Round Hill Hotel & Villas Resort, Jamaica family vacation
Breakfast on Seaside Terrace
Staff at Round Hill Hotel Jamaica, Montego Bay
The spa at Round Hill
A room with a view, Round Hill Hotel & Villas
Pineapple Suite Bedroom
Breakfast spread at a villa
Deluxe Villa Suite Bedroom
Inward Bound Yoga at Round Hill
Kokonda tasters by Chef Martin Maginley
Superior villa suite, Round Hill Hotel & Villas Resort
Round Hill Hotel & Villas Resort, hotel in Jamaica
Aerial shot - Round Hill Hotel Jamaica
Staff at Round Hill Hotel & Villas Resort
Round Hill has been a trusty escape among Jamaica’s most discerning visitors for five decades and is among the most elegant hotels in the Caribbean. Set just to the west of Montego Bay, on its own peninsular - the round hill of the name – the resort sweeps down through hillside gardens towards the waterfront, where just 36 extremely stylish hotel rooms are set above the beach on one side, and the restaurant and bar among trees on the other. Beyond them is a separate spa. Ranged above the rooms on the rising hillside are 27 two- to five-bedroom villas. The whole resort is built in timelessly elegant Jamaican plantation style – partly re-designed by Ralph Lauren, an owner at Round Hill - to a theme of shingle roofs, louvers, balustrades and classical columns. In an island which has been all but overtaken by all-inclusive hotels, Round Hill retains the atmosphere of a more elegant age and continues to offer, to its extremely well-heeled, quite glitzy crowd of faithfuls, the finest genteel Jamaican hospitality.
KEY FEATURES
Round Hill Hotel Jamaica, best of Caribbean hotels and villas, set on a private 100 acre estate, 36 hotel rooms and 27 two- to five-bedroom villas (with bedrooms available as suites), most with private pools. Restaurant, piano bar, beach bar, 2 central pools, pool bar, full service Elemis spa, fitness centre, PADI dive and watersports shop, 5 tennis courts, children’s club, library, TV lounge, WiFi, customised weddings, resort boutique and gift shop. Green Globe Certified.
STYLE
Elegant, understated but exquisite old colonial Jamaica, with shingle roofs, louvers, classical columns and balustrades, all set in beautiful gardens; some recent redesign in the rooms by Ralph Lauren. An exclusive, but thoroughly refined and romantic hotel
CLIENT PROFILE
Round Hill is a hotel in Jamaica that has a long-standing following of well-heeled, elegant travellers, often famous, some royalty among them, of all ages. It is especially popular with families, and ideal for an elegant wedding or honeymoon
The pineapple can be seen on the gates of plantation houses all over Jamaica (and occasionally at country houses of a similar age in England). And it is fitting as the symbol for Round Hill, partly because the area was in fact a pineapple plantation, but much more so because the pineapple is the symbol of the very best in traditional Jamaican hospitality. The hotel retains a beauty in setting and a graciousness in atmosphere that make it the most refined and elegant hotel in Jamaica, without doubt one of the finest in the Caribbean.
You approach Round Hill along the main north coast road heading west from Montego Bay. As the road begins to climb towards the village of Hopewell after the Great River you turn right by the sentry box along a drive between royal palms. At the top of the hill villas begin to appear. As you head steeply downhill towards the sea, their shallow-pitched grey shingle roofs sit beautifully in the explosive greenery either side. The Lobby appears ahead of you, set in perfect symmetry at the foot of the hill. As you enter it you will notice that the view carries straight through into the bay.
The Lobby gives a good sense of the style of Round Hill. It uses the restrained and traditional features of the classical old elegant Jamaica. The building is white, with carriage lanterns and white and green striped awnings, and a grey shingle roof. Inside, the tiled floor is a black and white chequerboard. Reproduction antique furniture stands around the walls, which have solid wooden panelling and doors. As you pass through towards the bay there is a small veranda, beyond which are lawns and then the sea.
Walk left from the Lobby along the waterfront and you come to most of the ‘central’ features of the hotel. First though, the beach appears below you on your right. At a huge sea almond tree there is a circular wooden beach bar and watersports equipment – small sailboats and kayaks – laid out on the sand. Next you come to the Seaside Terrace, also set in the shade of large sea almond trees, bougainvillea and parasols. This is where breakfast is held and occasional special dinners. Other dining rooms are set above it inland.
