Punta Islita, Autograph Collection

A fifty-foot thatched palm ceiling covers the restaurant, and a curving black sand beach sits a few hundred feet below the hillside rooms, each with a hammock aimed at the Pacific. This secluded Costa Rican eco-resort is four hours from San José by land (four-wheel drive required, nighttime arrival discouraged), though a short charter flight is the move if you'd rather arrive intact. Casitas have plunge pools; villas have full private pools and, presumably, the solitude you came for.