Must-see attractions in Montego Bay

  • National Museum West

    Montego Bay

    This well-curated, revamped museum, peppered with period objects, takes you through the history of western Jamaica, from the Cohaba ceremonies of the…

  • Doctors Cave Beach in Jamaica

    Doctor’s Cave Beach

    Montego Bay

    It may sound like a rocky hole inhabited by lab-coated troglodytes, but this is actually Montego Bay’s most famous beach and the one with the most…

  • Indigenous Rastafarian Village

    Montego Bay

    If you want to learn about the Rastafarian movement, come out to this…hmmm...‘theme park’ is definitely not the right description. How about ‘living…

  • Montego Bay Marine Park & Bogue Lagoon

    Montego Bay

    The waters of Montego Bay are gorgeous to behold both above and below the surface, but they have long been compromised by the effects of fishing, water…

  • St James Parish Church

    Montego Bay

    Regarded as the finest church on the island, it was originally built between 1775 and 1782, but was so damaged by the earthquake of March 1, 1957, that it…

  • Bellefield Great House

    Montego Bay

    Built in 1735, the restored Bellefield showcases 18th-century colonial living and Jamaican culinary history. You get to see the local gardens with…

  • Sam Sharpe Square

    Montego Bay

    This bustling, cobbled square is named for Samuel Sharpe (1801–32), national hero and leader of the 1831 Christmas Rebellion; it is also where he was…

  • Montego Bay Cultural Centre

    Montego Bay

    At the southwest corner of Sam Sharpe Sq you’ll find the copper-domed Civic Centre, an elegant colonial-style, cut-stone building on the site of a ruined…

  • Burchell Memorial Baptist Church

    Montego Bay

    Two blocks east of Sam Sharpe Sq is one of the churches in which Sam Sharpe is said to have been a deacon. The building, which dates to 1835, is a slice…

  • Dead End Beach

    Montego Bay

    A meet-the-locals affair just north of Gloucester Ave, this narrow strip is also known as Buccaneer Beach. The lack of space promotes togetherness; at…

  • Fort Montego

    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…

  • Creek Dome

    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…

  • Cage

    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…

  • One Man Beach

    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…

  • National Heroes' Monument

    Montego Bay

    This bronze monument, crafted by Jamaican sculptor Kay Sullivan, depicts Sam Sharpe, bible in hand, speaking to four admirers.