Belize City Travel Guide

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Belize City is more of a town than a city—few of the ramshackle buildings here are taller than a palm tree. Beyond the city center streets give way to two-lane country roads where animals outnumber people. Any dining room downtown could leave the impression that everybody knows everybody else in this town, and certainly among the elite who can afford to dine out, that's probably true.

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Belize City Hotels

Belize City has the country's largest hotels, though size is all relative in Belize. The Radisson, Princess, and Biltmore Plaza each have more than 75 rooms...read more

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Restaurants

Belize City Restaurants

Though most restaurants here cater to locals, their number and quality rival those of tourist magnet San Pedro in Ambergris Caye. The city has inexpensive...read more

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Belize City Experiences

  • Top Reasons to Go to Belize City

    Great Photo Ops. Belize City is highly photogenic, full of interesting faces, streets full of color, and charming old colonial houses. In short... Read more

  • Roots Belizean

    If you spend time talking with Belizeans, sooner or later conversation will turn to "roots." It's not a vegetable, but a term referring to people... Read more

  • History

    The Maya had long had small fishing camps—but no large cities—near the present-day site of Belize City, but they abandoned the area... Read more

  • Made in Belize

    For such a little country, some of Belize's products pack a punch. Below is a list of possible souvenirs.... Read more

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