luxury homes and villas such as this property rarely overlook Cinnamon Bay, adjacent to Trunk Bay (the most photographed beach on the island - and the Caribbean for that matter), so Presidio Del Mar luxury St John villa for sale is in a class of it's own. 

Laurence Rockefeller fell in love with this particular stretch of paradise in 1956 and thanks to his contribution, St John became called 'A Thing of Joy Forever'.  How so?  Well, a property like Presidio Del Mar, the ultimate luxury mega villa for sale in St John would not have the raw, natural surroundings if not for the Rockefeller's gift of money and his desire to preserve beautiful St John. 

5,000 acres were purchased from the Danish West Indies Company in 1956 and then donated to US government to initiate this preservation project - which today boast 2/3 of the island as being untouched - leaving many beautiful beaches, some of them among the most photographed in the Caribbean (such as Trunk Bay and Cinnamon Bay). 

And that brings us full circle to Presidio Del Mar - the most ambition new construction mega villa on a peninsula adjacent to these beautiful beaches.  Location, location, location! Simply sit on the many verandahs and witness a bounty of wildlife, birds and marine life, and a clean nesting place for a variety of turtle species.  The least commercial of all the other Virgin Islands, St John is probably the most unspoiled, thanks in large part to the event of 1956 and developers of St John luxury villas for sale.