This is Placencia, Belize's booming beach town. Stretching across a 16-mile-long peninsula, Placencia offers a myriad of nature reserves and underwater sanctuaries along with postcard-perfect vistas.

Independent from Britain since 1981, Belize is a country of undeniable beauty, from waterfalls and underground caves to a UNESCO World Heritage barrier reef. There's a rich blend of mestizo ...

PLACENCIA, Belize -- It's summertime and the living is easy and affordable in southern Belize, where properties on the Placencia peninsula are offering discounted prices.

Stewart Krohn is a modern-day Renaissance man. Before opening Naïa Resort and Spa in Placencia, Belize, Krohn worked as a first mate, a tennis pro, wrote for a magazine, started a magazine ...