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About Roatan
Roatan is a beautiful tropical Caribbean island with stunning views of the sea with its shades of blue, lush vegetation, and gorgeous sunsets. The island has the contour of a gentle mountain ridge rising from the sea and stretching from the southwest to the northeast.
Roatan is approximately 40 miles long and up to 4 miles and the yearly average temperature in Roatan is 80 degrees. Constant trade winds keep the climate cool and rainfall from December to February keeps the island lush and green.
Visitors from around the world enjoy Roatan's relaxed lifestyle, beautiful sea, mild climate, friendly people and the BOB Underwater Adventure!
Located near the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea (second largest worldwide after Australia's Great Barrier Reef), Roatán has become an important cruise destination in Honduras. Tourism is its most important economic sector, though fishing is also an important source of income for islanders.
Throughout European colonial times, the Bay of Honduras attracted a diverse array of individual settlers, pirates, traders and military forces, engaged in various economic activities and playing out political struggles between the European powers, chiefly Britain and Spain. Roatán and the other Bay Islands were used as frequent resting points for sea travelers.
In the latter half of the 19th century, the island populations grew steadily and established new settlements all over Roatán and the other islands. Settlers came from all over the world and played a part in shaping the cultural face of the island. Islanders started a fruit trade industry which became profitable. By the 1870s it was purchased by American interests, most notably the New Orleans and Bay Islands Fruit Company. Later companies, the Standard Fruit and United Fruit Companies, became the foundation for modern-day fruit companies, the industry which gave Honduras the nickname "banana republic".
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While in Roatan, enjoy another day in paradise on Aventura Beach! Located in West Bay, calm waters and swaying palm trees will delight your senses while island drinks and cuisine will delight your palette!
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