The Bakadeer Inn
This little guesthouse receives rave reviews for clean, comfortable rooms and professional service, and guests love the new on-site restaurant. Unfortunately the neighborhood feels dodgy, so avoid walking around here at night.
Accommodations are found both north and south of Haulover Creek. The top-end places are to the north, and most of the midrange and budget places are to the south.
This little guesthouse receives rave reviews for clean, comfortable rooms and professional service, and guests love the new on-site restaurant. Unfortunately the neighborhood feels dodgy, so avoid walking around here at night.
Available at the city's top hotel are 102 conservatively decorated rooms with all the comforts.
This longtime budget favorite, in a central but rough-and-tumble neighborhood, has suffered in recent years from a lack of maintenance and an excess of noise, but at the time of research, friendly and enthusiastic new managers were working to get.
Set in a secure middle-class suburb, this guesthouse and its charming hosts will smooth away any stresses that Belize City's rougher edges might induce.
Located in the quiet northern end of town in Newtown Barracks, this guesthouse is part of a family home run by a Taiwanese family. Its eight rooms are very clean and simply furnished with tile floors and white-washed walls.
This converted colonial mansion in the Fort George district offers a spacious lobby, bar and dining room overlooking the Caribbean.
A rambling two-story house showing some wear and tear. Furnished with wrought iron and wood, the rooms are very basic, but there is a nice rear terrace and a comfy indoor sitting area.
Rooms are small and cell-like at this Taiwanese-owned budget guesthouse north of the Swing Bridge. On the bright side, the Chen family run a great vegetarian cafe in the same building.
Recently refurbished, this rambling, old, Caribbean-style hotel provides spacious, clean rooms with a hint of elegance. The higher-priced balcony rooms are slightly bigger, with queen-size beds, refrigerators, and city and sea views.
The karaoke at the pool bar here on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights can be fun for participants (including some tourists), but may be less so for the occupants of neighboring rooms!
The Belcove occupies a ramshackle yellow clapboard building overlooking Haulover Creek. It's far from fancy, but the management is courteous and accommodating. The creekside setting is atmospheric, but not particularly peaceful.
This is a friendly place with large rooms. It’s on a quiet residential street, a short distance north of the center of town, and is a solid budget choice for those who want to be away from the rougher edges of the Haulover Creek/Regent St areas.
With a tiny deck overlooking the river, this hotel doubles as a gift shop and triples as an Internet cafe. On offer are a good range of basic rooms which are spacious and cheery. Some have private bathrooms.
This historic colonial-style mansion was built as a private home in 1927 on a piece of prime Fort George real estate.
This little family-run guesthouse is a budget traveler's dream.
This six-story seafront hotel in the north of the city is also an entertainment and social center, with bustling public areas – in fact, a better place to visit for a bit of diversion than a place to stay.
Your hosts Gaby and Oty have evidently put a lot of care into this retreat on the northern edge of town. The individually decorated rooms have four-poster beds and other Victorian-era antiques, handmade quilts and floral wallpaper.
A friendly and comfortable small hotel in an attractive colonial-style house, the Coningsby is recommended for attentive service and tight security.
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