Arrival and Information
The main bus companies in Belize have their terminals in the same western area of the city, around the Collet Canal and Magazine Road, a fairly derelict part of town known as Mesopotamia. It's only 1km or so from the centre and you can easily walk - or, especially at night, take a taxi - to any of the hotels we've listed. Taxis , identified by green licence plates, charge US$2.50 for one or two passengers within the city limits. Boats returning from the cayes pull in at the Marine Terminal on the north side of the Swing Bridge, or at Courthouse Wharf on the south side, from where it's a short walk or taxi ride to any of the hotels or bus depots. International flights land at the Phillip Goldson International Airport , 17km northwest of the city; taxis into town cost US$15, or you could walk to the Northern Highway (25min) and try to flag down one of the frequent buses; domestic flights come and go from the municipal airport , a few kilometres north of town on the edge of the sea; taxis from here to the city centre charge US$2.50. The Belize Tourist Board (BTB; Mon-Fri 8am-noon & 1-5pm; tel 227-7213) is some distance from the centre, at Gabourel Lane in front of the Central Bank building. Although it's not an essential point of call you can pick up free bus timetables, a hotel guide and city map, nature reserve brochures and copies of the (sometimes free) tourist newspapers . In the city centre the Marine Terminal ticket office next to the Swing Bridge has reliable information on bus and boat schedules . Inside there's a cafe, luggage lockers and reasonably clean toilets, and you can change US dollars, Guatemalan quetzales and Mexican pesos in Sunny's shop.
Your Tip for Belize City
Help other backpackers! Write your own guides and backpacking tips to Belize City - they will appear instantly on this page - Please only write a tip/guide to Belize City - visit the main Belize City forum to ask a question!
Please do not post links to your site here (they won't work) - please use the Belize City webguide section below! Thanks.
|
