Montego Bay
In its current reincarnation as a craft shop, the Cage was built in 1806 as a lockup for drunk and disorderly sailors, vagrants and slaves who failed to…
Must-see attractions in Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
Tharp House sags from age yet is still one of the best examples of an elegant period townhouse. Today housing the tax office, it was formerly the…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
Kettering Baptist Church, built in 1893, is a creamy-colored building that commemorates William Knibb, a Baptist missionary and a leading abolitionist who…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
Hidden behind the primary school are the ruins of Fort Balcarres, built in 1811 to defend the harbour. A couple of cannons are left standing, as well as…
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
The oldest extant building in town (and the parish's oldest church) is St Peter’s Anglican Church, built in 1796 and topped with a tower in 1842. It lies…
Montego Bay
With beachfront soccer and crowds of splashing locals, this crescent beach at the south boundary of Old Hospital Park is very popular but, sadly, rather…
Montego Bay
This bronze monument, crafted by Jamaican sculptor Kay Sullivan, depicts Sam Sharpe, bible in hand, speaking to four admirers.
Community & Workers of Jamaica Credit Union
Montego Bay
At the corner of King St and Church St is a redbrick Georgian building harboring the Community & Workers of Jamaica Credit Union. It's a historic landmark…
