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Anyone been to Belize?

We have a kid free week coming up and are looking at Belize.  Where did you stay?  What did you do?  Was it relaxing?  Do they have booze? 

Re: Anyone been to Belize?

  • Fun!!!

    We stayed at Victoria House on San Pedro for a week (cabanas + beach + booze) for diving/snorkeling, boating and fishing; then a week at the Banana Bank in the jungle where we did less relaxing things like cave tubing, hiking, Mayan ruins, etc.

    Would go back in a heartbeat. Like now.

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  • We stayed at the Pelican Reef Villas and they now have a new sister property that just opened (Athena's Gate).  Loved it.  So relaxing and we were well taken care of.  The island is very small and you drive golf carts to get around.  However, that is what I liked about it.  The beaches are beautiful and the snorkeling is amazing.  Food is awesome and I can tell you where to eat should you guys decide to go.  I have been twice to Ambergris Caye (San Pedro) and we are going back in November.  I too have heard good things about Victorian House.

    Booze - Lots' of rum but they only have 3 beers on the island.  Belikin dark, light and stout :)

     

     

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    Fun!!!

    We stayed at Victoria House on San Pedro for a week (cabanas + beach + booze) for diving/snorkeling, boating and fishing;

     

    This-loved Victoria House.  Its a small boutique style hotel.  We also rented a car and drove to the Pine Ridege mountains and stayed at Hidden Valley to do some hiking and just relax.

     

     

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  • LOVE belize!

    stayed at the corona del mar on san pedro. its a small hotel, and the rooms are basically small apartments. we bought a few groceries and ate out for dinner most nights. there were several "regulars" at the hotel that told us about some really good local places to eat.

    we went snorkeling a few times and just booked through excursion companies. the hotel is on the water and they picked us up (and dropped off) at the wharf on the back of the hotel.

    definitely try to snorkel/scuba at shark rey alley. we walked around the island one day, spent some time on the beach and just relaxed. we were there saturday through thursday morning.

    the rum punch was everywhere... dd was born 9 months later :)

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  • No recommendation, just wanted to say I'm jealous, I really want to go to Belize.  Have fun!
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  • DH's aunt and uncle just bought a condo and some land down there is summer. When they went down to look at places they stayed at the Victoria house and loved it.

    Have fun!

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  • We looked into Belize and ended up in Costa Rica this summer. Our top choices were the Victoria House (heard lots of good things from friends) and the Phoenix resort, which a friend of DH's from high school owns/runs(?). 
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  • We have only been there for a day as part of a cruise, but I loved it and it has always been somewhere I have wanted to return to! Very clean and beautiful, and the locals were all so nice. And yes, rum punch was a'flowin!
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  • I've been there a few times. It's beautiful. The diving is spectacular.
  • no, but now I want to go really badly...lol.

    i have a friend who is a scuba guy and he always talks about how belize is his favorite place to go.

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    No recommendation, just wanted to say I'm jealous, I really want to go to Belize.  Have fun!

    This.  I've only been to Belize on a cruise stop, so I'm no help.  We love Roatan (a Honduran island just south of Belize) though, so so so beautiful!

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  • YES! Love it! Been a few times; once to a private island resort that is now closed and to Azul Resort, among cruise stops. I would put all the info here, but it was would be really long. I reviewed the resort on Travelosity (also under the name happy_wife or something similar, I can't remember) but it was detailed and broke down the vacation my husband and I took. It was amazing, to say the least. 
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