Andaz Peninsula Papagayo Resort, Costa Rica

What the classifiers highlight

Zürcher-designed villas here take their curves from cocoons and seashells, stepped down a hillside above Culebra Bay after a 2025 renovation. Forbes counts four restaurants circling the globe, from the Southeast Asian and Costa Rican pairing at Ostra to southern Italian comfort food at Gaio, plus an 11,000-square-foot spa built around Chorotegan healing traditions.