A key piece of the puzzle was a four night stay at Hyatt’s Andaz Peninsula Papagayo Resort. This property gets a lot of hype among Hyatt enthusiasts, but we wanted to check it out for ourselves. Is ...

A 96-year-old sabanero, or Costa Rican cowboy, on horseback in the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photograph by GIANLUCA COLLA, Nat Geo Image Collection In this region of Central America ...