Highly Recommended Holiday
Review Submitted: August 1, 2008
Date of Stay: February 2008
An ideally situated villa being about a mile from the coast (if you take the shortcut down the track opposite the villa), with very well laid out rooms and a lovely garden. The villa and garden are very well maintained having a house 'manager' who lives at the back of the property who is also a superb cook and is very happy to cook real Jamaican food for you if asked. Also the villa has a ‘tied’ taxi driver – Junior. They say local knowledge is everything and this really is a case where that is true. Junior is absolutely lovely and he made the difference between this being a good holiday and being a fantastic holiday. His prices are very fair as well, being considerably cheaper than the other local taxis. He charged about £35-40 for the trip from Montego Bay Airport to the villa whereas the norm is £70.00 or more! Junior knows some lovely beaches and of course the best places to get food / eat. Whilst there we visited the Bob Marley Mausoleum, The Blue Mountains, Kingston, Reggae Beach, James Bond Beach, The Healing Waters – where a flame burns on the water!, Fishing Villages, Waterfalls and Dunns River Falls – where they cascade down into the sea, fantastic! Although some of the locals (like at the market) can be a bit pushy to buy their wares, if you say ‘no’ and mean ‘no’ they accept that and don’t make you feel uncomfortable as they do in some countries. So if you want to go to Jamaica to see Jamaica and share in all it’s wonders I would Highly Recommend this holiday.
Recommended for:
Age 55+,
Adventure Seekers,
Girls Getaway,
Tourists without a Car,
Sightseeing,
Families with Young Children,
Romantic Getaway
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