Just above the Seaside Terrace is the bar, which has seen much of the life of Round Hill over the years. It was redesigned recently by Ralph Lauren, who has used the best in traditional Jamaican design and cast it back to the most romantic days of Round Hill in the 1950s and 60s when the ‘jet set’ were visitors. Afternoon tea from traditional silverware is served under photographs of them and the columns topped with stylised palm leaves. Above and behind the bar is the main dining room, the Georgian Room. This is open-sided and gives out onto a terrace – again under massive trees - which is sometimes used for dinner but also makes an extremely attractive setting for a wedding ceremony. The Hanover Room is a second dining room above. Several of the dining rooms and terraces have a view of the bay, which is lovely. Among the trees you can see the pier and the watersports gazebo on the shoreline.
If you continue to walk beyond the dining rooms the wall of the valley rises steeply out of the waterfront, almost threatening to block the way. As the path clings to the hillside, lianas dangle around you from the massive tropical trees. Then you descend into the next bay and arrive at the spa and the fitness centre. They are set in a former plantation building that has been redone in traditional style.
Looking the other way from the Lobby you will find the ‘hotel’ accommodation in Pineapple House, actually three buildings that stand shoulder to shoulder above the main pool on the small cliff, each slightly angled to get the best of the lovely view out into the bay. You reach them on a path lined with bananas, palms and bougainvillea, off which steps with white cross-cross balustrades climb or descend to the 36 bedrooms. Inside, the rooms have also been styled by Ralph Lauren. They continue Round Hill’s classic theme of traditional Jamaica, with the same chiaroscuro colour scheme, of dark furniture (some beds are bamboo four-posters, others two-poster hardwood with pineapple motif headboards) against a background of light walls, floor and ceiling. It is a deceptively simple setting that has a very calm effect. There is a small sitting area at the front of each room, but the thing that draws your eye is the huge window cut into the far wall. Beneath a green and white striped awning the view carries over the spectacular, split level pool and sundeck just below and then to a fantastic seascape beyond. The view carries for miles along the forested coastline to the west.
The ‘hotel’ rooms are only part of the story at Round Hill. There are also rooms in the villas tucked away on the hillside above. These are set back, their grey shingle roofs rising on the hill among the royal palms and greenery. There are two, three, four and five bedroom villas, which makes them ideal for families, which are well looked after by Round Hill. Linked by a series of paths, the villas are individually furnished and decorated. The majority of them have a swimming pool. In amongst the villas are five tennis courts, two of which are lighted.
There is a children’s centre, the Pineapple Kids Club, just to your left as you look up the hill from the Lobby. It is open mornings and afternoons and caters for children aged from three to eleven (children younger than this must be accompanied by a nanny). Looking the other way you will see the gift shop on the left of the path and beyond it the small business centre, which has internet connection. On the other side of the path is the library and the Pineapple Room, where you will find the only television on the whole property, as well as eccentric paintings by Jonathon Routh. Beyond here you come back to the bar.
Round Hill is one of the finest hotels in the Caribbean. Its physical setting, the classical Jamaican homes set on a very pretty tropical hillside of royal palms and explosive greenery, is simply exquisite, but of course atmosphere and fashionability are made of subtler things besides. The hotel has had a following among extremely well heeled travellers for over five decades. It has steered itself successfully through a period of immense change in the global travel industry, retaining an understated refinement that has timeless elegance and a charmingly Jamaican character.
Beach & Swimming The beach is right below the Lobby area and dining rooms and is shaded by some trees at the foot of the lawns. A section of granular sand shelves into the shallow, blue-green water of the bay. The beach is not that large, but it is pretty and well protected in the lee of the hill.
There are two ‘central’ swimming pools at Round Hill. The spectacular main pool sits in front of the hotel rooms on the Cliffside surrounded by a sundeck with loungers and parasols. It has two infinity edges and is set on three levels – the main pool (50ft by 16ft) spills into a spa pool and there is a wading pool suitable for children. A pool bar stands next door to it. A second, quieter pool is located at the spa building. This is for adults only.
