Playa Negra
Hotel Playa NegraThe warm and friendly staff will treat you like royalty. The bungalows are spare but comfortable. At the hotel, meals can be ordered all day at the main rancho. The cooks will customize dishes to suit your tastes or dietary needs. Healthy staples such as fish, pasta, rice and beans, and smoothies are all delicious. Santa Cruz, from $72 for a double.
Punta Uva
Costa Rica Tree HouseThis resort on the southeastern Caribbean coast offers one tree house that sits on 10 acres of idyllic beach. Secluded and peaceful, it has two rooms and sleeps up to six guests. Built on two levels that connect via steel-cable bridges, it also offers a private kitchen and a leaf-shrouded shower. You'll have breakfast on the generous wooden deck and be surrounded by monkeys and exotic birds. Playa Chiquita, from $225 for a two-room tree house.
