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Placencia Peninsula

Placencia is a long, narrow peninsula – almost an island – along the Caribbean coastline of . However, if you are an outdoor nature enthusiast, looking for beautiful sunsets, 25 km of barrier reef off the coast, outstanding local cuisine, all in a lush, relatively raw, natural and untouched state, you may have found your paradise.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Placencia and Seine Bight.

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is a tourist village of about 750 people at the southern tip of the resort peninsula in . It offers tourist bars, kayaking, snorkelling, diving, saltwater fly fishing, and whale shark watching.

is a village on the Placencia Peninsula located in the of . It is located 2+1⁄2 miles south of Maya Beach Village and North of the village of .

Placencia Peninsula

Latitude
16.5939° or 16° 35′ 38″ north
Longitude
-88.3667° or 88° 22′ west
Open location code
768HHJVM+H8
Wiki­data ID
Q14229496
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