HotelChatter - San Pedro

Live Out 'Recluse Fantasies' in Belize

KatieK — 2009-03-25T13:46:40-05:00

We’ll let you in on a little secret: A hotel review that describes a place as an “exclusive lair where guests live out their recluse fantasies” is pretty much guaranteed to perk our interest.

Well, folks, that’s what ForbesTraveler.com wrote about Cayo Espanto, a private island resort off the coast of Belize that’s officially — albeit apparently belatedly — on our radar. Cayo Espanto made ForbesTraveler.com's 2008 list of the world’s top 400 hotels and resorts (one of two Belize resorts to make the cut, we should mention).

Labor Day "Hotel" :: All Aboard the Queen Mary for a Pajama Party

abigailmschilling — 2008-08-27T12:53:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/queenmaryparty.png" class="imgborder">If you were wondering where you could dust off your slippers from 1930 and button down to your lounging pajamas then we have the place for you. If you are still looking for something to do over Labor Day, you must join the Art Deco Festival aboard the <a href="http://www.queenmary.com">Queen Mary</a> in Long Beach, Calif. Now technically the Queen Mary is a boat and not a hotel. But the festival is kind of a stellar deal--$650/couple for two nights plus a slough of bashes, lectures and tours, but it's practically a time machine! You also get to sleep aboard the restored authentic ship which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two nights aboard a ship

Salamander Belize

juliana — 2006-03-16T12:52:16-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/salamander_belize.jpg"><a href="http://www.salamanderbelize.com">The Salamander Belize</a> is located outside of San Pedro in Ambergis Caye, Belize.  This very remote, solar-powered hotel has eight cabanas or "huts" running from $180 a night. They come with hardwood floors, bathrooms with running hot and cold water and best of all they sit on the beach, perfect for snorkel and dive afficionados. And just a 30-minute boat ride from the hotel is the famous diving spot, the Blue Hole, where the water is so deeply blue that one can even see it from outer space.The hole was formed after the Ice Age caused the existing dry cave system to collapse (we aren't scientists so visit Blue Hole on <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/galleries/belize/photo2.html">National Geographic</a>.) At first this

When San Franciscans Go Belize

markj — 2005-11-17T15:33:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/azul_belize.jpg"> <a href="http://www.azulbelize.com/">Azul</a> is a secluded two-villa beach resort that combines San Francisco loft culture with a Belize beach resort. Two San Francisco refugees opened Azul earlier this year in an attempt to combine high design with the natural beauty of Belize. The two villas have an open floor plan, 20-foot ceilings with beams of mylady wood, and are beachfront. Viking stoves, a 50" plasma television w/ Direct TV, and iMac G4 with wireless access make up the best of the new. While bamboo railings, a palapa with hammock, and a rooftop hot tub overlooking the jungle round out the old. Oh yeah, and it is all beach front, and of course, there is a beach bar