Travel + Leisure magazine – 500 Best Hotels in the World, 2007-08, 2010

"...the hotel offers everything from massage therapists from Thailand to administer treatments in authentic rice houses (which Coppola had shipped over from Indonesia). Ultimately, Turtle Inn's most powerful draw is its location. There's some of the world's best diving and fishing right offshore. A half-hour boat ride away is the Monkey River, in a primeval jungle that's home to more than 50 species of birds, as well as colonies of howler monkeys. Nearby Placencia gives a taste of the Caribbean circa 1968, with its hippie cafés and funky guesthouses. The ideal way to get to the village is on one of the resort's fleet of wildly painted retro bikes. It's those kinds of stylish details that are making Turtle Inn the talk of the region..."

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Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards – #3 Best Resort in Central & South America, 2007

“Turtle Inn is where Belize meets Bali (and a few other places). After the original structure—which Francis Ford Coppola had acquired and modified in 2000—succumbed to Hurricane Iris, the director built a new one to his exact specifications (and "personal joy") in 2003. The result: 25 rooms ranging from the Seaview Villas (private gardens, outdoor showers, Balinese woodwork) to the Chinese Matrimonial Suite (antique Chinese fertility bed, Chinese bath, screened-in porch), to the Pavilion House (private beach, steam shower, Japanese bath). Other sea-influenced attractions include the Mare restaurant (Italian, complete with Neapolitan brick pizza oven); the hotel's dive shop, which runs all manner of snorkeling and diving trips (Placencia is on the country's south coast, about 20 miles by boat from the reef); and a waterside spa."

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Elite Traveler – 101 Top Suites in the World, 2005

“There are always new incarnations of luxury, but true luxury is unmistakable and at its best—transcendent. And luxury doesn’t just mean over-the-top opulence; sometimes it’s simply in the exquisite attention to detail, the outstanding service that makes you feel like the sole guest of the hotel or the overall experience of feeling absolute comfort in your temporary home-away-from-home. So whether you’re heading to St. Barths to relax in a sumptuous beach haven, to Tanzania for an up-close look at the Serengeti’s abundant wildlife or to a nearby city for an impromptu getaway, we’ve scoured the globe to bring you the best of the best new suites, plus a few established classics, that will surpass any notion you had of luxury and redefine the standards to which you hold all others.”

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Featured Food & Drink

Featured Food & Drink

Gauguin Grill

Our beachfront restaurant features fresh, charcoal-grilled seafood accompanied by a choice of Balinese-inspired sauces and spices.