Less than an hour's drive from the little Liberia Airport near Costa Rica's west coast sits the exotic oasis of the Peninsula Papagayo. It is an exclusive area, mostly dedicated to upscale resorts, vacation condos and the pristine beaches they face. Alas, there's also an Arnold Palmer golf course...
November 22, 2011
You know how it is with vacation photos. Sometimes you forget to turn off the flash and that expensive five-star hotel room of yours ends up looking cheap in the harsh lighting. Or the pool water isn't the blue of your dreams or a topless sunbather ruins the background...
November 21, 2011
We learned something yesterday while in the sky somewhere above Nicaragua. It's something shocking, but in a very positive way and it absolutely effects hotels. You see, Costa Rica is known for being green and expertly riding the wave of eco-tourism, but they're so serious about their commitment to...
November 18, 2011
The other week, we dropped in some killer views from Las Vegas. This week, our own Eloise, Josh Flagg drops in one of his favorite killer views from, where else?, a Four Seasons hotel. This time he left the wilds of Beverly Hills and roughed it in Costa Rica....
September 12, 2011
Are they or aren't they? That question about Heidi and Spencer can be asked of both their divorce proceedings and their sex tape aspirations. But what we really want to know is where are they holding these fake negotiations about their sex tapes? TMZ is reporting that the fame-seeking duo...
August 23, 2010
We were amused yesterday by a hotel that offers musical instruments to its guests; now we've found a few more interesting perks that various Four Seasons hotels are offering. These days getting a little something for nothing is a pretty enticing though, right? And there are some interesting "somethings"...
March 11, 2009
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer...
July 10, 2008
Another warm weather pick is to head down to Costa Rica and try out the Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo. The website starts out by making this resort seem like some kind of heaven on earth:Spilling down a coastal hillside to an isthmus of golden sand,...
January 16, 2008
On the heels of our story the other day about Steve Case's proposed $800 million resort complex in Costa Rica, the Tico Times' website reported today that the Four Seasons is planning to open more hotels on Papagayo Peninsula in Guanacaste Province. The announcement came at a press conference...
August 15, 2007
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