Trip IdeasFodor's In Focus Jamaica, 1st Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Jamaica!
• Fodor’s In Focus Jamaica features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
• If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Jamaica.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Jamaica!
• Fodor’s In Focus Jamaica features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
• If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Jamaica.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Be a Fodor’s Correspondent ............ 3
About This Book ............ 5
When to Go ............ 8
Jamaica
1 Montego Bay ............ 9
2 Ocho Rios & Runaway Bay ............ 49
3 Port Antonio ............ 89
4 Kingston & the Blue Mountains ............ 108
5 The South Coast ............ 136
6 Negril ............ 157
In Focus Jamaica Essentials ............ 187
About Our Writers ............ 224
Maps
Jamaica ............ 6
Exploring Montego Bay ............ 12
Montego Bay Dining & Lodging ............ 19
Exploring Ocho Rios & Runaway Bay ............ 54
Where to Stay & Eat in Ocho Rios ............ 59
Where to Stay & Eat in Ocho Rios & Runaway Bay ............ 62
Port Antonio Area ............ 93
Port Antonio ............ 96
Exploring Kingston ............ 113
Exploring Kingston & Vicinity ............ 115
Where to Stay & Eat in Kingston ............ 121
The South Coast ............ 141
Negril Dining ............ 162
Negril Lodging ............ 168
CloseUps
The Leeward Maroons ............ 18
Jamaican Bobsled Team ............ 20
Jamaican Cuisine ............ 22
The Man in Black ............ 40
A Splash of Reggae ............ 42
Getting Hitched ............ 58
Bond, James Bond ............ 65
Mad Dogs and Englishmen ............ 74
Goodbye, Columbus ............ 80
Erroll Flynn in Jamaica ............ 97
Barbecue, Jamaica-Style ............ 98
A Jamaican Treasure ............ 116
Pirate of the Caribbean ............ 119
Jiminy Cricket! ............ 127
Blue Mountain Coffee ............ 130
The Black River Great Morass ............ 143
A Helping Hand ............ 146
Host Jamaica ............ 149
Birding in Jamaica ............ 151
The Incredible Peter Tosh ............ 154
Rasta for Beginners ............ 163
Jamaican Patois ............ 167
The Green Flash ............ 179
About This Book ............ 5
When to Go ............ 8
Jamaica
1 Montego Bay ............ 9
2 Ocho Rios & Runaway Bay ............ 49
3 Port Antonio ............ 89
4 Kingston & the Blue Mountains ............ 108
5 The South Coast ............ 136
6 Negril ............ 157
In Focus Jamaica Essentials ............ 187
About Our Writers ............ 224
Maps
Jamaica ............ 6
Exploring Montego Bay ............ 12
Montego Bay Dining & Lodging ............ 19
Exploring Ocho Rios & Runaway Bay ............ 54
Where to Stay & Eat in Ocho Rios ............ 59
Where to Stay & Eat in Ocho Rios & Runaway Bay ............ 62
Port Antonio Area ............ 93
Port Antonio ............ 96
Exploring Kingston ............ 113
Exploring Kingston & Vicinity ............ 115
Where to Stay & Eat in Kingston ............ 121
The South Coast ............ 141
Negril Dining ............ 162
Negril Lodging ............ 168
CloseUps
The Leeward Maroons ............ 18
Jamaican Bobsled Team ............ 20
Jamaican Cuisine ............ 22
The Man in Black ............ 40
A Splash of Reggae ............ 42
Getting Hitched ............ 58
Bond, James Bond ............ 65
Mad Dogs and Englishmen ............ 74
Goodbye, Columbus ............ 80
Erroll Flynn in Jamaica ............ 97
Barbecue, Jamaica-Style ............ 98
A Jamaican Treasure ............ 116
Pirate of the Caribbean ............ 119
Jiminy Cricket! ............ 127
Blue Mountain Coffee ............ 130
The Black River Great Morass ............ 143
A Helping Hand ............ 146
Host Jamaica ............ 149
Birding in Jamaica ............ 151
The Incredible Peter Tosh ............ 154
Rasta for Beginners ............ 163
Jamaican Patois ............ 167
The Green Flash ............ 179
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