Thank you for such a nice response. What we'd like is something that isn't completely crazy, since we'll be there between Palm Sunday and Easter. We'd like to do some serious beachtime, serious snorkeling and at least one type of trip that is jungle-y, manatee-ish, howlermonkey-ish. I don't want to spend more than US$130 (total including taxes) per night. There will be 3 of us.

Placencia sounds very nice, but with the bus ride both ways - it shaves off two full days of time for travel, something we were hoping to avoid. AC sounds great in many ways, but a little expensive...CC sounds great, but with just one beach choice.

I've also been looking at Sarteneja, which seems like you could get there fairly easily from San Pedro (or Belize City? but I'm not sure how long that would take).

Any insights you have would be very welcome.

Thank you!