The Best Hotels Near Drake Bay Getaway Hotel, by the Record
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Five stilted cabins on an Osa Peninsula hillside, each with a choice of ocean view, rainforest view, or the nerve to ask for both. This small eco-resort takes its environmental commitments seriously enough that the rainwater gets recaptured for the gardens, and the mahi-mahi comes from local fishermen rather than a distributor. Scarlet macaws are a plausible dining companion at the open-air restaurant, which runs on your schedule, not a fixed seating time.
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The directions up the mountain begin with "just after the highway ends" and only get more specific from there, which tells you something about this adults-only rainforest resort on Costa Rica's southern coast. Two hundred and fifty private acres, never more than twenty guests, and the elevation is calibrated precisely to keep nights cool and mosquitoes absent. A Michelin Key property, with villas built into the canopy twenty feet above their own gardens.
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The glass-enclosed rain shower isn't tucked into the bathroom; it sits in the middle of the suite, which tells you everything about the mood Kura is going for. This adults-only boutique hotel on Costa Rica's Pacific coast pairs tropical minimalist design with teak, slate, and a saltwater infinity pool above the tree canopy. Marino Ballena national park is minutes away for whale-watching or surfing. It holds a Michelin Key.
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The road up to this adults-only jungle villa resort above Uvita is rough enough to feel intentional, a natural filter before the silence kicks in. Some villas face the Pacific; others are basically swallowed by rainforest canopy, with walls of glass making the tradeoff easy. The spa leans into the wild surroundings rather than ignoring them, and the restaurant works with Costa Rican flavors without treating them as a problem to solve.
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Six ocean-view suites on a hilltop above Dominical, running on solar and rainwater, with a 2024 Costa Rican longboard champion giving lessons and reviewing your footage after. Lamangata is a small, all-inclusive surf resort on Costa Rica's quieter southern Pacific coast, staffed by a private chef working from an on-site greenhouse. Nauyaca Falls is nearby for anyone who needs a day away from the board.
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Fifty casitas tucked into 180 acres of hillside tropical forest, each with terrace views that make it hard to argue for doing anything at all. This Auberge resort leans into the mountain setting with farm-to-table dining across four venues, a 20,000-square-foot spa drawing on local traditions, and an all-inclusive structure that removes every excuse not to simply stay another day.