Placencia is a gorgeous emerald peninsula in southern Belize with 16 miles of sandy beaches. The Caribbean Sea is to the east and the lagoon lies to west looking towards the Maya Mountains on the mainland.
Placencia is essentially divided into two parts: south of the airstrip and north of the airstrip. The entire peninsula can be easily navigated on a bike.
The Main Street in Placencia Village is just a sidewalk! In fact, the “Guinness Book of World Records” recognizes it as the narrowest main street in the world.
The Main Street in Placencia Village is just a sidewalk! In fact, the “Guinness Book of World Records” recognizes it as the narrowest main street in the world.
We stayed in a beautiful beach front hotel where our days were spent reading and swimming.
The hotel had an amazing restaurant which fed us so well we did not venture out at all. They made the most fabulous cheesecake I've ever had.
The only negative here was the amount of sargassum. Its a brown seaweed that is taking over Caribbean beaches...it literally shows up daily in piles on the sand. The staff would shovel and shovel for hours and hours and barely make a dent in it some days.
We spent 4 lazy days here before flying to Honduras and spending the night in San Pedro Sula before heading off to our next adventure in Copan Ruinas.
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