Trip IdeasFodor's Belize 3rd Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Belize!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Belize provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Belize features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Belize.
•Experience Belize like a local! Fodor’s Belize includes choices for every traveler from diving, deep-sea fishing, and bird-watching to just lounging on the beach.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Belize!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Belize provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Belize features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Belize.
•Experience Belize like a local! Fodor’s Belize includes choices for every traveler from diving, deep-sea fishing, and bird-watching to just lounging on the beach.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Planning your trip
About This Book ............ 5
What’s Where ............ 6
When To Go ............ 9
Quintessential Belize ............ 10
If You Like ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
On The Calendar ............ 16
Belize
Chapter 1: Belize City ............ 25
Chapter 2: The Cayes & Atolls............ 55
Chapter 3: Northern Belize ............ 113
Chapter 4: The Cayo ............ 143
Chapter 5: The Southern Coast ............ 183
Chapter 6: The Deep South ............ 225
Chapter 7: Tikal & Environs ............ 247
Chapter 8: Mayan Sites ............ 273
Chapter 9: Adventure Vacations ............ 289
Understanding Belize ............ 311
At a Glance ............ 312
Belize Q & A ............ 314
Retiring in Belize ............ 317
Wildlife Glossary ............ 318
Books & Movies ............ 322
Travel Smart Belize ............ 323
Getting Here & Around ............ 324
Essentials ............ 330
Index ............ 344
About Our Writer ............ 352
Maps
Central America ............ 18—19
Belize ............ 20
Caves of Belize ............ 21
Jungle Lodges ............ 22
National Parks & Marine Reserves ............ 23
Belize City ............ 30—31
Cayes, Atolls, and the Barrier Reef ............ 62
San Pedro ............ 71
Where to Stay and Eat South of San Pedro ............ 80
Caye Caulker ............ 92
Northern Belize ............ 119
Where to Stay & Eat in Corozal Town ............ 134
The Cayo ............ 146
Where to Stay & Eat in the Cayo ............ 159
Where to Stay and Eat in San Ignacio ............ 164
From Gales Point to Placencia ............ 189
Placencia ............ 211
Deep South ............ 228
Where to Stay and Eat in Punta Gorda ............ 234
Tikal and the Mayan Sites ............ 251
Tikal ............ 255
Flores ............ 260
Mayan Sites ............ 276
About This Book ............ 5
What’s Where ............ 6
When To Go ............ 9
Quintessential Belize ............ 10
If You Like ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
On The Calendar ............ 16
Belize
Chapter 1: Belize City ............ 25
Chapter 2: The Cayes & Atolls............ 55
Chapter 3: Northern Belize ............ 113
Chapter 4: The Cayo ............ 143
Chapter 5: The Southern Coast ............ 183
Chapter 6: The Deep South ............ 225
Chapter 7: Tikal & Environs ............ 247
Chapter 8: Mayan Sites ............ 273
Chapter 9: Adventure Vacations ............ 289
Understanding Belize ............ 311
At a Glance ............ 312
Belize Q & A ............ 314
Retiring in Belize ............ 317
Wildlife Glossary ............ 318
Books & Movies ............ 322
Travel Smart Belize ............ 323
Getting Here & Around ............ 324
Essentials ............ 330
Index ............ 344
About Our Writer ............ 352
Maps
Central America ............ 18—19
Belize ............ 20
Caves of Belize ............ 21
Jungle Lodges ............ 22
National Parks & Marine Reserves ............ 23
Belize City ............ 30—31
Cayes, Atolls, and the Barrier Reef ............ 62
San Pedro ............ 71
Where to Stay and Eat South of San Pedro ............ 80
Caye Caulker ............ 92
Northern Belize ............ 119
Where to Stay & Eat in Corozal Town ............ 134
The Cayo ............ 146
Where to Stay & Eat in the Cayo ............ 159
Where to Stay and Eat in San Ignacio ............ 164
From Gales Point to Placencia ............ 189
Placencia ............ 211
Deep South ............ 228
Where to Stay and Eat in Punta Gorda ............ 234
Tikal and the Mayan Sites ............ 251
Tikal ............ 255
Flores ............ 260
Mayan Sites ............ 276
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