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Nearby areas in Jamaica
Montego Bay
Located on the northwestern side, "Mo Bay" is the second largest city in Jamaica and serves as a tourist capital with its busy international air and cruise ports. It has the greatest concentration of resorts on the island, as well as many beaches and golf courses. Tourists love it for the duty-free shopping, good restaurants, discos, museums, historic buildings, and tours of nearby rum distilleries.
Negril
Situated along Seven Mile Beach, this is one of the best strands of sandy beach on the island, and is known for its carefree atmosphere. The pace is slow, with very little shopping or nightlife. Still, there has been a boom in hotel construction that converted Negril from a hippie hideaway in the 60s and early 70s into a mainstream tourist destination good for families, singles, and couples alike.
Ocho Rios
Christopher Columbus called it "the fairest land my eyes have ever seen." Located in the center of the north coast, its deep-water harbor serves as a cruise port with a dramatic mountain backdrop. Pleasant beaches, several outstanding hotels, a varied nightlife, scuba diving, good shopping, and spas offer visitors the full-range of luxury resort activities. Nearby are the Dunn's River Falls, Jamaica's most famous attraction, where you climb stone steps as a cascading river pours down them!.
Port Antonio
"The most exquisite port on earth," was American poetess Ella Wheeler Wilcox's description of Port Antonio. Located on the northeastern side of the island, this hideaway harbors lovely beaches, the Blue Lagoon, the Caves of Nonesuch, the Rio Grande raft ride, deep-sea fishing, and a historic town. It was once the banana capital of the world, where the song Day-O was created by banana boat workers to pass the time. This is a charming, "tourist-lite" town that retains a sense of nostalgic glamour from the days when silver screen stars took their romantic vacations here. Its picturesquely battered Victorian/Caribbean architecture is the subject of frequent photography.
For more information about Jamaica
Jamaica Tourist Board
2 St Lucia Avenue, PO Box 360, Kingston 5, Jamaica, phone 876-929-9200, fax 876-929-9375.
Chicago
500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1030, Chicago, IL 60611, phone 312-527-1296, fax 312-527-1472.
Los Angeles
3440 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 805, Los Angeles, CA 90010, phone 213-384-1123, fax 213-384-1780.Miami 1320 South Dixie Highway, Suite 1101, Coral Gables, FL 33146, phone 305-665-0557, fax 305-666-7239.
New York
801 Second Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10017, phone 212-856-9727, fax 212-856-9730.