Explore Jamaica
Find your way into Jamaica.
Everything we have published so far, in one place. Browse by destination if you are deciding where to base yourself, by place if you already know roughly where you are going, or by guide if you would rather read your way in.
Destinations
Where to base yourself, and what each one is actually like.
Places and experiences
Specific places, with where they are and how they fit into a trip.
Montego Bay
Doctor's Cave Beach Beach · Gloucester Avenue, Montego BayA city beach on Gloucester Avenue that gives somebody staying in Montego Bay an easy way to get in the water without turning it into a full excursion.Gloucester Avenue Area · Montego Bay, St. JamesThe waterfront street most people call the Hip Strip, and the part of Montego Bay that works without a car.Harmony Beach Park Beach · Howard Cooke Boulevard, Montego BayA sixteen acre public beach park on the Montego Bay waterfront, opened in 2021 and run as a park rather than as a bathing club.Montego Bay Marine Park Natural Site · Montego Bay shoreline, St. JamesThe protected water along Montego Bay's own shoreline, which is why the reef here is reachable from a beach rather than from a boat.The Pelican Grill Restaurant · Gloucester Avenue, Montego BayA family run Jamaican restaurant on Gloucester Avenue that has been feeding Montego Bay since the 1960s.Scotchies Restaurant · Coral Gardens, St. JamesAn open air jerk centre east of Montego Bay where the cooking is done outside, over pimento wood, in front of you.Rose Hall Great House Historic Site · Rose Hall, St. JamesA Georgian great house above the coast east of Montego Bay, built in 1770 on a sugar estate and restored two centuries later.Rocklands Bird Sanctuary Natural Site · Anchovy, St. JamesA hillside garden above Montego Bay where wild hummingbirds feed from the hand, open to visitors since 1962.Martha Brae River Rafting Experience · Near Falmouth, TrelawnyA slow river experience on a bamboo raft that works as a half day outside Montego Bay.Luminous Lagoon Natural Site · Falmouth, TrelawnyA lagoon at Falmouth where the water lights up when it is disturbed, and one of a very small number of places in the world that does it.
Negril
Seven Mile Beach Beach · Long Bay, Negril, WestmorelandThe long sand beach that runs the length of one side of Negril, and the reason most people choose the town at all.Alfred's Ocean Palace Restaurant · Norman Manley Boulevard, Negril, WestmorelandA family run seaside restaurant and beach bar on the Seven Mile Beach side of Negril, with the sand still part of the room.The West End Area · West End Road, Negril, WestmorelandThe cliff side of Negril, where the coast turns to limestone and the day is arranged around the end of it.Rick's Cafe Attraction · West End, NegrilA cliffside bar and restaurant on Negril's West End, open since 1974, where the end of the day is the thing everything is arranged around.Pushcart Jerk Center & Rum Bar Restaurant · West End Road, Negril, WestmorelandAn open air jerk centre and rum bar on the Negril West End, where the pan rather than the view is what the place is arranged around.Bloody Bay Beach · Bloody Bay, Negril, HanoverThe bay north of Seven Mile Beach, with a quieter public stretch of white sand and reef close to shore.Mayfield Falls Natural Site · Pennycooke, WestmorelandA river in the hills inland from Negril that you walk up rather than look at, through a run of small falls and pools.
Guides
Longer reads, for when the decision is made and the days are not.
48 Hours in Montego Bay Montego Bay guideA useful two day itinerary for someone who wants more than the inside of a resort.Negril or Montego Bay? Where to stayThey share an airport and almost nothing else. Which one fits depends on how long you are staying.Beyond the Resort: Montego Bay Beyond the resortThe question is not whether to leave the property. It is which one or two things are worth leaving for.Negril Beyond Seven Mile Beach Negril guideMost of Negril happens on the sand. The rest of it is a short ride away.
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