With some great day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up all that Museum of Belize, 60 miles away, has to offer. See the best sights beginning with Cucumber Beach, Tourism Village and Bannister Island. Locals will also probably point you in the direction of Placencia Beach, 35 miles away. If you can only see one attraction here, make sure it’s Maya Beach. (But we’re also big fans of Silk Caye National Park and Placencia Peninsula.)