Victoria House

Caribbean plantation-style resort a mile from the world's second-largest barrier reef.

Score 82.41
Stats 42 rooms; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge The private location—a golf-cart ride away from the town of San Pedro—is also the island's most central.
Rooms to Book Stand-alone casitas with thatched roofs and extended patios.
Don't Miss The coconut daiquiri in the Admiral Nelson bar.
Cost Doubles from $178.
Contact (800) 247-5159 or 501-226-2067

www.victoria-house.com

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“Three years ago, Victoria House, barely two miles south of San Pedro, was an unpretentious beach hideaway. Today, its 35 casitas and suites have been redone in a tropical plantation style—louvered windows, netted canopy beds —by Houston-based Lancaster Hotels & Resorts. There's also a new beachfront pool and, nearby, a glamorous dining room with slipcovered chairs and columns with palm-frond frescoes. Chef Amy Knox—recently imported from the Colony in Sarasota, Florida—is already making a name for herself in Belize with...” MORE»

—Richard Alleman
“Bright Young Thing” in Travel + Leisure, Oct 2003