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Costa Rica
Concierge.com's insider take:
The highlight of Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast is Manuel Antonio National Park (506-2777-0654; www.costarica-nationalparks.com; closed Mondays). It's small but popular because of its white-sand beaches and dense rain forest. Nowhere else in the country is it so easy to spot wildlife, including the increasingly scarce mono tití, or squirrel monkey. Get here early, especially on weekends, as the park fills up quickly with sunbathers headed to the half-dozen beaches. Lodgings, many of them on the luxury end of the scale, are in the nearby village of Manuel Antonio. This stretch of coastline between the Nicoya and Osa peninsulas has several other low-key beach towns, including Playa del Jacó, but none have the appeal of Manuel Antonio, with its proximity to the national park.
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