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Tours and Attractions Welcome to Jamaica There’S So Much to See and Experience in Jamaica Tours and Attractions Welcome To Jamaica There’s so much to see and experience in Jamaica. While you’re only here for a short visit, it is our hope that Jamaica’s over 150 activities and attractions will be appealing and intriguing, so much so, that you will return to explore the island’s rich cultural heritage and natural scenic beauty. Whatever your interest, this destination has something for everyone, no matter your port of entry. This guide provides a list of things to do and see by resort area, but bear in mind that this is only a sampling of what our island has to offer. Distances are reasonably short from one resort area to the next, making it possible to arrive in one resort area and enjoy the attractions in another. The Jamaica Tourist Board is always more than happy to provide you with guidance and suggestions. Be sure to visit us on the web at www.visitjamaica.com for more information to make your visit a memorable one. Tours Shopping Chukka Good Hope Estate Fort Montego Craft Market Once a working village and sugar plantation dating to the 1700s, This old fort once guarded Montego Bay Harbour. Today, it contains Good Hope Estate is now home to a variety of adventure and cultural the remains of an artillery store and a few well–preserved cannons as experiences. Recreational park and soft adventure playground on a well as several souvenir and craft shops. 2,000-acre estate with a historic Great House. Montego Bay Open: Tues, Wed, Fri, from 10:30am to 2:30pm Harbour Street Craft Market Located on three blocks between Barnett and Market Street Croydon in the Mountains downtown Montego Bay, you can find a good selection of handmade A 132-acre working plantation in the foothills of the Catadupa souvenirs of Jamaica, including straw hats and bags, wooden platters, mountains (45 minutes from Montego Bay). Its main crops are coffee, straw baskets, musical instruments, beads, carved objects, and toys. pineapples, plantains and citrus. Guided half-day tour. Open: Tues, Wed, Fri, from 10:30am to 2:30pm The Shoppes at Rose Hall Located along Jamaica’s elegant corridor, the Shoppes at Rose Hall Greenwood Great House offer a luxurious blend of specialty retail stores featuring international Over 200 years old. Formerly owned by the family of Elizabeth Barrett jewelers, lifestyle brands, specialty souvenirs and first class food, that Browning, the famous English poet, Greenwood is one of the best creates an unforgettable shopping experience. preserved great houses on the island. Open daily: 9:00am to 6:00pm Whitter Village Located in Ironshore, on the eastern side of the island’s tourist capital, Rafting on the Martha Brae this shopping center is easily identified by its landmark Clock Tower. 90-minute river trip on Jamaica’s premier river-rafting attraction. With its theme of a traditional Jamaican town center, featuring a Open daily: 8:30am to 4:30pm, except on public holidays beautifully landscaped Village Square and Main Street. The mall is a great place to shop, dine, meet friends and chill. Rose Hall Great House The White Witch awaits you in the great house at Rose Hall. Although she died more than a century ago, Annie Palmer still stirs memories of her reign as the mistress of the Rose Hall Great House (below). Open daily: 9:00am to 6:00pm; Night tours: 6:30pm to 9:15pm Montego Bay, popularly called Mobay, is Jamaica’s tourist capital. It is the second largest city and a major cruise port with numerous Restaurants/Entertainment Margaritaville Caribbean Bar & Grill beach resorts and the Montego Bay Convention Centre. This resort Located on Montego Bay’s Hip Strip, the menu features burgers, fajitas, grilled specialties and authentic local fare. Activities also include region also includes the popular Doctor’s Cave Beach as well as bouncing on a giant water trampoline, relaxing in a rooftop hot tub, or riding the monster slide that plunges 110 feet into the sea. snorkeling and diving at coral reefs in the protected waters Scotchies The smoke streaming out of the kitchen, the meat cooking over of the Montego Bay Marine Park. pimento wood — you know your taste buds will definitely come alive. The atmosphere is laid back and has become a favorite with visitors to the island craving a taste of Jamaica before heading home! Tours Shopping Chukka Good Hope Estate Albert George Market Once a working village and sugar plantation dating to the 1700s, The Albert George market was established just off Water Square Good Hope Estate is home to an unparalleled variety of adventures in 1895. The market was a hub of activity and anything could be and cultural experiences. Recreational park and soft adventure bought here. The market gets its name from Queen Victoria’s two playground on a 2,000-acre estate with an historic Great House. sons — Albert and George. Currently, the