Villa Boscardi

Top choice in Belize City


Set in a secure middle-class suburb, this guesthouse and its charming hosts will smooth away any stresses that Belize City's rougher edges might induce. The eight rooms are large and elegant, built with Belizean materials and decorated with fresh, bold colors and prints. Some rooms have kitchen facilities, while guests of the other rooms have access to a shared kitchen.

Breakfasts of eggs and pastries are served in the cozy sitting area, and in the backyard there's a newly installed pool/Jacuzzi with color-changing lights. The guesthouse is about 4 miles northwest of the city center, but there are at least five restaurants within walking distance and it's safe to walk there.


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Nearby Belize City attractions

1. Traveller's Heritage Center Museum

0.2 MILES

Out on the northern highway, this is an interesting little rum museum. You'll get to see the bottling process, learn how to make Belizean cocktails and…

2. Digi Park

1.85 MILES

A pleasant waterside recreation area complete with food huts selling local and international cuisine, a playground and a walled-in sandy area with water…

3. Swing Bridge

2.24 MILES

This heart and soul of Belize City life, crossed by just about everyone here just about every day, is said to be the only remaining manually operated…

4. Battlefield Park

2.29 MILES

Battlefield Park is on the right across from the Court House. It's always busy with vendors, loungers, con artists and other slice-of-life segments of…

5. Image Factory

2.31 MILES

The country's most innovative and exciting art gallery stages new exhibitions and hosts regular book launches, usually of work by Belizean artists…

6. Court House

2.32 MILES

You can’t miss the prominent Court House on Regent St, built in 1926 as the headquarters for Belize’s colonial administrators to replace an earlier wooden…

7. Museum of Belize

2.34 MILES

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8. Hindu Temple

2.38 MILES

Right in downtown, this simple Hindu temple serves Belize's small but growing Indian community.