Most of the private villas at Round Hill also have their own pools.
Sports & Recreation Watersports are available on the beach, around the pier and gazebo, through the hotel’s concessionaire, Captain’s Watersports. They have kayaks, windsurfers, Hobie cats and pedalos for use in the bay. They also offer water-skiing, tubing and (for ages twelve and over) scuba diving. A reef in the shallow water right offshore in the bay makes for excellent snorkelling. There is also a weekly glass-bottom boat trip if you do not want to swim.
Round Hill has five tennis courts, two of which are lit for night play. There is a jogging trail around the grounds and a fitness centre attached to the spa, see below.
The Spa The spa at Round Hill is located in a very attractive old building in the next bay around from the main beach. Originally called Welcome Wharf, it is set in lawns among tropical trees a few minutes walk from the main hotel, which gives it a tranquil feel. It has cut-stone walls with white balustrades and verandas and it looks out over the pool, which is set in a surround of traditional bricks, a lawn and then the bay. There are ten treatment rooms, including one 'couples’ room and a ‘wet’ room with a hydrotherapy tub. There is also an outdoor treatment area (though massage can take place in many places, such as the beachfront and under the trees). Treatment rooms are air-conditioned , but if you wish they also open up to the natural air. Products used are by Elemis and Aromapure. There is also a beauty salon at the spa. The spa offers treatments for teenagers (12-16), but younger children who visit must be accompanied by an adult. Light lunches, salads and soups, can be served around the pool. A number of yoga retreats are offered by the spa each year.
The Fitness Centre is attached to the spa. Machines and weights are set on the terrace. Classes and yoga sessions are available.
It is worth noting that the setting at the spa is lovely and it can be used for a wedding.
The Rooms Roughly a third of the bedrooms at Round Hill are ‘hotel’ bedrooms and they are set in the three ‘blocks’ of Pineapple House. These are attractively styled (by Ralph Lauren) and use the best of traditional Jamaican architecture and design – with the same light and dark effect as the rest of the hotel, which gives an extremely ‘calm’ feel. The ceilings have exposed shingles and there are large louvered windows, which are set into a sitting alcove with a green and white striped awning and a lovely view of the bay. The walls are light, generally off-white, and many of the dark-stained, hardwood beds have the hotel’s pineapple motif on their headboards. All these rooms are ocean view and some of them connect, making them suitable for families.
There are also 77 suites in the villas that stand on the hillside above the central part of the hotel. Set in very attractive buildings, most of which have pools, they can be taken as a whole villa together (in which case you also have use of the living room and verandas) or individually (in which case the pool may be shared). The villas are decorated individually (they are actually privately owned and have been handed back to the hotel to be part of their room inventory).
Dining The food at Round Hill is overseen by their award winning chef, Martin Maginley, who came to the hotel in November 2007. The style of the cuisine is contemporary Caribbean, with tastes and dishes gathered from around region (and some from further afield), including Jamaica of course, which has excellent spices and other ingredients.
The main dining area is the Seaside Terrace where breakfast, lunch and dinner are served. Dinner also takes place (five nights a week) higher up, above the bar, at the newly created Restaurant at Round Hill on the Georgian Terrace or in the Georgian Room. Snacks are served during the day at the beach and pool bar and in the evenings in the main bar. On Mondays the Sea Terrace has a beach party and barbecue down on the sand. Wednesday is curry night and Friday is Jamaica night, with a floor show. Room service is available, as are special children’s menus. Light meals are available during the day at the spa. Meal plans are available.
Weddings Round Hill is a supremely elegant location for a Caribbean wedding and there are a number of settings in the grounds for a truly memorable ceremony and reception. These include the two beaches, the Georgian Terrace - or inside in the Georgian Room - the Lawn overlooking the bay down by the spa and the sundeck. Also, with so many excellent homes at Round Hill, you have the option of holding a wedding in the privacy of your own villa. Round Hill has a basic Wedding Plan for up to six people for US$1000, but the hotel has its own wedding planner who can customise a ceremony for up to 200 people for you. She can arrange floral decoration, photography and videography and entertainment including a band or a DJ. Most importantly, to make sure that things are kept personal, weddings at Round Hill are limited to just thirty per year. Please see details of the wedding package, a Renewal Wedding package and for information on the legal requirements for getting married in Jamaica.
