Turtle Inn | T+L 500 2007 | Travel + Leisure

Mexico and Central and South America > Belize > Placencia

Turtle Inn

Collection of Asian-inspired cottages owned by Francis Ford Coppola on the Placencia Peninsula.

Score 81.41
Stats 25 cottages; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge All the makings of a high-style beach adventure, set in tucked-away thatched cabanas.
Rooms to Book One of the new one-bedroom cottages, adjacent to the new pool and steps from the beach.
Don't Miss The Coppola family's authentic Neapolitan pizza in the palapa-style restaurant.
Cost Doubles from $335, including breakfast.
Contact Placencia Village
800/746-3743 or 011-501/824-4914

www.turtleinn.com

Key:

New to the T+L 500 High-Speed Internet Gym Pool
Spa Tennis Golf Outdoor Activities
Water Activities Fishing Kids' Program    

As Featured In...

“Twenty-five Balinese-style seaside cabanas and villas....” MORE>>

Richard Alleman
“Robert DeNiro’s New Hotel”

Travel + Leisure, Jun 2008

“Balinese-inspired cabanas, private decks, and outdoor showers....” MORE>>


“Our Hotel Highlights”

Travel + Leisure, Jun 2007

“A young man wearing a batik sarong and a white shirt with a mandarin collar greets me at Turtle Inn's entrance and leads me across a wooden footbridge that spans a koi-filled pond. Ornamental urns and sculptures of fish and stone turtles are hidden in a thicket of red ginger, oleander, and palm. My thatched villa on stilts is decorated with Asian artifacts and intricately carved settees. A gilded temple door leads to the bathroom, which has an outdoor shower...” MORE>>

Richard Alleman
“Bright Young Thing”

Travel + Leisure, Oct 2003