Naia Resort and Spa
Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek, Belize
Location
Placencia
On a mile-long palm-fringed white-sand beach on the Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek.
Transfer
A Placencia transfer
A 35-minute domestic flight from Belize City to Placencia (PLJ) then a 15-minute drive; transfers included.
Villas
35 beach houses & villas
35 modern beach houses and treetop villas in Belizean hardwoods, with private verandas, direct beach access and full kitchens; many with private plunge pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Wellness travellers, couples and families; studios to five-bedroom houses.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Continental breakfast; Placencia transfers included.
About the Resort
Barefoot-luxury wellness on a mile of beach
Naia spreads along a mile of palm-fringed white sand on the Placencia Peninsula — a barefoot-luxury wellness resort and Belize's 2023 Hotel of the Year. Thirty-five modern beach houses and treetop villas in Belizean hardwoods open to private verandas and the beach, many with their own plunge pool and full kitchen. The spa is the heart of it: set on lily-covered lagoon islands with over-water treatment rooms and a private-island couples' suite. Fishing-to-table dining, cacao-farm tours and aerial yoga fill the days.
Accommodation
Beach houses & villas
35 beach houses and treetop villas, many with plunge pools.
Entry
Beachfront Studio
Sleeps two. An open-plan studio with Caribbean views, a private veranda and direct beach access.
BeachfrontSea view
Signature
One-Bedroom Beach House
Sleeps two to three. Beachfront, with a private plunge pool, full kitchen and veranda.
Plunge poolBeachfront
Family
Two-Bedroom Tree Top Villa
Sleeps four to five. Around 1,800 square feet across three storeys, with a soaking tub, outdoor shower, private plunge pool, full kitchen and dining for six.
Three-storeyPlunge pool
Top
Multi-Bedroom Beach House
Sleeps up to eight or nine. A three- to five-bedroom beachfront house with a private pool, full kitchen and direct beach access.
Multi-bedroomPrivate pool
Food & Drink
Dining
Signature dining, beach bar and spa café.
Signature
1981
The signature restaurant.
Beach
Beach bar
Poolside and barefoot.
Spa café
Waterside
Healthy snacks and juices.
Wellbeing
Naia Spa
Set on lily-covered lagoon islands with five or six over-water treatment rooms and a private-island couples' suite, plus a fitness and aerial-movement studio and a saltwater pool.
Over-water spa
On lagoon islands.
Two pools & plunge pools
Plus a saltwater pool.
Aerial yoga
A movement studio.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Wellness, water and the reef.
The lagoon spa
Over-water treatment rooms.
Fishing to table
The chef cooks your catch.
Cacao-farm tours
Belizean chocolate.
Kayak & paddleboard
Mangrove tours.
Diving & snorkelling
Off the peninsula.
Getting There
Location & Transfers
By air
From Belize City
A 35-minute flight to Placencia (PLJ).
By road
To the resort
A 15-minute drive; transfers included.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Naia Resort and Spa. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed and breakfast; transfers included.
Made for wellness
- Couples and families.
Setting
- A mile of Placencia beach.
Getting there
- A 35-minute flight from Belize City.
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