lmorin
Contributor
Look into CoCo View Resort on Roatan. It is nowhere near 4 stars, but is a wonderful place to learn and expand one's diving. You'll have to decide for yourself whether or not it is too "bare bones" or not. It has property around it and even bicycles for use, but it is primarily for divers and about diving. So much so that if you go, you'll probably be drawn into the casual access to many dive opportunities per day. Moreover, it has an absolutely wonderful shore dive with a lot of variety to it. Consider the possibility that if you like the place so much for its diving opportunities, the presence or absence of other things to do becomes moot. (Not that there aren't other things to do, especially off site, if you wish).