Children Round Hill is extremely popular with families and it is well organised to cater for children. The dining room provides an early dinner service, which can be ordered off the Children’s Menu. The hotel’s complimentary Pineapple Kid’s Club, located next door to the Lobby, is open daily from 9-12 noon and 1-5pm and offers activities for children aged 3-11 years. Children under three can also be accepted if accompanied by a nanny (a nanny service is available at an extra charge). Activities include arts and crafts, a story hour, movies, beach games, nature walks, watersports, gymnastics and even reggae lessons. During the summer holidays there is a complimentary Kid Tennis Clinic for children up to the age of twelve, with classes from 9-11am every day except Sundays. Round Hill’s on-site watersports and dive centre offers supervised children’s watersports in conjunction with the Pineapple Club. Captain’s Watersports & Dive Centre also run the SASY (Supplied Air Snorkelling for Youth) programme for children between 5-12 years, and PADI Bubblemaker for age eight plus. Please see our review of Captain’s Watersports.
A Family Plan (see Special Offers) from May to August offers five hours of daily nanny service free of charge and separate rooms for children at half price.
Practical Facts Annual Closure Dates: open year round.
Dress Code: Is casual and elegant, though many of Round Hill’s guests will wear designer causal clothes. During the day attire is informal and from 6.30pm evening attire is requested - long trousers/pants and shirts with collars for men, ladies to dress accordingly. The only time that t-shirts, shorts and sneakers/trainers are acceptable as evening attire is during the weekly Beach Party on Monday nights. During the festive season guests tend to dress up.
Facilities: 2 swimming pools: a main resort pool with three tiers, one for swimming, a children’s wading pool and a spa pool, and an adult only swimming pool by The Spa. Dining terrace/room, beach bar & grill, piano bar, pool bar and The Spa lunch service. Full service Elemis spa. Air-conditioned fitness centre. Jogging trail. Captain’s Watersports and dive (PADI) centre. 5 all weather tennis courts – 2 floodlit. Pineapple Kids Club. International library with books in French, German, Spanish & Japanese. Pineapple Lounge with 62” plasma TV with satellite service and card tables. Resort boutique and gift shop. Meeting facilities for up to 100 people theatre style.
Complimentary: Daily afternoon tea. Weekly manager’s cocktail party. Live pre-dinner piano or calypso music. Snorkelling equipment, kayaks, water trampoline, pedal boats, windsurfing and glass bottom boat ride. Use of the fitness centre, plus daily fitness classes: stretch, muscle toning, aerobics and step aerobics. Shuttle service to Tryall Golf Club. Use of tennis courts day and night including tennis racquets. Shuttle to Montego Bay for shopping. Cribs and high chairs. Daily copy of “The Times Fax” delivered to all rooms. Golf cart shuttle service available between reception and villas suites.
Other Services: Concierge and Tour Desk for excursions, postal service (sale of stamps, postal delivery/collection and express mail service available), booking tee times at Tryall Golf Club, currency exchange, car and helicopter rental. Bell Desk will arrange taxis, private driver and limousine services. Wedding planner. Nanny service available for extra charge. TV and VCR rental. Business center available with high speed internet, computers, laptop hook ups and fax services. Nature walk on Fridays. Room service (subject to a US$5 delivery fee). Yoga classes Weds-Sun at 4pm - extra charge. Personal fitness instructor and tennis pro available for extra charge. Inward Bound Yoga Retreat programme. In room or villa massage service available from The Spa. Waterskiing, water taxi service to Montego Bay, inner tubing, sailing and windsurfing instruction, PADI certification courses available through Captain’s Watersports for additional charges – they will also arrange deep sea fishing, private yacht charter and sunset cruises. Shuttle for church service on Sundays. Pillow menu available. WiFi throughout the resort.
Children: Welcome. Complimentary cribs and high chairs. Baby sitting and nanny services available for an extra charge. Meal plans are reduced by 50% for children between 3-11 years. Children’s menu available. SASY and PADI Bubblemaker courses available. Games and puzzles available from Front Desk. Pineapple Kid’s Club - see Children above.
