In search of heat water, common sunshine, and a relaxed place to relax by the ocean after you get married? A Belize Honeymoon may be simply the ticket at any time of yr. And it received’t take you very lengthy to get there.
Because the many years have gone on and American vacationers have gotten much less timid, the variety of honeymoon locations {couples} head off to has expanded exponentially. Within the mid-1900s you drove someplace as quickly because the reception ended. Niagara Falls maybe, the Poconos, a lake resort, or possibly Sizzling Springs, Arkansas.
Then the circle expanded a bit to Caribbean Islands, Puerto Vallarta, or possibly even Italy.
Almost the entire world is linked by flight routes now, nonetheless, and in inflation-adjusted phrases, most of those flights are cheaper than they’ve even been. There are nonetheless some benefits to going someplace just some hours away, nonetheless, even if in case you have been dwelling collectively for 2 years already and should not going someplace to spend 22 hours a day collectively in mattress.
One of the vital standard honeymoon locations for Luxurious Latin America readers is Belize. After we ran a Belize Break getaway promotion just a few years again, it turned out that the winner was already going to be in Belize anyway—for her marriage ceremony. So after the ceremony in Ambergris Caye , she headed south to Placencia on Tropic Air to spend two nights every at Chabil Mar Villas and Ray Caye Resort for a Placencia Honeymoon.
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Positioned slightly below the Quintano Roo state of Mexico (that of Cancun/Riviera Maya fame), the small nation of Belize has lots of elements in its favor as a vacation spot for post-wedding romance and rest.
1) Simple Belize flight connections from the USA and Canada for Your Honeymoon
United, Delta, American and Southwest all fly to Belize Metropolis from a number of cities within the U.S. by means of their hubs, whereas you can even get there from some cities on Frontier or Alaska Air. From Canada there are flights on Air Canada and WestJet. Simply be suggested that there are extra frequent flights within the winter than the summer time.
Copa Airways, Avianca, and Tropic Air fly there from a number of neighboring nations. Verify the choices out of your metropolis right here:
You possibly can then attain any of the home airports in an hour or much less and there’s additionally a ferry service to Ambergris Caye. Site visitors is gentle if you want to journey in a car and there are boat providers out to the smaller islands. It’s straightforward to get round in Belize.
2) An English Talking Nation in Latin America
You received’t have to fret about communication points throughout reserving or after arrival in your excellent Belize honeymoon. English is the official language. Everybody speaks it until you get into the distant jungle areas near Guatemala.
3) Belize is a Yr-round Vacation spot
Belize is a sunny and tropical nation that you may go to any month of the yr and have a superb time. It seldom will get hit by hurricanes, traditionally, and the extremes in rainfall should not almost as excessive as they’re in wetter Costa Rica.
Positive, Belize has a wet season in the summertime, but it surely’s a gentle one, with rains seldom lasting greater than a few hours and often coming within the afternoon or night. Water temperatures are roughly the identical all yr too, so if you wish to go snorkeling or diving you are able to do it any month you’d like.
See extra right here on summer time journey in Belize.
4) Loads to Do Apart from Sit on a Seashore
Belize has some picture-perfect seashores, particularly in Placencia and on a few of the personal islands, however that’s only one aspect within the combine right here. The world’s second-longest coral reef extends the entire size of the nation and has some legendary scuba diving and snorkeling spots.
That is additionally among the best locations within the Americas for an actual “surf and turf” trip that mixes the water with the land for a wide range of fascinating experiences. If you need adrenaline-pumping journey actions or jungle hikes yow will discover a lot, or you possibly can go birdwatching, tubing, or exploring Mayan ruins. Then simply an hour or two away you’ve gotten all the standard water actions you’ll discover in a Caribbean Sea escape.
For those who keep in Placencia, you’ve acquired sufficient excursions obtainable to maintain you occupied for every week simply, just like the enjoyable Monkey River Tour we took final time we had been there, from a dock proper throughout the street. You can even discover Placencia Village, which provides a pleasant distinction to packed San Pedro on Ambergris Caye.
Do you know that there are Mayan ruins in Belize to see? And rivers to kayak? And jungle areas full of wildlife? This isn’t some Caribbean island vacation spot the place you’re restricted to what’s provided by your resort.
5) Unbiased Resorts That Don’t Really feel Company
There are millions of boring chain resorts you would keep in at honeymoon locations the place your room seems an terrible lot just like the rooms within the city you simply flew away from. There are near zero worldwide chain resorts in Belize, nonetheless, and in lots of instances the proprietor is both on web site or dwelling close by.
Each the staffers and the earnings are intertwined with the neighborhood and have a stake in seeing you take pleasure in your self so that you’ll advocate the place to others. They’ll be sure to don’t really feel like a quantity throughout your week of bliss in your Belize honeymoon. Service is informal and pleasant, not formal, even if you’re staying on the prime resorts within the nation. You’ll get pampered, however not in a stuffy manner.
For extra data see our luxurious journey in Belize part and contemplate reserving with our long-time accomplice Chabil Mar Villas, with all-suite lodging. They’re proper on the seashore and are a brief bike experience from the village heart.
Textual content by Luxurious Latin America and all opinions are our personal. Photographs by Timothy Scott besides first photograph by Chabil Mar.
Article by Timothy
Timothy Scott is the founder and editor of Luxurious Latin America and has been overlaying the area as a journey journalist for the reason that mid-2000s. He has visited every nation we cowl a number of occasions and relies in a UNESCO World Heritage metropolis in central Mexico, the place he owns a house. See contact data right here.
