Things to do in Reggae Beach To Boscobel Beach
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Cliff View
Just west of the Rio Nuevo is this popular upscale restaurant serving seafood, continental, and Jamaican dishes.
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Colette’s Café
Colette’s Café is a twee little roadside shop where Colette and her mom serve simple Jamaican fare, patties, ice cream and bottled coconut water.
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Boscobel Beach
Boscobel Beach is a hamlet dominated by Boscobel Beach Spa Resort & Golf Club. The Boscobel airstrip is here. Tiny coves further east harbor fishing hamlets nestled in turquoise lagoons protected by coral reefs.
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Reggae Beach
Located east of Harmony Hall on the A3, this vibe-filled yellow sand beach is popular with locals and savvy travelers alike. It’s the perfect place to while away an afternoon imbibing roots tonic under shady almond trees. Kayaks are available for rent, and jerk chicken and fish are readily available. Raucous sound-system parties are held here now and then; you’ll see posters plastered all over Ocho Rios.
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Rio Nuevo
The Rio Nuevo meets the ocean 8km east of Ocho Rios. In 1658 the bluff west of the river's mouth was the site where English forces fought the decisive battle against the Spanish, sending them scampering off to Cuba with their collective tail between their legs.
A plaque records the events: 'On this ground on June 17, 1658, was fought the battle of Rio Nuevo to decide whether Jamaica would be Spanish or English. On one side were the Jamaicans of both black and white races, whose ancestors had come to Jamaica from Africa and Spain 150 years before. The Spanish forces lost the battle and the island. The Spanish whites fled to Cuba but the black people took to the mountains…
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