Ambergris Caye
This is one of the country's best shops for local art and handicrafts, selling ceramics, wood carvings, Garifuna drums and antiques alongside affordable…
Must-see shopping in Belize
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Belize City
This store carries the best stock of high-quality Belizean arts and crafts at fair prices. Attractive buys include shade-grown coffee and local chocolate,…
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Hopkins
This excellent gallery and craft display is a one-stop shop for arts, crafts and souvenirs from the local area and all over Belize. Fabulous displays of…
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Caye Caulker
This excellent gift shop near the dock sells handcrafted artisanal products made from local ingredients, including non-chemical bug spray made with…
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Belize City
The shop at this hip art gallery has the country's best range of books, including international literature, and titles on Belizean and Caribbean society…
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Ambergris Caye
If the cheesy offerings on the front street aren't really your style, head up the stairs to this small shop to find a selection of interesting, locally…
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Ambergris Caye
Talented and friendly local artist Ricardo Zetina crafts beautiful jewelry and figurines, as well as wonderful wood carvings. If your purchase is too big…
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Ambergris Caye
Maintains the largest collections of paintings by Belizean artists in the country, in addition to a wide variety of other quality arts and crafts…
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Ambergris Caye
New place that sells a variety of unique, natural products, from cupcake soaps to whipped shower butters. There are two locations, one on Barrier Reef Dr…
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Dangriga
This master artisan carves Garifuna drums from mahogany, cedar and mayflower wood in his outdoor workshop by the water's edge (southeast of Dangriga…
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Southern Belize
Operating from a hut in Indian Creek village, the Ixchel Women's Group is run by a small cooperative of Kekchí Maya women who produce traditional…
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Southern Belize
In Indian Creek village, Marigold is a cooperative of local Kekchí Maya women working to preserve their culture through cooking. Traditional Maya food,…
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Placencia
Leo handcrafts exquisite wooden sculptures from rosewood, mahogany and driftwood at his workshop on the Sidewalk and displays and sells them in his little…
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Maya Center Women's Craft Shop
Southern Belize
At the junction of the Southern Hwy and the road to Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, this shop stocks locally made Maya arts and crafts including…
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Caye Caulker
This shop stocks a collection of silk-screened fabrics, jewelry and paintings by the owner, artist Lee Vanderwalker, as well as pieces by other Belizean…
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Southern Belize
Local painter and sculptor Lola Delgado runs this store selling some of the same paintings, handcrafted jewelry, sculpture and assorted crafts you'll find…
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Ambergris Caye
Catering to all of your vices with a good selection of freshly roasted coffee beans, local rum creme (available for tasting) and cigars from all over the…
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Ambergris Caye
Beautiful handmade jewelry in interesting and diverse styles, including plenty of options from the namesake stone. Custom designs made while you wait. It…
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Dangriga
The Dangriga Central Market is a microcosm of Dangriga society with traders selling shoes, clothing, crockery and Maya crafts alongside farmers and…
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San Ignacio
Offers cool handmade jewelry, including silver, amber and other semiprecious stones. The name of the place refers to the drums and other Rasta gear for…
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Ambergris Caye
Displaying the works of nine local artists, this tiny gallery is chock-full of colorful island-inspired paintings. It arranges shipping.
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Dangriga
In an unassuming white building down a lane off the main street, this is Dangriga's outlet store for Marie Sharp's iconic hot sauces.
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Placencia
This cooperative of local artists displays arts and crafts for sale in a beachside gallery.
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Belize City
On the street outside the Tourist Village, local vendors set up tents and tables to sell their wares, which include T-shirts with snappy slogans, original…
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Tourist Village & Brown Sugar Mall
Belize City
This waterfront complex exists for the convenience of cruise-ship passengers, who disembark here on their land trips. Non-cruise tourists may enter from…
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Ambergris Caye
Sure, this place has loads of stuffed toucans and 'You better Belize it' T-shirts, but it also has a decent selection of music by Belizean artists, the…
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Hopkins
Between Hopkins and Sittee Point, follow the signs toward the beach and stop at the old bus. This is Sew Much Hemp, a classic hippie outpost where Barbara…
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San Ignacio
From gastric distress and asthma to high blood pressure, gall stones and gout, Dr Harry Guy claims his jungle remedies can cure nearly any ailment. Many…
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Belize City
Brodie's is the biggest department store in the country. Some of the 'departments' are pretty small, but it's still a good place to look for clothing and…
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Belize City
A large hardware store stocking tools, tarps, bug spray and wet-weather gear. A good place to hit before heading into the bush.
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Arts & Crafts of Central America
San Ignacio
This little shop below Central Otel sells a wide variety of handmade jewelry, handbags and textiles, mostly from Guatemala.
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