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Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica
Spanish Town is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

1. Spanish Town

Parish of Saint Catherine
City · 9 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Formerly the capital of Jamaica, the town, specifically the town square, offers fantastic representations of 18th-and 19th-century architecture.

Castleton Botanical Gardens is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

2. Castleton Botanical Gardens

7.3
Junction Main Road, Castleton, Parish of Saint Mary
Garden · 4 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Be sure to stop to look at the more than 25 varieties of palm trees, some of which are over 100 years old!

Parade is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

3. Parade

W Parade (Downtown), Kingston, St Andrew Parish
Other Great Outdoors · 5 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: It is crowded, noisy, chaotic and filled with countless delicious scents and amusing verbal advertisements and exchanges :).

Bog Walk is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

4. Bog Walk

Bog Walk, Bog Walk, Parish of Saint Catherine
Lake · 4 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: The Bog Walk Gorge is an environmentalist's paradise.

Port Royal is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

5. Port Royal

7.5
(off Palisadoes Rd.), Port Royal, Kingston
Historic and Protected Site · 14 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Be sure to stop by the Giddy House at Fort Charles! The building, built in 1888 to house the artillery store for the fort, was jolted to its present precarious position during the 1907 earthquake.

Hellshire Beach is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

6. Hellshire Beach

7.7
Hellshire, Portmore, Parish of Saint Catherine
Beach · 29 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Spend a day there and you will see fishing boats coming ashore intermittently, intercepted on the beach by hagglers who either cook on the beach or take the fish to be sold inland.

Lime Cay is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

7. Lime Cay

8.2
Caribbean Sea, Kingston, St Andrew Parish
Island · 10 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Some of the best snorkelling on the south-east coast of Jamaica can be done around Lime Cay and the other small islands nearby.

New Kingston is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

8. New Kingston

Kingston, St. Andrew Parish
Neighborhood · 10 tips and reviews

Meily M.Meily M: All the best clubs and hotels to your choosing.

Emancipation Park is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

9. Emancipation Park

8.6
Knutsford Blvd. (at Oxford Rd.), New Kingston, St. Andrew Parish
Park · 26 tips and reviews

Craig T.Craig Thomas: Good for family and outdoor festivities, poetry and music

Bob Marley Museum is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

10. Bob Marley Museum

8.9
56 Hope Rd, Kingston, St Andrew Parish
Art Museum · 30 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Make sure to check out the gift shop, which is Jamaica’s sole supplier of the trendy “CATCH A FIRE” clothing line, designed by Marley’s eldest child Cedella.

Hope Botanical Gardens is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

11. Hope Botanical Gardens

8.0
Old Hope Rd., Kingston, Parish of Saint Andrew
Botanical Garden · 22 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Most of the plants and trees here, particularly the mango and various spice species found here, originally came from a captured French ship on its way from Mauritius to Hispaniola in 1782!

The University Of The West Indies is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

12. The University Of The West Indies

Mona, Kingston, St Andrew Parish
University · 27 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Take a walking tour of the campus. Stroll through the chapel with its gardens in full bloom, stop by the Aqueduct or the geology museum. There are many sights to see and stories to tell.

Half Way Tree is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

13. Half Way Tree

Kingston, St. Andrew, St Andrew Parish
Town · 30 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Shop! Shop! Shop! Buy! Buy! Buy! Without a doubt, Half-Way-Tree is best known for its commercial character.

Cockpit Country is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

14. Cockpit Country

Litchfield, Falmouth, Parish of Trelawny
Forest · 1 tip

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: The Cockpit Country is still home to one of the most important Maroon communities in the island, the town of Accompong in the parish of St Elizabeth.

Luminous Lagoon is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

15. Luminous Lagoon

Trelawny St., Falmouth, Parish of Trelawny
Lake · 5 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: The crowded tour boats take visitors on a ride around the lagoon. The highlight of the 45-minute tour? The part where you get to jump out and swim - your body surrounded by the luminous green glow

Dunn's River Falls is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

16. Dunn's River Falls

8.9
Exchange Rd., Ocho Rios, Parish of Saint Ann
River · 46 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: This Jamaican waterfalls is more than water rushing down the slopes; it offers a complete day of fun and activities

17. Blue Lagoon

8.5
Blue Hole Road, Port Antonio, Parish of Portland
Beach · 9 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Swim, snorkel and lunch. Then relax on a bamboo raft down the Rio Grande made popular by Errol Flynn. A memory to take home.

YS Falls is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

18. YS Falls

8.7
St Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth
River · 11 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: A recent addition to YS Falls is a canopy zipline tour which lets visitors "fly" 40 feet above the waterfall. The professional team of guides ensure that you are safely strapped in.

Dolphin Cove is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

19. Dolphin Cove

7.6
Belmont Rd., Ocho Rios, Parish of Saint Ann
Aquarium · 14 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Watch the hilarious Shark Show and interact with exotic birds, snakes and iguanas on the Jungle Trail walk

20. Winnifred Beach

8.1
Fairy Hill, Fairy Hill, Parish of Portland
Beach · 6 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: On weekends, there are horseback riding tours down the beach and boat trips to nearby Monkey Island

Morant Point Lighthouse is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

21. Morant Point Lighthouse

Morant Point, Duckenfield Hall, Parish of Saint Thomas
Lighthouse · 1 tip

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: From the balcony of the Morant Point Lighthouse, uninterrupted views of Jamaica’s eastern coastline, the vast greenery of the sugar and banana plantations are sure to dazzle and amaze.

H'Evans Scent is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

22. H'Evans Scent

Free Hill, Ocho Rios, Parish of Saint Ann
Amusement Park · Bamboo, Freehill · 2 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: After being harnessed into the seat with two others, you’re hoisted right up to the top, where you pull the ripcord sending you hurtling hundreds of feet across a jaw-dropping valley.

Rick's Café is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

23. Rick's Café

8.1
West End Road, Negril, Parish of Westmoreland
Caribbean Restaurant · 90 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Watch in awe as locals dive from the 50ft cliffs!

Bob Marley Mausoleum is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

24. Bob Marley Mausoleum

7.0
Rhoden Hall, Nine Mile, Parish of Saint Ann
Museum · 20 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: There is an on-site vegetarian restaurant and a small gift shop selling Marley memorabilia.

Devon House is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

25. Devon House

8.8
26 Hope Rd., Kingston, St Andrew Parish
Monument · 42 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Devon House I Scream is by far the single most popular store at Devon House, and a household name across Jamaica.

26. Holland Bamboo

7.2
Lacovia, Black River, St. Elizabeth
Other Great Outdoors · 7 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: This has become one of the most photographed natural wonders in Jamaica.

Ocho Rios is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

27. Ocho Rios

Ocho Rios, Parish of Saint Ann
Town · 19 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: The largest number of waterfalls per square mile than any other piece of coastal real estate!

Coyaba River Garden and Museum is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

28. Coyaba River Garden and Museum

Shaw Park, Ocho Rios, Parish of Saint Ann
Garden · 3 tips and reviews

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Small pools are filled with colorful koi as well as turtles

Kool Runnings Water Park is one of Guide to the Best of Island, Jamaica.

29. Kool Runnings Water Park

6.9
Negril, Negril, Hanover Parish
Water Park · 1 tip

Shan C.Shan C-Moretti: Sip a smoothie at the Kool Blendz Juice Bar