Andaz Peninsula Papagayo Resort sits on a private 1,400-acre peninsula in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, an eco beach resort perched on a forested hillside over Culebra Bay with access to three beaches, golf and a beach club. It has 131 rooms and 21 suites plus villas and penthouses, from bay and forest-view rooms to one and two-bedroom villas with plunge pools and rooftop-pool penthouses, in a modern design with local materials and a treehouse feel. Dining spans the Southeast Asian OSTRA with a sushi bar, the Latin American and Caribbean Chao Pescao, the beachfront Meso, the Italian Gaio and a coffee-and-vinyl spot, plus a beach club. Wellness centres on the ONDA Spa with outdoor treatments, yoga and sound healing and a NOMADS fitness base with a hydrotherapy circuit, along with an adults’ ocean-view pool and plunge pools. Golf is on the Arnold Palmer Ocean Course, with tennis, pickleball, sport fishing, diving and surfing, and Camp Hyatt kids’ programmes. Part of Hyatt, it suits luxury beach and eco travellers, families, golfers and watersports enthusiasts who want a design-led peninsula resort.