Drive the coastal corridor near Liberia’s airport today and you’ll pass a Four Seasons, a Westin, an Andaz, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, and a Planet Hollywood within a relatively short stretch of Guanacaste shoreline. Drive two hours south to Manuel Antonio, or out to the Osa Peninsula, or up into Monteverde, and you won’t find a […] The post Costa Rica’s Small Hotels Face a New Era as Big Chains Expand appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .