Must-see attractions in Belize City

  • Museum of Belize

    Belize City

    This modern museum in the Fort George District provides an excellent overview of the story of Belize, told through exhibits housed in the country's former…

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    Goff's Caye

    Belize City

    Some of the most spectacular snorkeling in Belize happens just a short swim off the powder-white sands of Goff's Caye, a tiny, uninhabited island just a…

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    Swing Bridge

    Belize City

    This heart and soul of Belize City life, crossed by just about everyone here just about every day, is said to be the only remaining manually operated…

  • Image Factory

    Belize City

    The country's most innovative and exciting art gallery stages new exhibitions and hosts regular book launches, usually of work by Belizean artists…

  • The Government House Museum, dating from 1814.

    Government House

    Belize City

    Fronting the sea down at the end of Regent St, this handsome two-story wooden colonial mansion served as the residence of Britain's superintendents and…

  • St John's Cathedral

    Belize City

    Immediately inland of Government House stands St John's Cathedral, the oldest Anglican church in Central America. It was built by slave labor between 1812…

  • Digi Park

    Belize City

    A pleasant waterside recreation area complete with food huts selling local and international cuisine, a playground and a walled-in sandy area with water…

  • Court House

    Belize City

    You can’t miss the prominent Court House on Regent St, built in 1926 as the headquarters for Belize’s colonial administrators to replace an earlier wooden…

  • Traveller's Heritage Center Museum

    Belize City

    Out on the northern highway, this is an interesting little rum museum. You'll get to see the bottling process, learn how to make Belizean cocktails and…

  • Baron Bliss Tomb

    Belize City

    At the tip of the Fort George peninsula lies the granite Baron Bliss Tomb, the final resting place of Belize's most famous benefactor, who never set foot…

  • Battlefield Park

    Belize City

    Battlefield Park is on the right across from the Court House. It's always busy with vendors, loungers, con artists and other slice-of-life segments of…

  • Yarborough Cemetery

    Belize City

    A narrow graveyard between two roads where you'll see the graves of early citizens of Belize who were not prominent enough to be buried in the nearby St…

  • Fort George Lighthouse

    Belize City

    This diminutive lighthouse guides boats into Haulover Creek and was constructed with funds from the estate of Baron Bliss, who is buried at its foot.

  • Hindu Temple

    Belize City

    Right in downtown, this simple Hindu temple serves Belize's small but growing Indian community.