I'm laughing as many people have indicated that you can walk to the sign, but they clearly overlooked the fact that you're arriving by plane! Depending on the length of your layover, check out Discovery Expeditions or S&L Travel and Tours who offer Belize City tours. You can get customised tours anywhere from 2.5 to 4 hours long that could include the city zoo &/or the museum. It also depends on the day you arrive as some of the sites close on a weekend. We did our tour on a Saturday afternoon and the city was pretty dead - market and 95% of the shops closed and no cruise ship in port so no street vendors. So our tour was mainly a drive through downtown, the nice part of town, the slums, the cemetery. Compared with other cities there is not really much to do or see here. The sign, whilst rather a corny touristy thing to see, is probably the most interesting thing there is in Belize City apart from appreciating the beautiful old architecture. Otherwise, honestly, if you simply booked your onward flight without going into the city, you actually won't be missing out on anything much, other than one more town to add to your travel list.

It’s perfectly safe. There is an older gentleman there a lot of times who will tell you the history of Belize. He’s a wanderer, so be sure to offer him a little money when he’s done. We had a great time in Belize City. :)

Hay 2 Sing Monument en al ciudad, uno se encuentro a escasos 100 metros de la terminal Watertaxis y el otro se encuentra a un par de Kms al otro extremo de la ciudad (área exclusiva de Belize) con mi familia visitamos ambos de día y no tuvimos ninguna problema... por las noches no lo recomiendan los mismos taxi drivers... saludos!

You'd have to drive from the airport to Belize City (roughly 15-20 min at most). The northern sign would probably be fastest to see if you just wanted to get in take a picture and get out. It's in a residential area and you won't encounter much traffic or people, parking should be easy as well. If you choose to go to the Southern sign you'll also see the lighthouse but may encounter more traffic, trouble parking near the sign, etc. Just depends what your agenda is, I guess.

Yes and no (but yes). There is one in the south near Fort St by the lighthouse a short walk from where the water taxis and ships arrive and there is another up north (sea shore dr) in a residential area. The northern one is what pips up on google maps and more commonly referred to. They are both exactly the same apart from their location. Both are located within/near a park if you want to picnic. Unless you have your own vehicle, I wouldn't bother going to the northern one. We visited both just to make sure they weren't different. The southern one (by tourism village/water taxis) is near the lighthouse and Fort George Park is close too so you'll get more bang as a tourist on that one.

We were not on a cruise, our guide David from Cave Tubing R Us offered to take us there on the way back to the municipal airport. He said it was a great picture and it was.

Not far. walking distance.