Belmopan
Belmopan is the capital city of Belize.
Belmopan is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2022 was 20,754. Belmopan is the smallest capital city in the continental Americas and the second-largest settlement in Belize, behind the former capital Belize City. Founded as a planned community in 1970, it is one of the newest national capital cities in the world. Since 2000, Belmopan has been one of two settlements in Belize to hold official city status, along with Belize City.
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Worth seeing in and around Belmopan
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of Belize is the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the other being the Senate. It was created under the 1981 constitution.
1 km · lower house of Belize · Wikipedia - 02FFB Stadium
FFB Stadium is a football stadium in Belmopan, Belize. It has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.
2.4 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 03Guanacaste National Park
Guanacaste National Park is a 50-acre park in central Belize. It is named after a huge guanacaste tree that escaped being logged because its trunk divided into three bases, reducing its value as timber.
2.7 km · national park of Belize · Wikipedia - 04University of Belize
The University of Belize is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution offers certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a graduate degree.
1 km · National university of Belize · Wikipedia - 05Isidoro Beaton Stadium
Isidoro Beaton Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Belmopan, Belize. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Belizean football clubs Belmopan Blaze and Belmopan Bandits.
2.4 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 06National Assembly Building of Belize
The National Assembly Building of Belize is the home of Belize's two houses of Parliament - the House of Representatives and the Senate of Belize. It is located in Belmopan.
1 km · building in Belize, Belize · Wikipedia - 07Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral
Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the city of Belmopan, Belize. It serves as a co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan with the Holy Redeemer Cathedral in Belize City.
400 m · Roman Catholic cathedral in Belmopan, Belize · Wikipedia - 08Belize Archaeology Museum
The Belmopan Museum is a long-planned national museum in Belmopan, the capital of Belize. The originally planned building was to be an ambitious state-of-the-art center for displaying information about the environment and society of Belize, including an exhibit of Mayan archaeology.
1.1 km · national archaeology museum in Belmopan, Belize · Wikipedia - 09St. Ann's Anglican Church
St. Ann's Anglican Church is a church in Belmopan, Cayo District, Belize.
600 m · church in Belmopan, Belize · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Many tour companies in and around Belmopan, Belize Jungle Masters being the best for zip lining and run tours to a wide variety of interesting caves, ruins, and jungle trails. Belize True Adventures and Upside Down Tours are known for providing amazing tours to St. Herman's Cave and Crystal Cave at the Blue Hole National Park.
- 01Belize Zoo
Mile 29 on the George Price Highway (Western Highway) (32 km E of city), info@belizezoo.org.
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Things to do
Belmopan is a good place to walk around the neighbourhoods and market plazas. It is a great place to discover, as it has a low crime rate and is very laid back and relaxing.
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Where to eat
There are a lot of clean, Chinese-owned restaurants in Belmopan that make great Belizean food. The Yim Saan restaurant has great food and is a 4-star restaurant/hotel.
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Getting to Belmopan
- Airports
- Philip S. W. Goldson (BZE), 58 km · Ramón Villeda Morales (SAP), 219 km · Juan Manuel Gálvez (RTB), 260 km
- Stations
- Hector Silva Airstrip, 2.3 km
- Belize City → Belmopan66 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · $6–8
- San Pedro Sula → Belmopan210 km · quickest by road, 13h 12m · $44–60
- Coxen Hole → BelmopanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Belmopan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Belmopan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTo Puerto Cortés, Honduras, the Gulf Cruza, a small, rickety speed boat (20 people) leaves Placencia each Friday at around 9:30AM (4 hr US$50), going first to Big Creek.
- Get inSmall speedboats operate on a daily basis between Puerto Barrios in Guatemala to Punta Gorda, cost is around US$20 one way.
- Get aroundThe MCI buses are typically used for some Express services or for international trips to Chetumal or chartered buses to Flores.
- Get aroundFor those wanting a truly Belizean experience, take the water taxis from city to city.
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