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San Ignacio

San Ignacio is a small town in the Cayo region of Belize, with around 25,000 citizens. San Ignacio, or Cayo as it is called, is on the Macal river, and makes a good and affordable base for exploration of the stunning regions around it, with plenty of day trips to be taken and several decent tour guides willing to take you. Wikivoyage

Population 26,151 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Belize

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Belize
Tourist office · 1.0 km Tourist Information Office

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Farmer's Market

    No hours mapped

    940 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 6 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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