The Best Hotels Near Las Alamandas, by the Record

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.

1. Michelin Guide 2 Keys

Miles of empty beach with almost no one on them, because there is almost nothing here, which turns out to be the whole point. The casitas and bungalows of Costa Careyes sit on the Jalisco coast in a compound so quietly exclusive it barely registers as a resort. Polo nearby, deep-sea fishing out front, a Tuesday ride to an Argentine steakhouse when the in-house kitchen goes dark. Michelin awarded it one Key.

1. Michelin Guide 1 Key

Six miles of private beach and a no-tipping policy are enough to make the point, but the Four Seasons Tamarindo also sits on a 3,000-acre nature reserve where the hotel itself is almost apologetically small compared to the jungle around it. A Forbes Four Star resort on Mexico's Costalegre coast, it offers cliffside suites with in-ground tubs, three infinity pools, a working farm, and scuba outings. The hammock tends to win.

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
2. 50 Best #55 · The World's 50 Best Hotels
3. 50 Best 2025 · Most Admired Hotel Group Award