Essential Travel UK - Blancaneaux is #1 Honeymoon Destination

Francis Ford Coppola, the director behind The Godfather trilogy, proves his creative talent goes beyond movies with the Blancaneaux Lodge in Belize. The resort's jungle and Privassion riverside was apparently inspired by the lush Philippines landscape of his film Apocalypse Now. Feel like you're on a film set in a luxury villa or cabana and fill your days with cocktails at the jungle bar or explore by bike, foot or on horseback.

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Travel + Leisure's World's Best 2009 & 2010- #1 Best Resort in Central & South America

Francis Ford Coppola’s famed resort Blancaneaux Lodge in San Ignacio, Belize has been named “Best Resort in Central + South America” in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards readers’ poll for two consecutive year. Blancaneaux Lodge is also included on Travel + Leisure’s 2010 list of “Top 100 Hotels Overall” ranking 63rd this year. “For us, being awarded “Best Resort in Central + South America” by Travel + Leisure readers is a true testament to the creative vision of Mr. Coppola and the wonderful staff at Blancaneaux Lodge and Turtle Inn that goes above and beyond everyday to offer the best experiences for our guests – this honor really belongs to them,” said Serena Lightner, Vice President of Resorts for Francis Ford Coppola Presents.

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Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards - Top 15 Resort in Central & South America, 2007-2010

“Blancaneaux is the kind of place that makes you feel as if you were being put up by your rich, eccentric uncle. Of course, he's merely your figurative uncle—unless you happen to be, say, Nicolas Cage. Yes, Francis Ford Coppola is the proprietor in question, and his tastes and travel loot pervade the place, where he's blended Central American textiles, Mexican curios, a Thai spa (with some of the best massage this side of the Mekong), and most recently, a Guatemalan restaurant to supplement the Italian fare already on offer at Montagna. The mix works beautifully..."

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Caracol

Situated in the Chiquibul Forest, Caracol is the most extensive Mayan site in Belize. This Classic-period site is noted for the rare use of giant date glyphs on circular stone altars.