Caye Caulker is a cool little island to hangout on. Very inexpensive backpacker accommodations up to more expensive digs. There was just recently a thread than compared all three places.
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Taken from a recent post of mine:
I love San Pedro, amongst other reasons, because there is always live music playing somewhere in the evening and during the day, the beach is a bit like main street. It's an overly busy, bustling little town most days but the island stretches long in both directions and once out of the centre of town, one can find peace and beauty. Placencia so much smaller and walking along the sidewalk is a pleasure. Very peaceful there and the beach is fabulous.
Two very different experiences to my mind, at least the way I do it, since I stay
in centre of San Pedro instead of one of the lovely hotel/resorts further from town.
An addendum: It should be noted when i refer to the beach at San Pedro being like main street, I'm talking about town centre and not at the resorts outside of town centre. Further, it is foot traffic activity not vehicles.
I'd be more likely to compare Caye Caulker to Placencia, and in that case, CC might be the poor man's Placencia.