Ocho Rios, Jamaica City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Ocho Rios, Jamaica Travel Guide has been your connection to Ocho Rios's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
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Ocho Rios Art and Culture | ||
Ocho Rios Jazz Festival Jazz fans know that June is the time to be in Ocho Rios for the annual staging of its Jazz Festival. Talented performers from across the world come together for nine days of music. | ||
Ocho Rios Attractions | ||
Dunn’s River Falls Described as a living and growing phenomenon, Dunn’s River Falls continuously regenerates itself from deposits of travertine rock, the result of precipitation of calcium carbonate from the river, as it flows over the falls. | ||
Wassi Art Pottery Factory Tour Located in the Idyllic resort town of Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Wassi Art started in 1990 with three intuitive artisans. Now fifteen years later and forty employees strong, Wassi Art designs adorn homes worldwide. | ||
Ocho Rios Destinations | ||
Fern Gully Fern gully is an oasis of nature to the city dweller. It connects the tourist town of Ocho Rios to Kingston. As its name suggests it meanders down (or up) a hill side covered in fern. | ||
Cranbrook Flower Forest This multifaceted property boasts exotic tropical gardens, lawns, water pools and a tropical rain forest. | ||
Ocho Rios National Parks | ||
Shaw Park Gardens Shaw Park Botanical Gardens encompass 25 acres of tropical splendor. | ||
Ocho Rios Craft Park Over 150 vendors set up shop here Monday through Saturday to offer shoppers an opportunity to take home woodcarvings, jewelry, hand-woven baskets, paintings, and a wide variety of other goods. | ||
Ocho Rios Recreation | ||
Brimmer Hall Estate – Port Maria Some 34km (21 miles) east of Ocho Rios, in the hills 3km (1 3/4 miles) from Port Maria, this 1817 estate is an ideal place to spend a day. You can swim in the pool and sample a wide variety of brews and concoctions. | ||
Ocho Rios Restaurants | ||
Restaurants Ocho Rios The Ocho Rios restaurant scene has all the usual national chains and fast food joints, but part of the fun of traveling is sampling the local cuisine. With that in mind, branch out and give a few locally-owned Ocho Rios restaurants a shot. | ||
Ocho Rios Travel / Tourism | ||
Rio Nuevo Battle Site Rio Nuevo St. Mary is the site of the final pitched battle between British and Spanish forces to determine possession of Jamaica. | ||
Firefly – Port Maria About 20 miles (32km) east of Ocho Rios in Port Maria firefly was once Sir Noel Coward’s vacation home and is now maintained by the Jamaican Heritage Trust. | ||
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