Belize Villas & Vacation Rentals
Looking to rent a villa in Belize?
For a truly luxurious vacation experience, consider booking a villa rental in Belize instead of a hotel. Villas offer privacy, seclusion, and all the amenities found in large hotels, including maid service, pools, stunning water views, and even spa services or a private cook in some cases. Belize villas are perfect for groups, whether you’re organizing a family reunion, wedding, or a vacation with friends. These accommodations offer both private spaces and communal areas for everyone to gather.
These are the 10 most popular villa rentals in Belize. Narrow your search above.
About Belize
Snuggled between Mexico and Guatemala along the Caribbean, this tiny Central American country boasts the longest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere. Miles of sandy beaches, scores of limestone caves, mountains, waterfalls, jungles, mangrove lagoons, more than 500 species of birds, the world’s first and only jaguar preserve and much more await the active traveler.
For centuries Belize was one of the centers of the Mayan world, serving as a major trading and agricultural hub. The Mayans carved great cities out of the jungle and many of these sites are excavated and open to the public. Altun Ha is only 30 miles north of Belize City. Astonishing artifacts including the largest jade plaque ever discovered have been excavated from this ceremonial center’s tombs. Beautiful towering temples loom out of the jungle from Xunantunich, Lamanai and Caracol. Carved stelae tell the story of this ancient civilization, the largest of which can be found at Nim Li Punit in the Toledo District of southern Belize.
The long British influence is evident throughout the largest city, Belize City. Formerly British Honduras, this sleepy outpost became independent in 1981. Constant development over the past 20 years created a tidy, efficient airport, beautiful resorts, hotels and jungle lodges, a substantial tourism infrastructure, and more eco-tourist sites and water sports opportunities than can be enjoyed in a typical vacation.
The barrier reef cays: Ambergris Cay, Turneffe Islands, Glover’s Reef, Lighthouse Reef and many uninhabited tiny islets are favorites with fishermen and divers worldwide. Easy access to the cays is available by plane or boat from Belize City. The sand streets of San Pedro Town on Ambergris Cay are typical of this tropical paradise. Small, comfortable hotels, diving and fishing lodges welcome offshore visitors. Famous dive sites such as the “Blue Hole”, Half Moon Cay, Hol Chan Marine Preserve, Caye Chapel, and the Sapodilla Cayes in Southern Belize keep divers coming back again and again.
The subtropical climate has a mean annual temperature of 79° with rainfall varying from 180 inches annually in the rain forest and jungle interior to 50 inches along the coast. Cooling trade winds keep the cays comfortable, with occasional storms blown in from June-December. Heat and humidity are the norm as you travel inland through small towns, large agricultural areas, and over the many rivers and streams crisscrossing the hilly landscape.
A variety of mainland tours featuring the Mayan ruins and natural wonders of Belize are now as popular as the diving. Belize offers 4,000 species of native flowering plants, howler monkeys, jaguars, 500 bird species, and pristine rain forests accessible from several mountain lodge resorts. Comfortable accommodations forged out of the wilderness as thatched roof cabanas or adobe cottages allow guests the opportunity to get close to nature and apart from civilization. Enjoy native cuisine with breakfast served on your porch. The mystique of the Mayan culture lives on in Belize.
With its many diverse attractions, you’ll have to return again and again to experience all Belize has to offer.
What's special about Belize?
Belize is located in Central America, just north of Mexico and west of Guatemala. Some of the primary attractions for this relatively new tourist hot spot are the many white sand beaches that bank the Caribbean Sea.
If sunning on the beach isn’t your thing, you’ll find diving, snorkeling, para-sailing and all other manner of water sports readily available to help visitors take full advantage of the barrier reef that runs over 150 miles along the length of the country. If you’re a fisherman, the deep sea excursions advertising “world class fishing” will have you pacing the dock in anticipation.
For land-lubbers, Belize is honey-combed with a network of caves that are among the largest in Central America. You can take underground tours, or kick back for a lazy ride down one of the underground rivers in an inner tube. Take along your camera so you can take advantage of the amazing photo opportunities that crop up along the route. If you’re a history buff, take a trip back in time by visiting the Mayan civilization and the pyramids that still exist there.
Regardless of your budget, you’ll find a wealth of places to stay in Belize, many of them right on the beach. Accommodations on the islands are plentiful, and top of the line. You can find a host of marvelous hotels, guest houses, lodges, resorts, and private villas on many of the islands. Dining is also an adventure in Belize, with a bevy of restaurants, bistros, cafés, and local bars offering both local cuisine and standard dining fare in and around the many Belize resorts and hotels.
Some of the Belize villas and guest houses are located in more isolated parts of the country, but all are accessible, and have modern amenities like internet access and cell phone service to make them more appealing. On the larger islands, you’ll find high-end villas right on the water, and resorts that can rival those found anywhere in the world.
So what are you waiting for? Belize is waiting for you, and it offers adventures that you’ll remember with fondness for many years to come. And who knows? You may want to make Belize an annual destination.
