JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort and Spa

Our take

Guanacaste's Pacific coast delivers here — lagoon pool, swim-up bar, direct beach access, and enough square footage to lose the kids for an afternoon. This is resort Costa Rica done at full volume: polished, well-staffed, unapologetically large. Families and couples who want the ocean without roughing anything out will find exactly what they came for. But if you're chasing seclusion, raw jungle intimacy, or a property where you won't hear another child by noon, keep looking. Peak season brings crowds. That's the trade-off for this much amenity at this address.