Must-see shopping in Jamaica

  • Kaya Herb House

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    When super-stylish Kaya opened its doors in 2018, it became the first legal marijuana dispensary in the Caribbean. Equal parts clinic and hipster boutique…

  • Gallery of West Indian Art

    Montego Bay

    In the suburb of Catherine Hall, this is the best-quality gallery in town. It sells genuinely original arts and crafts from around the Caribbean,…

  • Skylark Boutique

    Negril

    An excellent selection of tasteful, Jamaican-made crafts, including clothes and jewelry designed in Treasure Beach, as well as Blue Mountain coffee,…

  • Africa Village

    Treasure Beach

    All the creations inside the Mud Gallery (traditional mud hut) were made by the prolific artist, and children's writer Sharon – half-Maroon and a citizen…

  • Studio Black

    Jamaica

    Warning: don't walk past this artistically attired Rasta shack that's been defying hurricanes, dodgy drivers and all else in Belmont since 1977; it's…

  • Jamaica Standard Products Coffee Factory

    Jamaica

    Stop by the JSP coffee factory to purchase fresh bags of Island Blue (Blue Mountain) coffee at extremely fair prices, as well as cheaper High Mountain…

  • Rockers International

    Kingston

    Orange St was once home to a host of fabulous music shops, but Rockers International is the last one standing. Still, it has the best pick of reggae, dub…

  • Bookland

    Kingston

    Excellent New Kingston bookshop. Stock includes a strong selection of titles on Jamaica and the Caribbean, including guidebooks and a fiction section…

  • Kaya Herb House

    Montego Bay & Northwest Coast

    The Falmouth branch of the St Ann's marijuana dispensary stocks almost two dozen distinct Sativa, Indica and hybrid strains of the herb, grown in their…

  • Aunt Lilly’s

    Montego Bay & Northwest Coast

    In the hamlet of Coxheath, between Sherwood Content and Windsor, you'll find this Usain Bolt gift shop, run by his welcoming and jovial aunt, Miss Lilly…

  • Island Village

    Ocho Rios

    Since its 2002 opening, this self-contained entertainment park has changed the face of Ocho Rios. The 2-hectare development claims to resemble a ‘Jamaican…

  • Craft Shop

    Jamaica

    Goombay drums, along with medicinal herbs, calabash shells and abengs (cow horns), are for sale in the tiny red-and-green craft shop as you enter town…

  • Callaloo Butik

    Treasure Beach

    Most items in this gift shop are Jamaican-made, including hand-sewn, bold-patterned silk dresses (designed by French fashion designer Sophie Eyssautier…

  • Epican

    Kingston

    Kingston's first medical marijuana dispensary, with knowledgeable and friendly staff ready to dispense ganja buds, oils and tinctures, along with advice…

  • Bookophilia

    Kingston

    Well-placed on Hope Rd. Bookophilia is a bookshop, social space and creative oasis. In addition to books, grab a coffee courtesy of Deaf Can! Coffee, or…

  • Craft Village

    Port Antonio

    This wooden complex facing Fisherman's Beach on the main road has a series of small huts, each with craftspeople selling carved wood, jewelry, T-shirts…

  • Treasure Beach Women’s Group

    Treasure Beach

    A good range of locally made crafts is sold here, including batiks, dishes made from calabash shells, woven containers, watercolours by a local fisherman,…

  • Musgrave Market

    Port Antonio

    This fresh produce market is the best place to come if you're self-catering. There's a small craft section and a secondhand book stall with an eclectic…

  • Kuyaba Arts & Crafts Boutique

    Negril

    At the Kuyaba hotel, there's a focus on locally created art and other crafts, which makes a refreshing change from the mass-produced tat in most Negril…

  • Olde Craft Market

    Ocho Rios

    This market features fair-quality ceramics and art, as well as the usual T-shirts with chirpy Jamaican slogans and Rasta tams with fake dreadlocks…

  • Grosvenor Galleries

    Kingston

    Excellent contemporary art and crafts by local artists, with regular open studio residences for Jamaican creatives.

  • Sovereign Centre

    Kingston

    Large shopping mall (and important Kingston navigational landmark), with a supermarket, food court and cinema.

  • Vibes Music Shack

    Ocho Rios

    All the sounds Jamaica can offer – reggae and dancehall CDs, as well as ska, mento and calypso.

  • Times Square Plaza

    Negril

    A dozen practically identical shops selling elephants from Rajasthan, wooden cats and colorful masks from Bali, Chinese ashtrays, and Jamaican bamboo…

  • Harbour Street Craft Market

    Montego Bay

    The largest selection of typical Jamaican souvenirs in MoBay – coconut-palm baskets, woven hats, Rasta-themed wood carvings and Haitian art rip-offs – is…

  • Island Strains

    Montego Bay

    With a nightclub vibe and bouncers inviting you in, this is a medicinal marijuana dispensary only in the sense that there's a nurse onsite, ready to write…

  • Fort Montego Craft Market

    Montego Bay

    This crafts market behind the fort sells a good selection of Jamaica wood carvings, vibrant paintings ripped off from Haitian art, locally made items…

  • Negril Crafts Market

    Negril

    Just north of Plaza de Negril. Crafts that are locally made are the varnished wooden carvings (you'll see some guys carving), plus some woven hats,…

  • Ocho Rios Craft Park

    Ocho Rios

    Firmly aimed at cruise-ship souvenir needs, this open-air market will meet all your tacky T-shirt, batik, wooden sculpture and crafts-made-of-coconut…

  • Carbys

    Kingston

    Tourist souvenir shop that has it all, from jerk sauce and Blue Mountain coffee to every green, gold and black item of Jamaica-branded clothing you could…

  • Portland Art Gallery

    Port Antonio

    A simple white clapboard gallery and studio run by Hopeton Cargill, a Port Antonio realist painter and ambassador for the local art scene.

  • Sunshine Village

    Negril

    Shopping center with several shops selling identical trinkets – mostly Chinese-made, with the exception of some Jamaican wood carvings.

  • Fantasy Craft Market

    Montego Bay

    For all your Rasta wig hat, palm straw basket, wood carving and reggae wear needs. Bargain hard.

  • Reggae Yard

    Ocho Rios

    Reggae wear in Rastafari colors, Usain Bolt T-shirts, and a fair selection of reggae music.

  • Cigar World

    Ocho Rios

    For Cuban and Dominican cigars, and other smoking paraphernalia.