The Southern Coast Travel Guide
- Overview
- Places to Explore
- Sights
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Entertainment
- Shopping
- Travel Tips
- Features
- Fodor's Choice
- Deals
- Spanish Phrases
- Guidebooks
Guidebooks
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As always in Belize, the transition from one landscape to another is swift and startling. As you approach the Hummingbird Highway's end in coastal Dangriga, the lush, mountainous terrain of the north gives way to flat plains bristling with orange trees. Farther south the Stann Creek Valley is where bananas, the nation's first bumper crop, and most other fruit is grown. Equally startling is the cultural segue: whereas San Ignacio has a Spanish air, the Southern Coast is strongly Afro-Caribbean.
The Southern Coast Hotels
There are two kinds of lodging to choose from on the Southern Coast: small, basic hotels, often Belizean-owned, and upscale beach resorts, usually owned...read more
The Southern Coast Restaurants
Broiled, grilled, fried, sautéed, cooked in lime juice as ceviche, or barbecued on the beach: any way you eat it, seafood is the life-stuff on the...read more
Things To Do in The Southern Coast
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in The Southern Coast
- $60+: Belize: All-Inclusive Beachfront Resort in Summer, 35% Off BookIt.com
- $216+: Belize Oceanfront Villas w/Free Breakfast, Save 40% BookIt.com
- Belize - Cayo District & Placencia Experience IExplore
- Belize Family IExplore
The Southern Coast Experiences
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Beaches. The mainland's best beaches are on the Placencia peninsula and around Hopkins. Although they're narrow ribbons of khaki rather than wide... Read more
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"People are building $500,000 houses on $5,000 roads!" This is the sentiment of many who watch in amazement as huge condos and luxury houses... Read more
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The Creole language is associated with the Creole or black people of Belize, especially those around Belize City. But people all over Belize... Read more
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Tropical Storm Arthur, which formed off the coast of Belize on May 31, 2008, and quickly moved ashore, in a few hours dumped up to 15 inches... Read more
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Perhaps the most unusual of the ethnic groups calling Belize home, the Garífunas have a story that is both bizarre and moving, an odyssey... Read more
Travel Blog
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Trip Ideas & Itineraries
Looking to indulge in a spring break escape, minus the throngs of drunken college kids and $3 tequila... Read more
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Practical Travel Tips
During the off-season (May–November) in Belize, lodging properties often have walk-in rates tha... Read more
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Practical Travel Tips, Trip Ideas & Itineraries
A night dive at Shark-Ray Alley in Belize is a special treat due to this biological event.... Read more
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