My husband and I stayed at Bayshore Bijou Suites from Jan 3, 2020 until Jan 8, 2020. Tanya and her mother in law Jenny (I hope I got that right I’m terrible with names) were both amazing. The hotel is beautifully manicured, clean, quite, and affordable! They offer a pile of equipment that tenants can use at no extra charge and helped us get sorted when we wanted to use it. All equipment was in good working order which is half the battle sometimes (we’ve used some pretty rickety bikes in past trips to Belize). The washing machines were free of charge to use and they provided me with detergent for a small fee. Highlight for me were the friendly chickens that live at the back of the property that I visited daily with a few scraps of food. They came running when they saw me on the deck which I love but were never a nuisance. Don’t worry if you’re not a chicken fan, they’re not that interested in you if you don’t go out of your way to feed them like I did.
The only thing I would like to mention is that they are located in Maya Beach about 13kms ish from Placencia. Although not a huge problem for us (we rented a golf cart and managed the 30 min commute no problem to Placencia almost daily, sometimes twice daily) but if you are looking to walk everywhere then this will be too far for that. Biking is also an option and takes about 45-1 hour one way and the bikes are provided. Taxis are also available and many rent a car.
Overall it was amazing and we are already looking at returning next year.