For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's San Pedro Town, Belize Travel Guide has been your connection to San Pedro Town's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
San Pedro Town Bed and Breakfast & San Pedro Town History
For a casual, relaxing bed and breakfast vacation on the Caribbean Sea, San Pedro Town and Ambergris Caye are the perfect place to be. Stroll through the colorful shops in San Pedro Town, snorkel in the sparkling azure waters, curl up with a good book on the beach, enjoy an authentic festival, and bask in the comfort and splendor of an oceanfront bed and breakfast. Search
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San Pedro Town is the main town on Ambergris Caye, the largest and most northern of Belize’s islands. Ambergris Caye (Am-BURR-jis Key) is 25 miles long and consists of three distinct areas, mangrove swamps, lagoons, and sand. From approximately 2000 B.C. to 1000 A.D., the Mayan Civilization flourished in Central America and developed a remarkable trade route from Mexico to Honduras. The Mayan settlers of Ambergris established fishing villages and later trading centers. Centrally located along the Mayan trading route, Ambergris Caye was a rest stop for traveling traders, supplying food from the fishing industry on the island. Many believe that British pirates discovered Ambergris Caye in the 1600’s and used the island as a safe haven to hide-out and stash their valuables. San Pedro village was founded by refugees from the wars in the Yucatan area. In 1842 Britain and Mexico were feuding over the Caye, with Mexico claiming it was part of the Yucatan Peninsula. Years later, refugees from the Caste War fled to Ambergris and joined the settlers already there. The settlers developed the fishing industry as well as planted and harvested coconut plantations, an industry that flourished from the 1880’s to the 1930’s. Today, San Pedro Town and Ambergris Caye are driven by tourism, drawing visitors to the beautiful weather, relaxed pace of life, fresh seafood, and lovely bed and breakfasts.
