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The plateau
About 97 metres up, a beach on each side. Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste.
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Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo
A plateau between two Pacific beaches, with a cacao ritual and a wellness shala.
Guanacaste,
Experience highlights
What a stay here actually feels like.
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Tsuru cacao
Exfoliation, a cacao and banana-leaf wrap, scalp work, then a tasting of Costa Rican cacao. Their description.
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Wellness Shala
Cuesta and Creuheras. They say the form comes from the Guanacaste wind.
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Virador
The beach club. Eastern Mediterranean cooking, barefoot, as they describe the recent work.
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The course
Arnold Palmer's Ocean Course, par 72. The third hole is the one they say has a 270-degree Pacific view.
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The setting
Spaces, views, and surroundings at Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo.
Your journey
Arrive
Liberia, then the peninsula. The plateau shows both beaches once you are up.
Feel
Lava rock, caña brava, and wind. The shala was drawn for that wind. The beaches are below, on both sides.
Live here
Morning in one bay. The cacao ritual if you want the long treatment. Lunch at Virador or Bahia. The Ocean Course if golf is the day. Dinner at Pesce or Nemare.
Stay
One of 199 accommodations. Ask which building, and which beach you face.
Go
Book on fourseasons.com/costarica.
About
About this getaway
Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo stands on a narrow plateau at the tip of the peninsula, in Guanacaste, about 97 metres above the Pacific, with a beach on either side. It opened in January 2004. Brent Martin is general manager. They list 199 guest accommodations on 30 hectares.
Ronald Zürcher was the architect. Paul Duesing Partners did the interiors. They describe guest rooms as a tree-house idea: hardwood floors, natural fabrics, outdoor living, local lava rock, stone, and caña brava.
The spa has 18 treatment rooms. Treatments they name: a Rainforest Massage, and the Tsuru Cacao Ancestral Ritual, which ends with a tasting of Costa Rican cacao. Wellness Shala was designed by Luis Alejandro Cuesta and Javier Creuheras of Arquitectura Mixta. They describe it as shaped by the Guanacaste wind.
Kitchens they name include Pesce for Italian seafood, Añejo for crudos and tapas, Bahia Grill, Nemare, Virador Beach Club for eastern Mediterranean cooking, and Palapita. Golf is the Ocean Course, Arnold Palmer, par 72, 6,788 yards. There are three pools.
Book on fourseasons.com/costarica. MindReach does not take the reservation.
Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo stands on a narrow plateau at the tip of the peninsula, in Guanacaste, about 97 metres above the Pacific, with a beach on either side. It opened in January 2004. Brent Martin is general manager. They list 199 guest accommodations on 30 hectares.
Packages & pricing
Rates and availability from the property's official booking page.
A room on the plateau
Tree-house rooms, in their words, between two beaches.
Check dates & bookTsuru cacao ritual
The ancestral treatment they name, ending in a cacao tasting. Book it with the spa.
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Virador Beach Club
Eastern Mediterranean cooking on the sand. Reserve with the resort.
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Location & travel
- Getting there
- Liberia airport, in Guanacaste, then the road out to Peninsula Papagayo. The resort is at the tip, on the plateau between the beaches.
Contact & book
Reach the retreat directly or reserve online
FAQ
Good to know
Where is it?
The tip of Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste, on a plateau about 97 metres above the Pacific.
How large is it?
They list 199 accommodations on 30 hectares. Opened January 2004. General manager: Brent Martin.
What is the cacao ritual?
Tsuru: a body polish, a cacao and banana-leaf wrap, scalp and neck work, coconut oil in the hair, then a tasting of local cacao.
Is there golf?
Yes. The Ocean Course, Arnold Palmer, par 72, 6,788 yards.
How do I book?
On fourseasons.com/costarica. The reservation stays with the resort.
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