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Region Overview

Ocho Rios is located on the Jamaican north coast midway between Montego Bay and Port Antonio. It is also closeby to Runaway Bay, another popular resort center. Formerly a quiet banana and fishing port it has today been transformed into a major tourism resort center and cruise ship destination famous for its music, limbo dancers, fire-eaters, romantic torch-lit river cruises and more.

Ocho Rios is the former home of famed poet Sir Noel Coward and of writer Ian Fleming is most famous as the creator of the 007-James Bond series.

Ocho Rios Area Code is 809.

The Beaches are the most popular attraction of the area.


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    Tour Area Attractions

    • Edinburgh Castle - Ruins date to 1763

    • Harmony Hall - 974-2870
      Late 19th century great house and pimento (allspice) plantation located 4 miles east of Ocho Rios. Free Admission - Open Daily 10AM-6PM.

    • Prospect Plantation 974-2058
      Working Pimento (allspice) plantation located 3 miles east of Ocho Rios. Open Daily 10:30AM-3PM.

    • Brimmer Hall Estate 974-2244
      Located at St. Mary's, 21 miles east of Ocho Rios is a 1817 estate with outdoor pool and restuarant. Popular day trip destination with working tropical fruit tree plantation.

    • Columbus Park Museum 973-2135
      Wide variety of historical and cultural exhibits. Free Admission - Open Daily 9AM-5PM.

    • Coyaba River Garden 974-6235
      Spanish style park and museum on the grounds of the former Shaw Park Plantation - botanical gardens with waterfalls and exotic birds, plants and flowers.

    • Dunn's River Falls 974-2837
      Located near town is this 600 foot waterfall with beachside restaurant and wading pools at the base of the falls. This is also near the battlesite of 1657 where the British defeated a Spanish invasion. Open daily 9AM-5PM.

    • Firefly - 997-7201
      At Grant's Pen, 20 miles east of Ocho Rios, is Firefly the home and library of famed poet Sir Noel Coward.

    • Goldeneye - 974-5833
      Located 13 miles east of Ocho Rios, but closed to the public, is the home of 007 Bond creater Ian Fleming. The house was built in 1946 and in the early 1950's, Mr. Fleming created the extremely popular British secret agent series.

    • Llanrumney Estate -
      Great estate of Henry Morgan, privateer and lieutenant-governor.


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    Tour Fern Gully

    If follow highway A3 outside of Ocho Rios you will find yourself on a very scenic drive thru Fern Gully. This former river bed is home to nearly 100 species of ferns as well as another 400 species of other flora and fauna.


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    Tour St. Ann's Bay

    Located near Ocho Rios, St. Ann's Bay is the site of the first spanish settlement on the island. There is a statue of Columbus and several noteworthy early buildings to visit.

    Tour Shopping

    Ocho Rios has several major shopping centers:

    • Ocean Village Shopping Center
    • Pineapple Place Shopping Center
    • Coconut Grove Shopping Plaza
    • Island Plaza
    • New Ocho Rios Plaza
    • Mutual Security Plaza
    • Taj Mahal


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    Tour Nightlife

    Ocho Rios has a very active nightlife including music, limbo dancers, fire-eaters, romantic torch-lit river cruises and more. Most area hotels feature different forms of live entertainment in the evenings.

    • Silks Nightclub 974-2552
      Popular major nightspot.


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    • Drax Hall - Saturday polo matches.


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