For most, the dreamy hillside, ocean-breeze-cooled tropical scene-scape, with sound effects from chirping parrots and bellowing howler monkeys, would be more than enough to lure them in... But in true Four Seasons style, the much-loved brand has taken their Costa Rican​ outpost (home to Guanacaste’s finest location and two best beaches) and refreshed it in the most jaw-droppingly beautiful way, with not one, but two, multi-million dollar renovations.

A luxury launch-pad into boundless adventures, accommodation has private balconies with Culebra Bay or Gulf of Papagayo views (some have both); while customised family and couples’ itineraries are sure to impress. Where else can you try yoga on a stand-up paddle-board, grind cacao in traditional chocolate-making classes, swim with a spinner dolphin megapod, get wrapped up in therapeutic volcanic mud, and dine at one of four farm- and sea-to-table eateries?