My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our 6 nights in the “Red Snapper” at the Nautical Inn and our visit to the Seine Bight and Placencia area. Gail, Roger and their staff made our visit very comfortable and enjoyable and made their place feel like our home away from home. The morning coffee available was appreciated, the local breakfast in their restaurant was reasonably priced and good and they were very good about booking local tours and calling a taxi when needed.
The “Red Snapper” is just 30 feet or so from the ocean – I can’t imagine being any closer to the water! Waking up to the sound of the waves was nice. This is a small establishment and not a Marriott, and it was perfect for us and exactly as described and pictured. It’s a great place to relax, grab a book and just chill out.
The town of Seine Bight is very close with an adequate grocery store and a few roadside food stands and there are a few nearby restaurants within a mile or two. For most anything else a trip into Placencia is a short 5 mile car, cart or bike trip. A taxi to Placencia is about $10-12 USD each way and there are many shops, grocery stores, restaurants, bars, dive shops and tour operators available. I would recommend having a car or even better for short trips, golf cart rentals are available for around $20-30 USD/day. Food and drink in Placencia were reasonable and of course the seafood is fresh and very good.
We took a tour to Monkey River and a snorkel trip to Laughing Bird Caye arranged by Gail and both were very good with small groups guided by locals.
We flew from Belize City to Placencia and it was a nice, easy experience in a small plane of about 10 passenger size so getting there was no problem.
We certainly hope we can come back to Nautical Inn again soon!