A tiny country wedged between vast Mexico and Guatemala, Belize is a special new destination full of surprises.
A tiny country wedged between vast Mexico and Guatemala, Belize is a special new destination full of surprises.
Belize is one of those countries that few can locate on a world map. Belize is three times smaller than Belgium and doesn't get much publicity. Far from the main air or land routes, it's an incredible melting pot of ethnicities, with a sometimes old-fashioned, very Caribbean atmosphere, not far removed from buccaneering films. For its coasts, lined with immense reefs and a myriad of mangrove-covered islets - the cayes - were long infested with pirates. Until the British brought order to the area and founded British Honduras, harvesting mahogany and growing sugar cane. Now Belize since its independence in 1981, it is the only Central American country to retain English as its official language.
1See Belmopan, one of the world's smallest capital cities, with its traditional market and colorful huts.
2Snorkel over coral fields or in Shark Alley.
3 Discover the many Mayan cities lost in the jungle.
4.taste the famous Mary Sharp hot sauce.
5Fly over or dive into the famous Blue Hole, a gigantic underwater cenote.
1 Belize's limestone subsoil, like that of neighboring Yucatan, conceals numerous caves, some of which can be visited.
2.370,000 inhabitants, Belize is one of the greenest countries on the planet: 80% of its territory is covered by forests.
3 Belize's coastline is truly magnificent, fringed by the longest coral reef in the Northern Hemisphere and dotted with cays, mangroves, lagoons and atolls.
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