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Getting to La Ceiba on the Honduran mainland requires a 45-minute drive to the jetty followed by an hour-and-15-minute ferry. The jetty to Utilla is a 10-minute drive followed by a 40-minute boat ride. Little French Key, a beautiful island with a private zoo, is an hour drive followed by a five-minute boat ride. A day trip to explore Cayos Cochinos, a small carless island without cars, is an hour boat ride from the hotel. Anthony’s Key, where guests can swim and interact with dolphins, is a 15-minute drive. West End, the island’s center for nightlife that has a ton of restaurant options is a 10-minute taxi ride from Paradise Beach. Within a five-minute walk are multiple restaurants and bars serving international cuisines including Italian, sushi, and an Argentinian grill. The beach is the most popular on the island, so expect to encounter cruise ship groups and an army of vendors selling everything from massages to hair braiding to hats to pictures with monkeys.Ī three-minute walk away, there’s a mini-mart, ATM, and a pharmacy. From the hotel’s beach, it’s a 15-minute swim to amazing snorkeling on the world’s second largest reef: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Paradise Beach Hotel has an ideal location on West Bay Beach, a long, golden sand beach lined with resorts on Roatan’s northwest shoreline. Guests at Paradise Beach are a mix of people from Central America, Canada, and Italy, and mostly a mix of older retirees, some younger couples, and lots of groups. The hotel’s oceanfront restaurant doubles as the entertainment spot and night’s heat up with Garifuna dancing, belly dancers, and live music. Paradise Beach’s beautiful freshwater pool stretches half the resort’s length and is complemented with fountains and a big waterfall that resembles a jumble of downed logs. When cruise ships are in port, the hotel welcomes lots of day trippers and beach chairs get snapped up quickly. The wide beach has lots of plastic lounge chairs and thatch cabanas for shade, but get there early. The hotel’s grounds are lush and covered in palm trees, tropical hedges, blossoming flowers, and a mix of rustic stone and sand pathways. Over time, it evolved into a full-service hotel and officially opened its doors in 2002. Paradise Beach started out in 1995 as a community of private villas.