Turtle Inn

Need to know

Rooms

25.

Rates

Low season, $385–$1,600; high season, $400–$2,100, including Continental breakfast. Rates exclude 19 per cent tax and service charge.

Check-out

Midday, although later can be arranged, if available.

Facilities

Thai spa, small library, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: iPod dock, minibar, hand-made organic toiletries.

Poolside

Turtle Inn has two pools; one a sea-green circle on the lawn by the bar, moments from the sea, the other a triangular infinity pool nestled between the cottages.

Eco-friendly

The hotel keeps its carbon footprint down by not using air-conditioning or other techno-trappings. All its villas and cottages are built from locally sourced material (thatch, bamboo, limestone and wood) and kitchen ingredients are grown on site.

Also

There’s a two-night minimum stay during high season and a four-night minimum at Christmas and Easter.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Choose between classic Italian dishes and wood-fired pizza at the Mare restaurant, char-grilled seafood at the beachfront Gauguin Grill, and Auntie Luba’s traditional Belizean cuisine. Mariachi bands and Garifuna dancers perform weekly at Mare.

Dress code

Beaches and gleam.

Top table

Nab a spot on the outside of Mare’s vaulted cabana where you can gaze at the ocean uninterrupted, or, have a private table set up on the beach and be served under the stars.

Last orders

Mare is open until 9pm; Auntie Luba’s and the Gauguin Grill are open between noon and 8.30pm (reservations required).

Room service

Meals can be brought to your room until 9pm.

Hotel bar

The Laughing Fish beside the pool is a laid-back beach bar with a barefoot, sand-floored vibe. A little more formal, the Skip White attached to the Mare restaurant serves up Coppola’s own wine labels and an array of lime-spiked rum cocktails.

Also worth knowing

Children

Under-12s stay free – the eight two-bed villas are ideal for families. Extra beds are $50 a night (plus tax). Babysitting is available, if you notify staff at check-in. More…

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A 30-minute Thai-style massage each

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