Three thousand acres of protected Pacific coastline in Jalisco set the terms for everything that followed. Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo, which opened in November 2022, was shaped by an unusually collaborative architectural vision — Victor Legorreta, Mauricio Rocha, and Mario Schjetnan of LegoRocha working alongside Uribe Krayer and Nodo Taller — and the result carries none of the generic resort vocabulary that might have colonized a site this dramatic. Instead, the 157-room property steps down the cliffside in staggered concrete volumes, their warm sand tones drawn from the landscape rather than imposed upon it. Lava rock walls, locally sourced stone, and custom concrete whose aggregate seems calibrated to disappear into the hillside give the massing the feeling of something geological rather than constructed. Inside, the interiors by Uribe Krayer and Estudio Esterlina translate that material restraint into warmth rather than austerity. Guest rooms are finished in dark tropical timber, woven cane headboard screens, and rattan seating whose curves echo the coastal vernacular without tipping into pastiche. The open-air dining pavilion, framed by sand-toned concrete columns, pulls the jungle-covered hills into every sightline, while infinity pools at multiple levels reinforce the property's essential argument: that a resort can be entirely of its place. Architectural Digest recognised it among its 2023 Great Design Hotel winners, a judgment the images make hard to argue with.

50min drive from Manzanillo-Costalegre airport (ZLO)

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