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Chabil Mar Resort – Belize
Beauty by Belize, luxury by design
Mayan for “Beautiful Sea,” the Chabil Mar Resort sits
at the end of the 16-mile Placencia Peninsula, a gor-
geous strip of palm and mango-covered land that bor-
ders the clear blue Caribbean Sea at the southeast-
ern tip of Belize. The small, private, guest exclusive,
luxury resort opened in 2005. “Placencia was, at that
point, getting the attention of the tourism industry in a
very different way that it had in previous years,” says
co-owner and Director of Sales and Marketing, Larry
France.” Up until that time, San Pedro on Ambergris
Caye, in the northeast, was the center of the country’s
tourist activity.
“As a result of the attention, the developer chose to
put together a property that was more upscale and
different than what was being offered,” France con-
tinues. “It was developed with a boutique approach in
mind – that it would be an all-villa resort, as opposed
to a hotel. And the property was selected because of
its proximity to the Village of Placencia, at the end of
the peninsula.” Chabil Mar has 19 luxury villas and
one honeymoon suite; all have personal verandas,
and all are outfitted with Belizean hardwood cabinetry,
granite counter tops, marble tiling, and fine linens and
bedding. Original art and local artifacts complement
the villas’ more modern conveniences, such as air
conditioning and wireless internet. The entire Chabil
Mar property sits amidst lush tropical gardens and dis-
plays with imported plants and flowers from all over
Belize that were brought in by the resort’s landscapers
and often transplanted in their native soils.
AT A GLANCE
WHO: Chabil Mar Resort
WHAT: A guest-exclusive, luxury, boutique resort
WHERE: Placencia Peninsula, Belize
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