Papagayo Peninsula on the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica is home to a new 153 bedroom Andaz resort, opening 20 December.

Designed by Costa Rican architect Ronald Zurcher, Andaz Peninsula Papagayo is located adjacent to Marina Papagayo and overlooking the Bay of Culebra.

The resort will feature an 11,000sq ft (1,022sq m) Sanctuary Spa featuring nine treatment rooms and a range of therapeutic treatments, along with a fitness centre. There will also be two swimming pools and a private beach.

Andaz Peninsula Papagayo is eco-friendly, offering healthy options in the minibars, specialty bath products, and a farm-to-table restaurant.

The design of the resort uses nature for its inspiration and the free-flowing environment Ronald Zurcher has created is in keeping with the Costa Rican ‘Pura Vida’ philosophy, meaning ‘Pure Life’.

There will be three themed restaurants and a Marina Bar offering farm-to-table ingredients, locally inspired cuisine and a Latin-inspired cocktail menu.

The resort is to further work with a team of 'cultural insiders' - a select team of personalities spanning across the art, music and surf industries. Each of these cultural insiders will share their world, interests, and knowledge by creating experiences that allow Andaz Papagayo Peninsula guests to become inspired, learn and connect with the local culture of the destination.

Andaz Peninsula Papagayo will join nine Andaz hotels that are currently open worldwide, in destinations such as New York, California and Georgia in the US, London and Amsterdam in Europe and Shanghai in China.