Belize City Hotels
Many people would like to have a holiday in the city of Belize City. Some would like to see the historic sites, the culture, the sports or entertainment venues. Some would like to see the museums, the art galleries, the beaches the scenic views of the city. Some would like a luxury hotel or a cheap hotel in the area. Belize Hotels is what this page is about.
Belize City is the largest city of the Central American nation Belize. It is the capital of Belize District. Belize City is the nation's principal port and its financial and industrial hub. Several cruise ships drop anchor outside the port and are tended by local citizens.
Belize City spreads out to Mile 8 on the Western Highway and Mile 13 or 14 on the Northern, at the Haulover Bridge.
The City proper is usually divided into two areas: Northside, bounded by the Haulover Creek and ending in the east at the Fort George area, and Southside, extending to the outskirts of the City and the Port area and including downtown. Politically, it is divided into ten constituencies, described below.
Freetown, the westernmost constituency on Northside, is home to the Belama, Coral Grove, Buttonwood Bay and Vista Del Mar suburbs. Within the city proper it extends up to around the former Belize Technical College area. Caribbean Shores includes Kings' Park, a small suburb north and west of Freetown Road, West Landivar, home to two of the University of Belize's three City campuses, and residential University Heights. Pickstock inhabits the banks of the Haulover Creek extending to Barrack Road. Fort George is perhaps the most colonial area in the City and contains Memorial Park, Baron Bliss Grave and the Museum of Belize.
The divisions of the City are linked by three bridges: the Swing Bridge, located at Market Square and North Front Street; the Belchina Bascule Bridge at the Douglas Jones Street and Youth for the Future Drive junction, and the Belcan Bridge linking Central American Boulevard and the Roundabout leading to the Northern Highway and Caribbean Shores. Numerous smaller bridges link individual streets.
On the Southside, Lake Independence, Collet and Port Loyola are home to some of the City's poorest residents. "London bridges", rickety wooden pallets linking dwellings, and low-strung poles are not uncommon here. On the east side of Central American Boulevard are Mesopotamia, Queen's Square and Albert, which are slightly better. Albert contains the downtown streets of Albert and Regent Streets.
Belize River is a 180-mile (290 km) river in Belize that drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains across the center of the country to the sea near Belize City. However the Belize River / Mopan River Catchment contains over 45 percent of the population of Belize. Also known as the Old River, the Belize River is navigable up to the Guatemalan border and served as the main artery of commerce and communication between the interior and the coast until well into the twentieth century.
The Belize River begins where the Mopan River and Macal River join just east of San Ignacio, Belize. It flows through the Belize river valley which is largely comprised of tropical rain forest. The river has long been associated with forestry, particularly of mahogany, some small stands of which still occur.
Belize City Municipal Airport is an airport that serves Belize City, Belize. It is is only one mile from the city center, and is therefore more centrally located to the city than is Belize City International Airport. The city aslo has an international airport is about 30 minutes drive from Belize City's centre, in Ladyville. Ladyville is a village in the Belize District and the largest in the nation of Belize, 8 miles to the north west of Belize City.
The University of Belize is an English-speaking multi location institution of higher education, and the national university of the Central American country of Belize.
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