Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve

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Nekajui means lush garden in the Chorotega language, and the reserve spreads across a Pacific clifftop, some rooms reached by a wooden suspension bridge over a ravine. MICHELIN notes a 27,000-square-foot spa complex and a funicular down to the beach club, plus Puna, where Peruvian chef Diego Muñoz turns Costa Rican terroir into a six-seat omakase after dark.