June - Ocho Rios Jazz Festival

September - Jamaica Spice Food Festival

You will probably arrive at the airport in Montego Bay. Taxis have pre-established rates and buses services are available on a city and national level. Air Jamaica Express offers domestic flights.

Car and motorcycle rental desk can be found at the airport, in some hotels and in the city. When crossing the street or when renting a vehicle please remember that Jamaicans drive on the LEFT.

Beaches and resorts offer every water sports like snorkeling, windsurfing, scuba diving, sailing, kayaking and of course sunbathing and swimming.

The Sandals Golf and Country Club is an 18-hole championship course with extremely scenic views.

Fishing, boating and all-terrain vehicle are all possible activities that can be practiced.

Horseback rides take you along trails and by-ways through quaint rural villages and lush green pastures.

At St. Ann's Bay, the Seville Great House & Heritage Park includes artifacts from the excavated colony of Sevilla La Nueva (New Seville) that was founded in 1509 by the son of Columbus.

Here is a brief description of some of the many sites this destination has to offer:

Columbus Park, in Discovery Bay, has a historical site commemorating the spot where Columbus first landed in Jamaica.

Several planations can be visited in this region such as Brimmer Hall Plantation or the 18th century Prospect Plantation where crops of sugarcane, coffee and bananas were harvested.

Harmony Hall presents various works of art by Jamaican artists and the Wassi Art Factory lets you watch the artists throw and paint there pottery.

Coyaba River Garden & Museum offers a water garden fed by streams and a small museum about the city’s past. The building has exquisite Jamaican Spanish architecture.

Shaw Park Botanical Gardens, overlooking the bay of Ocho Rios, displays tropical gardens with sparkling waterfalls.

When night falls, a canoe trip up the torch-lit White River can be an exciting journey that includes a folklore show, dinner and open bar.

Margaritaville, a restaurant and bar, stays open into the early morning.

Clubs include Jamaic'N Me Crazy and Amnesia.

Montego Bay
Come and explore the historical and colonial town of Montego Bay. It is the second largest city in the country and has countless landmarks to visit. Then go on a Mobay Submarine Dive where you can view the local marine life in partially glassed semi-submarine.

Negril
Known as the water sport capital you can dive, snorkel, sail, parasail, water ski, wind surf and kayak. Come and enjoy the long stunning white sand beach and visit a historic lighthouse.

Blue Mountains
Travel along the north coast to Buff Bay and turn inland towards the majestic peaks of the Blue Mountains. Here you can visit a working coffee-house and learn about the world-famous Blue Mountain coffee.

Located beside the Black River, in beautiful Jamaican valleys, is the Appleton Rum Distillery. Since 1749 the Appleton Estate has been blending some of the finest rums in the world. You will learn about the distilling process from sugar cane, molasses, sugar, to wine and rum and then have a chance to savour these award-winning rums after the tour. Do stay sober enough to enjoy the Black River wetlands afterwards.

Accommodations are varied here, with opulent resorts known for their privacy and impeccable service, plus all-inclusive properties and several modestly priced hotels in fine waterfront locations. Jamaica's largest convention hotel is located here.

The former home of author Ian Fleming called Goldeneye, close to James Bond Beach, is operates today as an exclusive villa resort.

Ocho Rios claim, in their opinion, to have the country's best jerk pork and chicken.

Because hotels have there own restaurants, only a few independent restaurants survive. Some of them offer fine dining in exotic settings The Ruins and the Almond Tree. At Evita’s, the menu features unique Jamaican-Italian specialties.

Be ready for an insane shopping experience as hundreds of Jamaicans come here to peddle items. They can be aggressive at times and you should be ready to haggle a lot.

For a less traumatic shopping experience head to the shopping malls like New Ocho Rios Plaza, Ocean Village Shopping Centre and Pineapple Place Shopping Centre.

The Ocho Rios Craft Park is more a market style installation where vendors will weave a hat or a basket while you wait. Popular purchases also include hampers, handbags, place mats, lampshades, hand-embroidered goods and wood carved bowls, ashtrays, statues, and cups. Of course you will find rum and Blue Mountain coffee as well.