A pleasant waterside recreation area complete with food huts selling local and international cuisine, a playground and a walled-in sandy area with water access, although you'd probably want to avoid swimming here. There is also a stage where concerts and cultural events are held.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
27.59 MILES
At the southern tip of Ambergris, the 6.5-sq-mile Hol Chan Marine Reserve is probably Belize's most oft-visited diving and snorkeling site. It offers…
Belize Zoo
26.31 MILES
If most zoos are maximum-security wildlife prisons, then the Belize Zoo is more like a halfway house for wild animals that can't make it on the outside. A…
Koko King
20.06 MILES
For those looking to kick it on the soft white sand and in the docile sea, tropical cocktail in hand, surrounded by like-minded travelers, Koko King…
Museum of Belize
0.67 MILES
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…
Goff's Caye
14.74 MILES
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…
Swing Bridge
0.79 MILES
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…
Altun Ha
20.54 MILES
Altun Ha, the Maya ruins that have inspired Belikin beer labels and Belizean banknotes, stands 31 miles north of Belize City, off the Old Northern Hwy…
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
29.29 MILES
Between November and April, migrating birds flock to the lagoons, rivers and swamps of the massive Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, which is managed by…
Nearby Belize City attractions
1. Museum of Belize
0.67 MILES
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…
2. Swing Bridge
0.79 MILES
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…
3. Image Factory
0.82 MILES
The country's most innovative and exciting art gallery stages new exhibitions and hosts regular book launches, usually of work by Belizean artists…
4. Battlefield Park
0.88 MILES
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…
5. Court House
0.89 MILES
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…
6. Hindu Temple
1.06 MILES
Right in downtown, this simple Hindu temple serves Belize's small but growing Indian community.
7. Fort George Lighthouse
1.14 MILES
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.
8. Baron Bliss Tomb
1.14 MILES
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…