Placencia Peninsula
A vacation home on the Caribbean, with the ease of a small beachfront retreat.
The stay
Casa, the Casita, and the Studio are separate residences, built with Belizean hardwoods from the Maya Mountains, about twenty miles inland. They are not hotel rooms.
What they share is the beach — two lots — and a 75-foot pier with a palapa. The shore is still spacious enough for each stay to have its own stretch of sand.
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Shared ground
The houses
Starting figures below are the current public rates on lavidabelize.com. They move. The listing confirms the price. They are not a quote.
01
From $180 a night
The largest of the three. A full kitchen, rooms cooled when the trade winds pause, and a pool with a thatched deck on the sea side of the house. French doors open toward the water. The beach and the pier are a short walk from the upper floor.
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02
From $145 a night
A hardwood cabana with its own plunge pool and deck, a kitchenette, and French doors toward the palms. Two guests take the queen; a third can use the futon. The beach in front of the Casita is shared with the other homes, and it is large enough to spread out.
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03
From $89 a night
A recently built studio with a queen bed, a full kitchen, a walk-in shower, and a porch under the palms. The stay includes the studio and that porch, plus the shared beach and pier. The Studio does not have its own pool; Casa and the Casita do.
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Up to 11 guests
The three homes can be reserved together. Casa sleeps 6, the Casita sleeps 3, and the Studio sleeps 2. Book each listing for the same dates. There is no combined cart here, because availability and the rate live on each listing.
Book the datesOn the grounds
Step outside and the Caribbean is there. Casa and the Casita each keep their own pool. The beach, the pier, the kayaks, the bicycles, and the snorkel gear are for whoever is staying.
Bicycles and snorkel gear are part of the stay. They were not in the photo set, so they are not pictured. The strip is the beach, the pier, the palapa, the decks, and the kayaks.
The peninsula
These frames are the Placencia Peninsula around La Vida. They are not photographs of Maya Beach village, the Silk Cayes, Monkey River, or Bocawina, and they are not a close view of one house.
Guest words
La Vida Belize is truly a home away from home. The house is beautiful and well-maintained. The kitchen has everything you could ever need. The views are amazing and we caught fish just off the beach via the kayak. It was everything the host described and we had a great trip.
After four days hiking in the mountains and jungle, we were ready to slow down. From the moment we saw the casita, we knew we chose the right spot. Perfectly tended and welcoming… from the tumbled stone path and the blooming hibiscus to the reviving plunge pool and coconut palms gently swaying on the very private beach… we felt as if it was our own oasis. The private pier, complete with palapa, was our go to spot for spectacular sunrises and astoundingly stargazing. Highly recommended.
THE BEST Airbnb we ever stayed at. Came here for our honeymoon and it was everything we could’ve imagined and more… close enough drive to the restaurants and the village, but far enough away for total and complete privacy. Pablo the groundskeeper was absolutely amazing for anything we needed. The small details that this place provided were unlike any place we stayed at before and really set it apart. The pool was amazing and we picked and cracked coconuts every morning right from the property for our smoothies (best local fruit you could ever ask for). Everything about the property was amazing and we will definitely be back.
This was by far my favorite place to visit, especially when traveling with a big family. It was super comfortable, pool was great for the kids and we all enjoyed our stay. Highly recommend!
Day trips
Placencia Village and Maya Beach are a short ride south, for dinner, groceries, and boats. From this part of the peninsula, guests go on to the Silk Cayes, Monkey River, and Bocawina. There are no photographs of those places in the set we were given, so none are shown here as if they were the property.
The nearer village stretch, a short ride from mile marker 11.
Restaurants, shops, and tour boats at the south end of the peninsula.
A boat day on the barrier reef. Not photographed in this package.
A river trip guests have taken during a stay. Not photographed here.
Inland park and trails, west of the peninsula. Not photographed here.
Our story
La Vida is three homes on one shore, close enough to Placencia for a night out and far enough that the evening belongs to the pier. Mornings can be a kayak, an afternoon a pool, and the night a chair under the palapa.
The grounds are looked after while you stay. Alyssa T wrote that groundskeeper Pablo was there for anything they needed. A host introduction will replace this note when it is ready.
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This is a note to the property, not a reservation. Live dates and rates stay on the listings above, or in the availability bar.
204 Plantation, MM 11
Placencia, Belize