My husband and I just stayed here for an 8 day trip to Belize and the house was INCREDIBLE. It sits tucked into the lagoon surrounded by beautiful tropical trees and feels very secluded without being too far from town. It's a really beautiful "open air" (with screened windows) and super spacious home that was a treat to stay in. We loved cooking in the kitchen and looking out into the palm trees, or drinking our morning coffee up in the watch tower over the lagoon. As they mention, there is no A/C and at times it was pretty warm at night, even with three fans on us, but still manageable. Herbert and Simone live next door and were there to greet us when we arrived and check-in was a breeze. They also very thoughtfully left us a local cell phone to use in order to arrange any tours or otherwise without using our international phone plans. Plenty of beach towels and even a couple sets of snorkel gear to borrow if needed (BTW definitely snorkel!!! We took a boat out to Silk Caye and saw the coral and swam with sea turtles, nurse sharks and rays -- it was unforgettable). Getting to Placencia town proper is a little bit of a drive, or bus ride, and takes about 15 minutes, but there's also plenty of things to do that are within walking (or bike ride -- they have these at the house too!) as well. The Maya Beach hotel and bistro are super close on the main road and have good food and a nice beach with loungers and a gorgeous pier with thatched roof shade covering a couple of hammocks and chairs over the water. All of the beaches are public so almost all of the hotels and restaurants will have seating/lounge chairs on the beach that you may use if you buy a bit of food or drink. Many will also have pools which came in handy for days where the sargassum was a bit too much to wade through, ha. We recommend skipping the restaurant right by the house (The Hungry Gecko) -- it made us both sick unfortunately. But do eat the street food - it is absolutely some of the best we had on our whole vacation. Find yourself someone selling stew chicken on the road, and I promise you you'll be in heaven. If you have the time, we also took a cooking class with Taste Belize where we learned to make hadut on the beach with the most adorable family and it may have been the best meal we had on the trip. We also took a day trip out to Cockscomb Basin and hiked the Tiger Fern Trail which was a little strenuous which muddy uphill hiking most of the way, but the double waterfall reward at the end was incredible. If you're there early, you will be the only ones swimming in the pool under the falls and it will...