market sells mainly crafts Falmouth and produce. To give a flavour of the market’s historic setting there Hampden Estate Rum Tour are several antique artifacts on display in the market such as stills and Hampden produces distinctive types of rum known for centuries crushing wheels. throughout Europe, England, Scotland, and South America where they Note to Visitors: Don’t leave the cruise port without some Jamaican are used to flavor and blend many retail rum brands. Learn about the Blue Mountain coffee, one of the finest in the world, or your Appleton over 260-year old rum making process and explore the picturesque Estate Jamaica Rum. 3,500 acre estate surrounding the Hampden Great House. Falmouth Food Tour In a 2-1/2 hour guided walking tour of the historic town of Falmouth, sample local cuisine which has been seasoned, marinated and steeped in centuries of history. Discover what plantation life was like when “Sugar was King,” and how the life and rhythm of the sugar plantation shaped what our peoples ate and how it was prepared. Falmouth Heritage Walking Tour Falmouth Heritage Walks offers a guided walking tour of Falmouth, a historic port town perfectly laid out to be explored by walkers. If you are a history buff, walker, or admirer of British colonial architecture, this tour is for you! Colonel Thomas Reid founded the town in 1769, and the historic fabric that remains will delight visitors as they leisurely walk on streets that were laid down over 240 years ago. River Bumpkin Farm Nestled in the heart of the lush Trelawny forests, this gorgeous plantation takes you off-the-beaten-path to a site brimming with exciting eco-excursions. From river tubing and kayaking on the Martha Brae River to bicycle trekking past historic ruins, River Bumpkin Farm is Restaurants/Entertainment the perfect place for the entire family to enjoy. Falmouth is the capital city of Jamaica’s Trelawny Parish. It’s a busy Glistening Waters This well recommended restaurant and sports bar, which overlooks cruise port that lies between Ocho Rios and Montego Bay on the island’s the lovely lagoon serves mostly local cuisine and lots of seafood cruise port that lies between Ocho Rios and Montego Bay on the island’s dishes. The Luminous Lagoon is known around the world as Jamaica’s only night-time attraction! Come out and experience what nature north shore. The city is characterized by its Georgian architecture, has to show you at this remarkable spot, where you will witness a phenomenon that only occurs in certain parts of the world. concentrated in the Falmouth Historic District. To the south, the 18th- Open: 10:00 am- 9:30 pm Pepper’s Jerk Center century Good Hope Estate was originally a sugar plantation. Further Falmouth is home to some of the best preserved Georgian era architecture, and Pepper’s Jerk Center is set in former slave quarters. East, near Ocho Rios, Dunn’s River Falls cascades over limestone rocks. As such, the location remains authentic and has not been modernized. Taste the savory jerked chicken, jerked pork, curried shrimp, curried chicken, escoveiched fish, barbecued chicken and more. Tours Shopping Dolphin Cove Island Village Swim with the dolphins and see animals and birds in a natural cove A multifaceted entertainment center with shopping, dining, film, surrounded by a lush, tropical rain forest, rivers and waterfalls. cybercafé, gaming, art and a beach, plus an interactive celebration of Open daily Reggae music, from Ska to Dancehall. Open daily Ocho Rios Dunns River Falls & Park Visitors can make the 600 feet climb from the base of the falls, hand-in- Ocho Rios Craft Park hand like a human daisy chain. Guides at Dunn’s River Falls are skilled at Here a vendor will weave a hat or a basket while you wait, or you can leading you up the falls and can use your camera to take your picture as buy a ready-made hat, hamper, handbag, lamp shade or place mats. you pose under the many falls. Other stands stock hand-embroidered goods and will make small items Open daily: 8:30am to 4:00pm while you wait. Woodcarvers work on bowls, ashtrays, statues, & cups. Green Grotto Caves Ocean Village Shopping Centre Intriguing network of chambers and passageways, stalactites and One of the original shopping malls in Ocho Rios with numerous stalagmites and small lakes. Green Grotto is said to have been a haven boutiques, food stores, a bank, sundries purveyors, travel agencies, and for runaway slaves in the 18th century. other service facilities. Open daily Mystic Mountain Restaurants/Entertainment Soar above the tree tops up to 700 feet to the top of Mystic Mountain and enjoy a ride through the rainforest on Bobsled Jamaica, the park’s Evita’s Italian Restaurant signature attraction, and a thrilling ride through tropical landscapes on Enjoy fine dining in an authentic 1860’s Gingerbread house with sleds, or take the zip line through the lush green forest.
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