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Reviews of Blancaneaux Lodge by Francis Ford Coppola

3.5 out of 5
Blancaneaux Lodge by Francis Ford Coppola
San Ignacio, Cayo, Mountain Pine Ridge

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 20 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

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10/10 Excellent

Steve

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Top notch resort with amazing staff that cares to learn your name and friendly great you at every turn. Highly recommend. Loved our stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Salvatore

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Hani

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Food was mediocre to terrible They couldn’t even make a decent pot of coffee in the morning. The lamb at dinner was like shoe soles and had to be returned. Considering that we were captive audience in this beautiful place, the food really ruined the experience.

8/10 Good

Anabella

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

john

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it
Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. Loved it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anna

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Amazing Lodge in the Jungle
This is a beautiful place to stay in the jungle near Belmopan. Service is fantastic - 5 types of mojitos and great food. Little secluded rooms that are very romantic. But beware of the road to get there - when we were there in June 2021 they were doing major works and it took much much longer than expected.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Renato

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect getaway
Simply one of the best hotel I’ve ever been to. Staff, service, food, the area, the views. Everything just perfect. The garden is so special, best dinner and best place. We simply loved it.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Property and food is excellent. They need to re-do all the stairs. They don't work and flow well. It is an easy correction but it is all wrong. Amazes me that Mr. Coppola being Italian failed on this when the Romans were the champions of roads and accesses. They set the standards for the next milleniums.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Perry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
INCREDIBLE
One of the most incredible places I’ve ever stayed!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing place , highly recommend I loved everything about it , the place, the amenities , the restaurants , the staff, the location , the activities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a great experience this place was. The staff is wonderful, the room is stunning, beauty everywhere you look. Definitely worth the haul up the mountain, and plenty to do once you're up there!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

AR, new york, us

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed as a family in a 2 bedroom villa overlooking the creek--the villas are massive and extremely comfortable and quaint. The location is unbelievable--by staying next to the creek/river, you wake up to the sound of the water--extremely soothing. The best part besides location is definitely the STAFF--the most amazing people we have ever met! Although some people complain about bugs, we did not really experience any--all of the rooms have nets and the bathrooms have insect repellants--I think in the 5 days/4 nights we got maybe 2 mosquito bites between the 3 of us. We did wear a lot of bug spray (which is actually provided for free by the pool if you forget). The pool is great by the way and a relaxing way to spend an afternoon.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dominique, San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Outstanding place in the jungle
Amazing place. Amazing service. A vacation dream
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Carine, Atlanta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wanted to stay permanently!
We visited the lodge for my husband's 50th birthday. I was looking for a place to relax and be pampered and we were not disappointed. There were no pictures that give justice to the cabanas and the sheer beauty of our surrounding. At night time, the smell of the sweet grass permeates the cabanas and is the most awesome smell! The service and food were excellent! Our only complaint was that we should have planned to stay longer. This was a complete surprise trip for my husband (he didn't know where we were going until we arrived at the lodge). By the second day, he wanted for us to start planning a return trip with other couples. We definitely plan on returning to combine our stay with Turtle Inn and La Lancha.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Suzy, Los Angeles, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Blancaneux -- Luxury in the Jungle of Belize!!
So after having heard of Coppola's place years ago, I decided to take my teenage kids over spring break this year. We were there for 4 nights and really loved it. It is truly IN the jungle, which is great, as we live in LA so didn't need just the beach experience in Belize (as we get the beach all year round) It is a beautiful lodge and the people there are truly the best part! We were in C2 cabana -- not one of the big villas, but it was absolutely fine. Still has a great porch/veranda and river view. The pool was lovely, the hot pool so relaxing, and my daughter said the spa was great (she had a facial). As for the dining, there are 3 options -- in the lodge there is restaurant, which is really good, which we ate at a few times. Then in the organic garden there is a family style dinner where you go get a tour of the garden and then they serve you dinner (I think there were maybe 15 or so of us that night). That was great fun and the food was delicious. And, then our last night we dined at the Guatemala restaurant, which is small right next to the pool and we really loved that. Johnny, our waiter was the bomb. Also, we loved Happy Hour . Great drinks. Also, hiking to Big Rock waterfall was worth it -- the waterfall is so beautiful. And, if you can -- swim up into the waterfall where you can stand on the rock and let the water run down on you. It is really magical. Just bring plenty of water with you on the hike, it is hot out there! :-)
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful lodging with top notch service.
Awesome area resort is stunning and enjoyed all amenities. The road I am out is dirt and stone rutted for 15 miles and takes one hour. You can fly in and out kid there if you have the $$.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018