I fell in love with a boutique hotel in a Costa Rican surf town. Two years later, I’m still recommending it.

(Extra Credit) – I still think about Sendero almost weekly, two years after I spent four days there. I dream about the outdoor shower. I tell friends about the tree growing through the dining room ceiling. I’ve recommended it to enough burnt-out friends that I figured I’d just write the whole thing down.

The 25-room property on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica pulls off the boutique feeling without resembling an over-curated mood board. It’s designed with intent, run by people who care, in a town worth the two-and-a-half-hour drive to get there. Consider this the long-form version of the recommendation: the rooms, the food, how to get there, what it costs.

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By Alexis Benveniste