Fact and fiction: Placencia is 19 miles from the reef; Ambergris about a mile. Placencia village is creole, not African; Seine Bight is Garifuna, people of African descent, with Spanish from Honduras moving in. Riversdale is creole. The road from Belize City to PG is completely paved (except for a short stretch near Indian Creek village in Toledo district). The 22 mile Placencia road is being paved now; about 10 miles has been completed. There are hobie cat rentals in Placencia, no jet skis or para sailing yet. The price of the flight to Placencia is $94.50 from Intl and $79.50 from Municipal, no matter what the routing and stops are. Placencia has better beaches, a quaint village and much easier access for day trips to the mainland and has the view of the sea in front and view of the lagoon and Maya Mtns in back. A new intl airport near Placencia is being constructed now with a 6000 ft runway, 150 ft wide. There is very interesting wildlife in both areas and I know of a cat sighting recently on Ambergris and a jaguar in Placencia. I see foxes at least one a day in Placencia. Ambergris is our most visited destination with the larger selection of hotels, restaurants, bars, people and other services. Placencia is more laid back, has smaller more intimate beachfront inns and condo-hotels, a few fine restaurants, less people. They are both lovely places to visit and different enough from each other to make visiting both areas worthwhile. Development happening in both areas, much more so on Ambergris, but Placencia will catch up, good or bad. Don't forget to take a look at Hopkins, 10 miles from the reef, smaller village, less services than the other two, but also growing.
Last edited by Katie Valk; 09/01/09 05:59 PM.
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