Weddings & Honeymoons: There is a basic Wedding Plan package for US$1000, a Renewal Wedding package from US$800-1000, and a wedding planner for customised events. Please see under Weddings above for more information.
Accommodation: 36 rooms and 27 villas with 74 suites – 110 bedrooms
Rooms: All rooms and suites all have air-conditioned bedrooms with ceiling fans, Panasonic CD/radio player, direct dial telephone, safe, iron & ironing board, coffee/tea maker, bathrobes, slippers, umbrellas, hairdryer and en suite bathrooms. 36 x Oceanfront Rooms (452sq ft) are all located in the two storey Pineapple House overlooking the main swimming pool and have been recently renovated, with interiors by Ralph Lauren set against white stone floors and white painted walls and ceilings. They comprise of a large bedroom with either a king size four poster bed or two separate four poster twin beds within dark stained bamboo frame, and a small sitting area with upholstered seating facing the sea - some rooms have garden and/or sea views and some overlook the pool with sea views. The upstairs rooms have white painted, exposed cathedral ceilings and a large picture window with folding louver doors opening to the views, whilst ground floor rooms have their own balcony or patio. New all white, en suite bathrooms have fixtures by Waterworks and have double vanities, a deep tub with hand held shower and a separate walk-in shower with rain head. Some rooms have connecting doors. 77 x Suites are located in 27 privately owned villas, each individually decorated and furnished. Villas can be rented as an entire unit or as separate suites (see here for weekly villa specials), with each villa comprising a Master Suite and up to four more individual suites, and one kitchen, which is used by a housekeeper/cook to prepare breakfast only. 23 of the villas have their own private swimming pool which is shared between the individual suites if the entire villa has not been rented. Each suite features a private living room and/or veranda leading to double doors and a bedroom which can be closed off for full air-conditioning. Most have either a king size bed or two twins, some have king size four poster beds and a couple of rooms have double beds: Superior Villa Suite (1291sq ft) are located in villas without swimming pools and have an enclosed or semi-enclosed living room, garden and/or veranda. Deluxe Villa Suite (1400sq ft) as before but located in a villa with a shared swimming pool and pool deck/terrace. Master Villa Suite (1668sq ft) as before with shared swimming pool and is a much larger suite. Pineapple Suite is a new category for 2006 which are in recently renovated villas and have shared swimming pool. These suites are now larger with enhanced interior décor, semi open-air living room, private terrace and an en suite bathroom with double vanities, tub and separate shower. Maximum occupancy in a room/suite is 3 persons with an extra bed (extra) and a crib. A Pillow Menu has been introduced with pillow of choice available for order via reservations: Standard Non-allergenic poly-fill, Best Rest, Feather Core, Exclusive Maternity or Snore Stopper.
Credit Cards: VISA, MasterCard and American Express.
All rates are in US$ per room, per night, on a room only basis (EP) and include tax and service charge. All rates are subject to change without notice.
Minimum stay: 5 nights over Thanksgiving, 14 nights over Christmas/New Year (for arrivals 20 Dec-03 Jan), 4 nights over President’s Weekend and 7 nights over Easter.
A three night deposit is required to confirm all reservations or 50% of stay for Christmas and New Year’s bookings (20 Dec-03 Jan).Cancellation notices with charges are:one night’s room charge if cancelling within 30 days of arrival during the winter season or if within 14 days of arrival during the summer season, whilst for Christmas/New Year 45 days notice is required to avoid 50% pre-payment being forfeited.No-shows will incur a loss of deposit.
Special Offers FREE NIGHTS
Stay 4 nights and pay for 3, 7 nights and pay for 5 or 14 nights and pay for 10. PLUS receive a US$100 Food & Beverage Credit per booking. Offer valid for all room types (villas nightly rate only) for stays from 01 May-19 December 2009 except for 14-16 May, 31 Aug-31 Oct, 25-30 November and 03-05 December 2009.
FAMILY PLANS
Book a separate connecting/adjoining Pineapple Oceanfront Room or a second Villa Suite (2 bedroom villa) with or without pool for up to three children under 12yrs and enjoy a 50% reduction on the extra room/suite. PLUS enjoy 3 hours daily nanny service between 10am-5pm. Offer valid for stays 01 May-31 October 2009. Minimum stay 3 nights.
