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Turtle Inn

Movie Director Francis Ford Coppola’s Turtle Inn is a rustic Indonesian style beach retreat set back from a narrow stretch of pearly white sands gently lapped by the Caribbean Sea on Belize’s southern coast, outside the sleepy Creole village of Placencia.

Placencia, Placencia, Belize
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Turtle Inn
  • Nestled between the jungle and the longest coral reef in the Western hemisphere

  • Offers superb scuba diving around the cayes and bays of Belize's Caribbean coast

  • On mainland Belize rather than on a remote caye so within reach of country's interior attractions too

  • Ideal for honeymooners and couples looking to get away from it all and the gorgeous villas are superb for families too


Turtle Inn is an oceanfront hideaway with 25 individual thatched beach huts in the Stann Creek district of Belize. Charming cottages and villas of bleached thatch and native wood mingle with palm trees and are naturally cooled by the ever-present sea breezes. Each of the accommodations has beautiful artisan-crafted furnishings and just beyond the private deck white Caribbean sands dissolve into a clear water world of unspoiled coral reefs and exotic fish. 

Turtle Inn offers three distinct restaurants where one can savor mouthwatering seafood dishes, home grown fruits and vegetables or pizza from their authentic wood-burning stove. The Turtle Inn also features the Sunset Spa, an open-air Balinese Rice House decorated with painted murals inspired by ancient art and boasts stunning views of the Placencia Lagoon. The spa specializes in Thai massage and only uses locally-sourced organic ingredients for its treatments. In addition, two swimming pools offer a choice of freshwater and saltwater bathing.

Experience the world’s best salt water fly-fishing or snorkel in miles of untouched barrier reef. Visit the world’s only jaguar reserve or cruise up the Monkey River and observe tropical birds, iguanas, manatees, crocodiles and howler monkeys.

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Top tip:

Take a kayak or borrow some snorkeling equipment and swim out to the floating sunbeds located just off shore from Turtle Inn!

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Rooms

Coppola Family Pavilion

Coppola Family Pavilion

4 people
Roman's Lagoon Bungalow

Roman's Lagoon Bungalow

Roman’s Lagoon Bungalow features a full kitchen, an expansive living room, an air-conditioned main bedroom, and smaller kids bedroom with a triple bunk bed. The bungalow also has a private pool and large deck offering spectacular sunset views. When you are ready for a change of scenery you can wander across the street to the two resort pools and beach.

2 people
Colibri Apartment

Colibri Apartment

This upstairs apartment features 2 bedrooms with king beds, a sleeper sofa, full kitchen and great ocean views.

2 people

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Location

Placencia, Placencia, Belize

Turtle Inn is sandwiched between the Garifuna settlement of Seine Bight and the Creole fishing village of Placencia at the tip of a narrow 26-mile long sandy peninsula. To the east, the Caribbean Sea is studded by a patchwork of coral cayes and the Belize Barrier Reef UNESCO World Heritage site.

Directly behind Turtle Inn to the west lie the calm waters of the Placencia Lagoon and spectacular views of the Maya Mountains and Victoria Peak. South of the Placencia Peninsula is the Monkey River.


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