Port Antonio offers the whole gamut of accommodations; private villas, luxury hotels and guest houses. The hotels have been built with nature but the best stay would be in private villas. You can choose from one to four bedroom villas depending on your budget. Then there are inns, holiday homes and guest houses for small […]
The wild nature of Port Antonio offers more in the form of beaches at San San, Boston, Winnifred and the surfing beach of Long Bay. The Nanny, Scatter, Reich and White river falls invite you for a misty experience; the Non Such and Foxes caves would be fun for the whole family. The Marine Park […]
The Portland Ecotourism Art Community Endeavour (PEACE), a voluntary organization has tie-ups with tour companies like Grand Valley Tours for promoting ecotourism in the region. The partnership promotes sustainable development of the area and caters to the niche travelers who are interested in outdoors and fond of living with nature, some may say roughing it […]
The town has myriad number of things that you can do to connect with nature. The wild country, lonely pristine beaches, the fishing villages, the valley of Rio Grande and the slopes of Blue Mountains invite you into the lap of unblemished nature. The place is also called the Heart and Soul Retreat of Jamaica.
The town of Port Antonio was took formal birth in the year 1685 after the English captured Jamaica. The town has a place in the history of Jamaica; the history of rebellion, the story of freedom began with the Maroon Communities rebelling against the harsh practice of slavery. The British who imported slaves of the […]
Port Antonio, the beautiful virgin green, in the foothills of Blue Mountain is located mere two hours drive from the capital city Kingston. The place located in the plain of Rio Grande, in the northeast of Jamaica is untouched by defiling modernity. The placid and serene surroundings would be a balm to frayed nerves and […]
The other prominent places to visit are the St Catherine Parish Church, Rodney’s Memorial, the Spanish Town Cast Iron Bridge and People’s Museum of Craft and Technology. The Parish Church was built in the early 1500 as a Roman Catholic Church. The Church was destroyed a century later to be rebuilt in early 1700. It […]
The town with reminiscences of the Spanish Jamaica can be seen in the Red Church and White Church streets. The typical Spanish Chapels with red and white cross are conspicuous symbols of the Spanish past. The King Street, Manchester and Nugent streets were the gifts of the British. The Historical Foundation of Spanish Town would […]
The town has done justice to both the significant periods and the same can be seen in the architecture of the old buildings and cathedrals. The name Spanish Town was given by the English in 1655 defeating the Spanish colonialists in Jamaica. The English gave another landmark to the town, the oldest Anglican Church on […]
The King of Spain made this town as the capital of Spanish colony in 1534, and then known as Villa de la Vega. The town had been known by other names too; Santiago de la Vega and St. Jago de la Vega were two popular names among the locals. The town was the hub center […]