Las Alamandas

A Bolivian tin magnate's unfinished mega-resort, inherited and deliberately shrunk by his granddaughter, who decided dolphins mattered more than scale. The result is a boutique resort on Mexico's Pacific coast where seven villas share 2,000 acres and a staff that nearly outnumbers the guests. Halfway between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, the kind of place where the only person you might spot is a stranger half a mile down the beach, at a private dinner. The Michelin Guide awarded it 2 Keys.