San Ignacio Resort Hotel

Top choice in San Ignacio


The most upscale hotel in San Ignacio by a considerable margin (Queen Elizabeth stayed here, as the photos in the lobby attest), this is boutique luxury but with welcoming, professional staff and a serene location just uphill from the town center. Beyond the pool area the property is backed by jungle and home to the excellent Green Iguana Conservation Project.

Rooms are understated but exquisite; family-sized suites comfortably house six, while standard rooms are more cozy but all have private balconies with views of the pool or the hotel's lush garden. If you're in the mood for an in-town splurge, this is the place (ask for the Queen's room).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Ignacio attractions

1. Green Iguana Conservation Project

On the lush Macal Valley grounds of the San Ignacio Resort Hotel, this excellent program collects and hatches iguana eggs, raising the reptiles until they…

3. House of Culture

0.4 MILES

In the former hospital behind the town hall, the House of Culture has regular art, history and cultural exhibitions, as well as being a local meeting…

5. Cahal Pech

0.69 MILES

High atop a hill about a mile south of San Ignacio, Cahal Pech is the oldest-known Maya site in the Belize River valley, having been first settled between…

6. Branch Mouth

1.78 MILES

Branch Mouth is the meeting place of the Mopan River, coming from Guatemala, and the Macal River, flowing down from Mountain Pine Ridge. The confluence of…

8. Chaa Creek

3.09 MILES

Set along the banks of the Macal River, beautiful Chaa Creek is a 365-acre nature reserve offering extensive facilities to lodge guests and nonguests…