OUR STORY
The Hideaway is quite literally the building of a dream.
Catalina’s Hideaway began as a departure from a life that no longer felt aligned. After more than 25 years working in finance in Toronto, we made the decision to step away from certainty and build something different — a life shaped by nature, movement, food, music, and time lived closer to the edge of the world.
That search led us across Central America until we found a 6-acre stretch of untouched beachfront just outside Santa Catalina, Panama. In 2013, we bought it — and began to build.
A road through jungle. A well for water. Electricity where there was none. Slowly, the land shifted from raw coastline into something lived-in, intentional, and deeply personal.
Not a hotel in the traditional sense. A hideaway.
WHAT WE BUILT IT FOR
Catalina’s Hideaway was created for people who move between worlds — travelers, creatives, adventurers, and those needing space to step out of routine and back into something more grounded.
A place to slow down.
A place to reconnect.
A place to feel something again.
RETREAT. RECHARGE. REJUVENATE.
We wanted to create spaces that live in harmony with the land — open, simple, and deeply connected to nature. With ocean views, jungle air, slow mornings, and time that expands instead of contracts. Through food, music, and shared space at Sobremesa — our open-air restaurant and gathering place, days stretch into evenings and conversations linger longer than expected.
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Retreat
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Recharge
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Rejuvenate
THE LAND
The Hideaway sits on a secluded stretch of beachfront just outside Santa Catalina, where jungle meets ocean and life slows to the rhythm of the tide.
It is a small, intentionally built property — shaped slowly over time, with care, patience, and a deep respect for the land it sits on.
Everything here is designed to feel connected to its surroundings, not separate from them.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT
Catalina’s Hideaway is family-run and still evolving.
Every part of it reflects a hands-on process of building, tending, and listening — from the gardens to the spaces to the way life moves through the property.
This is not a finished project. It is a living one.