Frommer's Belize (2008) (Frommer's Complete) 3rd Edition

✍ Scribed by Eliot Greenspan

• Publisher: Frommers
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 356
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

America’s #1 bestselling travel seriesWritten by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.• More annually updated guides than any other series• 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides• Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries• Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design

✦ Table of Contents

Frommer's Belize, 3rd Edition......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
List of Maps......Page 8
What’s New in Belize......Page 13
1 THE BEST PURELY BELIZEAN EXPERIENCES......Page 15
2 THE BEST OF NATURAL BELIZE......Page 18
3 THE BEST DIVING & SNORKELING......Page 19
4 THE BEST NONDIVING ADVENTURES......Page 20
6 THE BEST BIRD - WATCHING......Page 21
7 THE BEST MAYAN RUINS......Page 22
8 THE BEST VIEWS......Page 23
9 THE BEST DESTINATIONS FOR FAMILIES......Page 24
10 THE BEST LUXURY HOTELS & RESORTS......Page 25
11 THE BEST MODERATELY PRICED HOTELS......Page 26
12 THE BEST BUDGET HOTELS......Page 27
13 THE BEST RESTAURANTS......Page 28
14 THE BEST AFTER - DARK FUN......Page 29
15 THE BEST WEBSITES ABOUT BELIZE......Page 30
1 BELIZE TODAY......Page 32
2 LOOKING BACK AT BELIZE......Page 33
3 THE LAY OF THE LAND......Page 37
5 BELIZE IN BOOKS, FILM & MUSIC......Page 39
6 CONCH FRITTERS, STEW FISH & BELIKIN: BELIZEAN FOOD & DRINK......Page 42
2 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS & CUSTOMS......Page 46
3 WHEN TO GO......Page 48
4 GETTING THERE & GETTING AROUND......Page 51
5 MONEY & COSTS......Page 55
6 HEALTH......Page 58
7 SAFETY......Page 61
8 SPECIALIZED TRAVEL RESOURCES......Page 62
9 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM......Page 64
11 ESCORTED GENERAL - INTEREST TOURS......Page 67
12 STAYING CONNECTED......Page 68
13 TIPS ON ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 70
14 TIPS ON DINING......Page 71
1 THE REGIONS IN BRIEF......Page 72
3 BELIZE IN 2 WEEKS......Page 75
4 BELIZE FOR FAMILIES......Page 77
5 MAYAN RUINS HIGHLIGHTS......Page 79
6 BELIZE CITY IN 1 DAY......Page 80
1 ORGANIZED ADVENTURE TRIPS......Page 82
2 ACTIVITIES A TO Z......Page 84
3 BELIZE’S TOP PARKS & BIORESERVES......Page 91
4 TIPS ON HEALTH, SAFETY & ETIQUETTE IN THE WILDERNESS......Page 95
5 ECOLOGICALLY ORIENTED VOLUNTEER & STUDY PROGRAMS......Page 96
1 ORIENTATION......Page 98
2 GETTING AROUND......Page 103
3 WHERE TO STAY......Page 107
4 WHERE TO DINE......Page 110
5 WHAT TO SEE & DO......Page 114
6 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES......Page 118
7 SHOPPING......Page 120
8 BELIZE CITY AFTER DARK......Page 122
9 SIDE TRIPS FROM BELIZE CITY......Page 123
1 AMBERGRIS CAYE......Page 124
2 CAYE CAULKER......Page 149
3 THE OUTER ATOLLS......Page 163
1 DANGRIGA......Page 167
2 HOPKINS VILLAGE & SITTEE RIVER VILLAGE......Page 181
3 PLACENCIA......Page 187
4 PUNTA GORDA & THE TOLEDO DISTRICT......Page 201
1 ALONG THE OLD NORTHERN HIGHWAY: ALTUN HA & MARUBA RESORT JUNGLE SPA......Page 212
2 EN ROUTE NORTH: CROOKED TREE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY......Page 216
3 ORANGE WALK TOWN......Page 217
4 THE SUBMERGED CROCODILE: LAMANAI......Page 222
5 GOING WEST: RIO BRAVO CONSERVATION AREA, LA MILPA & CHAN CHICH......Page 224
6 COROZAL TOWN......Page 227
1 BELMOPAN......Page 235
2 SAN IGNACIO......Page 245
3 MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE & CARACOL......Page 262
1 TIKAL......Page 270
2 EL REMATE......Page 285
3 FLORES & SANTA ELENA......Page 288
1 FAST FACTS......Page 298
2 TOLL - FREE NUMBERS & WEBSITES......Page 303
1 SPANISH TERMS......Page 305
2 CREOLE TERMS......Page 308
1 FAUNA......Page 310
2 FLORA......Page 331
INDEX......Page 336