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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.
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.
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.
Ocho Rios has several major shopping centers:
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.
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Late 19th century great house and pimento (allspice) plantation
located 4 miles east of Ocho Rios.
Free Admission - Open Daily 10AM-6PM.
Working Pimento (allspice) plantation located 3 miles east of
Ocho Rios. Open Daily 10:30AM-3PM.
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.
Wide variety of historical and cultural exhibits.
Free Admission - Open Daily 9AM-5PM.
Spanish style park and museum on the grounds of the former
Shaw Park Plantation - botanical gardens with waterfalls and
exotic birds, plants and flowers.
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.
At Grant's Pen, 20 miles east of Ocho Rios, is Firefly the home
and library of famed poet Sir Noel Coward.
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.
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and lieutenant-governor.
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