This is Placencia, Belize's booming beach town. Stretching across a 16-mile-long peninsula, Placencia offers a myriad of nature reserves and underwater sanctuaries along with postcard-perfect vistas.

We met our guide just after sunrise to load into seafaring kayaks and head out into the Placencia Lagoon. Passing a tiny ...

Situated between the Caribbean Sea and Placencia Lagoon, guests have direct access to the Belize Barrier Reef, one of the world’s largest coral reef systems, as well as ancient Mayan ruins and ...

Located 3 kilometers north of Placencia Village ... bordered on the other side by a lovely lagoon. Turtle Inn is Hollywood director and winery owner Francis Ford Coppola's second resort in ...