Where to go, and when · with the homework done
SOUTH COAST · THINGS TO DO · BY THE DAY Nothing here is bought at a desk. The boat that runs up the Black River, the one that carries drinkers out to Floyd’s Pelican Bar, the driver who takes you inland to YS Falls: each is arranged by a phone call the evening before, usually … Read more
OCHO RIOS · IS IT SAFE? · WHAT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND Ocho Rios moves cruise passengers and resort guests through the same few streets, and the friction that comes with that is small and repetitive: a seller who does not accept the first no, a bag that walks off a towel, a coast road … Read more
OCHO RIOS · AIRPORT TRANSFERS · THE MBJ RUN, BOTH DIRECTIONS Ocho Rios starts with a road. Nearly everyone lands at Sangster International (MBJ) in Montego Bay, clears customs, and then crosses the north coast to a hotel that sits either in town, out on the strip running east, or up a hill behind both. … Read more
OCHO RIOS · 3 DAYS · THE ORDER OF THE WATER Three nights in Ocho Rios covers the north coast’s headline water, as long as the days fall in the right order. Everything the town is famous for sits inside a short radius, so the trip is decided less by distance than by what time … Read more
OCHO RIOS · DAY TRIPS · HOW FAR ONE DAY REACHES Ocho Rios has the best road position of any Jamaican base. The highway south cuts through the island’s spine toward Kingston, the coast road runs both directions along the north shore, and the hills behind town climb into St. Ann’s interior within minutes of … Read more
OCHO RIOS · WHERE TO STAY · BY NEIGHBORHOOD Ocho Rios hangs almost all of its lodging on a single coast road. Town sits in the middle of the bay with the cruise pier, the craft markets and the beach everyone calls Turtle; the gated resorts run east and west from there, and rental houses … Read more
