Kingston
The gleaming white edifice facing the southeast corner of Parade is Kingston Parish Church, which replaced an older church destroyed in the 1907…
Must-see attractions in Jamaica
Negril
This range of low-lying hills rises inland of Negril’s West End. The raised limestone upland is wild and smothered in brush. Tiny hamlets sprinkle the…
Bank of Jamaica and Museum of Coins & Notes
Kingston
The national mint and treasury stands at the east end of Ocean Blvd, fronted by a tall concrete statue of Noel ‘Crab’ Nethersole (minister of finance from…
Ocho Rios
In 1981 the Jamaican government commissioned expressionist sculptor Christopher Gonzáles to create a memorial to Bob Marley for Kingston's Celebrity Park…
People’s Museum of Crafts & Technology
Kingston, Blue Mountains & the Southeast Coast
The stables of the Old King's House are home to the People’s Museum of Crafts & Technology. A reconstructed smith’s shop and an eclectic array of…
African-Caribbean Heritage Centre & Jamaica Memory Bank
Kingston
Presided over by the Institute of Jamaica, the Heritage Centre houses an extensive library dedicated to the history of the Middle Passage and the African…
Kingston
Jamaica House is faced by a columned portico and fronted by expansive lawns. Initially built in 1960 as the residence of the prime minister, the building…
Montego Bay
At the southern end of Gloucester Ave, up a set of stairs, is this inauspicious fort. The sole remnant is a small battery with three brass cannons on…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
The oddly cute historic police station was constructed in 1814. The prison here once contained a treadmill: a huge wooden cylinder with steps on the…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
The main evidence of Seaford's heritage is its Catholic faith, exemplified by the red, zinc-roofed, old stone Church of the Sacred Heart, which sits atop…
Kingston, Blue Mountains & the Southeast Coast
At the east end of town there is an old limestone church marking the entrance to a charming, if sometimes under-tended, botanic garden established in 1779…
Jamaica
This magnificent Georgian structure, built in the early 20th century, is home to the Legal Court and the parish council offices. In the past it doubled as…
Jamaica
At the top of the village, the large field is the Parade Ground where Maroons used to get ready for war and also where they'd be disciplined for various…
Kingston
At North Parade, the distinguished Ward Theatre, built in 1911, once hosted the annual Boxing Day pantomime – a riotous, irreverent social satire. Sadly,…
Montego Bay
The bizarre-looking Creek Dome was built in 1837 above the underground spring that supplied drinking water for Montego Bay and was still in use after 1894…
Kingston
The official residence of the governor-general, the representative of the Queen of England, King’s House was initially the home of the Lord Bishop of…
Jamaica
Well signed from the Winston Jones Hwy (A2), this beach is a narrow stretch of pale sand, as beautiful as it is ignored by foreign tourists (although it’s…
Ba Beta Kristian Church of Haile Selassie I
Kingston
The line between Rastafari and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church can sometimes be a fluid one, and nowhere is it on display more than at this church. The 11am…
Jamaica
Opposite Cecil Charlton Park is the Mandeville Courthouse, the oldest building in Mandeville town center. Built by slaves in 1817 out of cut limestone,…
Negril & West Coast
The English colonialists never completed the Savanna-la-Mar Fort at the foot of Great George St. Parts of it collapsed into the swamps within a few years…
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
Moore Town’s main site of interest is Nanny's Grave (also known as Bump Grave), at the southern, uppermost end of town. A tall stone marker commemorates…
Port Antonio
Near the Folly mansion stands the orange candy-striped Folly Point Lighthouse, built in 1888, which overlooks Monkey Island. Said island adds even more…
Kingston
This sculpture garden, on the grounds of the University of Technology, features nine sculptures by acclaimed Caribbean artists. These include Laura Facey…
Jamaica
A few kilometers southeast of Black River, these long stretches of dark sand are still undiscovered by most international tourists. Just don’t swim near…
Port Antonio
In colonial days, the Royal Navy used this now-lush island to careen ships for repair. In the mid-20th century, Errol Flynn bought the island and built a…
Jamaica
The Bethany road climbs sharply and delivers you at the Bethany Moravian Church, 4km north of Mile Gully. It's a simple gray stone building dating to 1835…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
One of Falmouth's most distinctive buildings, Phoenix Foundry was built in 1810 and sports a strange-looking conical roof. Behind the foundry, guarded by…
Negril
If you prefer your water fun doled out in a theme park, descend on this 2-hectare collection of different experiences, from the main water park with flume…
Kingston, Blue Mountains & the Southeast Coast
Built in 1725 of red brick, this church is handsome within, despite its faux brick facade of cement. Note the floor paved with original black-and-white…
Jamaica
Although it’s as frenetic and chaotic as any other High St in Jamaica, Black River’s High St (note, High St and Main St are used interchangeably here) is…
Kingston, Blue Mountains & the Southeast Coast
Behind the old garrison wall off New St stands the dilapidated two-story Old Naval Hospital, built by Bowling Ironworks in Bradford, UK, shipped to Port…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
At the top of Market St, opposite Scotiabank, is the ruin of Barrett House, missing its top floor. Built in 1799, it's hard to believe now that this used…
Kingston, Blue Mountains & the Southeast Coast
This marker, commemorating Bogle’s birthplace, stands opposite the Methodist church, 8km inland at the tiny hamlet of Stony Gut. His great-grandson…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
The market structure on the east side of Water Sq, which dominates central Falmouth, was once the site of slave auctions and now encloses a mediocre…
Jamaica
St Mark’s Anglican Church, on the south side of Cecil Charlton Park, was established in 1816. There’s a lot of gothic accents, which makes it stand out…
Ocho Rios
The compact Island Village Beach, located at the west end of Main St, is a peaceful small beach with lockers, towels, beach chairs and umbrellas for hire…
Kingston, Blue Mountains & the Southeast Coast
The only fully restored historical structure in town is the sturdy Old Gaol House, made of cut stone, on Gaol Alley. It predates the 1692 earthquake, when…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
St Mary’s Anglican Church stands on a knoll overlooking the remains of the sugar factory, not far from the ruins of the Montpelier great house. It’s a…
Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast
Up the hill from the Columbus Monument is the exquisite Catholic church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, built in contemporary Spanish design by an Irish…
Treasure Beach
All the way at the eastern ‘bottom’ of Treasure Beach; this is its least developed portion, where the main business remains a Fisher’s Co-op building…
