Now Open: Four Seasons Tamarindo (How To Book)

This looks absolutely amazing. Adding on the bucket list.

Looks beautiful and $795 seems pretty reasonable. The words Kids Club (and Golf Course) make my interest go from a 10 to a 7.

I have a question for all you SPG loyalists from back in the day. Years ago, there was a Luxury Collection property named El Tamarindo in this same area. At some point, it was no longer in the SPG portfolio. From the picture of the beach/bay in Lucky's post, it looks to be the exact same location as the old El Tamarindo resort. Does anyone know if this is the same location as the old Luxury Collection El Tamarindo? I have very fond memories of the old El Tamarindo.

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I was about to write a snarky comment about location but I got my fruits confused -- the One & Only MANDARINA is north of Puerto Vallarta while this new Four Seasons TAMARINDO is south so flying into Manzanillo makes sense.

Property looks gorgeou$$$

$795 is dirt cheap it’s 4 seasons damnit

@CS I am utterly speechless at this post. I stayed at El Tamarindo 19 years ago, and it was utterly delightful. Felt like being in Jurassic Park - a 20 minute ride down a private road through the jungle just to get to the property. Yes, I beleive this is the same as the El Tamarindo resort (although when we stayed I don't beleive it was an SPG property) off Tenacatita bay. I have checked over the years from time-to-time as it seemed to have closed soon after we stayed there and I never saw anything open back up there over the years. It had to be one of my favorite places in the world. The rooms were expensive back in 2003 when we were there (around $900/night if I remember correctly). So, so, so exlcusive. Maybe they had 15 rooms? All were standalone villas, many with pools. The one we had was likely 1,000 sqft with an outdoor kitchen, a pool, and probably a 1/4 acre grass yard with tall hedge surrounding for privacy. We could have hosted a party for 200 easily in "our room". I have missed this property so much over the years, but it looks like Four Seasons will ruin it with the massive construction shown in the photos. @Lucky, if you do have the chance, you should go. They had fireflies, armadillo, racoons and all kinds of wildlife sharing the property with the guests. It was totally cool.

@Arl - oh my gosh, yes - you are 100% correct on everything you talk about. Without doubt, this was/is the same property and the same location. El Tamarindo was amazing and so, so unique. One of my funniest memories of the place was in the evening at the outdoor restaurant, the racoons or "mapaches" would literally sneak in when no one was looking and they were able to snatch a table cloth off a table in hopes of food dropping. They also had signs in the rooms warning of the "mapaches" and how they would come in and rummage through your stuff. Also, completely forgot about the beautiful golf course there as well. I played the course 2 times - complete with local caddies and also, grilled Caribbean lobster at the turn between holes #9 & #10. Ahhhh, I miss El Tamarindo!!

@Arl - so glad you had fond memories of the place as well!

I assume all the issues and rumors of Cartels owning this property have been resolved? Safety of the area is a concern.