FREE Extra Bed
Complimentary extra bed for one (1) child 12yrs and under when sharing room/suite with 2 adults. Offer valid for stays 01 May-14 December 2009.
Cribs are free of charge
Offers subject to change without notice and cannot be combined.
For Weekly Villa Specials rates please see Villa Resorts section.
Yoga Package Inward Bound Yoga at Round Hill
Created by Jane Fryer in 1992, the Inward Bound retreat programmes at Round Hill are grounded in yoga which includes restorative yoga and meditation. Some programmes also include Pilates mat-work, and offer daily yoga immersion and instruction. Classes are held in the mornings and late afternoons , either on a private villa deck or by the ocean and are normally (unless otherwise stated) suitable for mixed levels of students.
2010 Retreat dates:
20-24 Jan - Nixa de Bellis and Julia Balk
10-14 Mar - Bruce and Rita from Yoga Elements
The 4 night retreat includes accommodation in an Oceanfront Hotel Room, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner daily, welcome gift on arrival, full *Inward Bound programme, use of fitness centre and tennis courts, shopping shuttle to Montego Bay, shuttle to Tryall for golf, non-motorised watersports, airport transfers, tax and service charge. Per person package prices - US$2,904 Jan & Mar 2010 single occupancy, US$2,062 Jan & Mar 2010 double occupancy, US$1,642 Jan & Mar 2010 yoga teaser for person sharing with yoga person and US$1,222 Jan & Mar 2010 for non yoga person based on double occupancy. Additional nights available on request. * For further details of the exact programme content for each Inward Bound Retreat please see Round Hill’s website.
Readers' Offer Definitive Caribbean has teamed up with Round Hill Hotel and Villas to provide our users with an exciting READERS’ OFFER.
If you stay a minimum of seven nights you can claim a complimentary three course meal to include the hotel's famous SIGNATURE DISH (follow link to see the recipe). Terms and conditions apply (see below).
Round Hill’s delicious Kokonda is their starter Signature Dish, which you will be able to enjoy as part of a complimentary three course meal. When you visit Round Hill, you can meet Chef Martin personally or a member of his team to hear hints from an insider about this innovative dish.
To claim your complimentary meal, all you need to do is to send us an email for a Coded Voucher.
Terms and Conditions:
1. This Reader Offer is exclusive to Definitive Caribbean but will be available to everyone that books to stay a minimum of 7 nights at the relevant hotel/villa, whether you book direct or via a travel agent or tour operator, so long as you have read it on Definitive Caribbean.
2. In order to collect the reader offer, you must apply to us by email for a Coded Voucher, which you must print out and present to the hotel on arrival. No advance notice or prior correspondence will be required and the offer will be made available at a mutually suitable day/time to be arranged directly.
3. The Round Hill Hotel and Villas signature dish is a Starter, Kokonda from Chef Martin, which will be offered as part of a complimentary three course meal for up to 2 adults (per hotel room or villa). For villas with additional occupancy, the Signature Dish will be offered on a complimentary basis to all adult occupants but other courses forming part of the meal will be at your expense.
4. This Reader Offer is open-dated so may be taken up at any time but only one voucher is available per reservation.
How to Book If you wish to make further enquiries or book direct, please use the WEB LINK or DIRECT EMAIL ENQUIRIES facility a the top of this page to contact Round Hill Hotel & Villas, or if you wish to telephone them, their telephone number will be revealed if you click on the CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER link.
UK Tour Operators If you wish to book through a tour operator or travel organiser that features Round Hill Hotel & Villas, please follow the link below. See List of UK Tour Operators
Locality Round Hill Hotel & Villas is set in the exclusive 100 acre Round Hill Estate, which lies to the west of Montego Bay. This is home both to the resort and also to a good number of private holiday houses of the rich and famous, some of which are available for rent. Just above Round Hill is the village of Hopewell, which has a supermarket and liquor store/off-licence, pharmacy, AMT, post office, library and service station. About five minutes drive to the west is the Tryall Club, where there is a championship golf course. A free shuttle runs from Round Hill if you wish to play golf. Travel further west and you will reach the popular beach resort of Negril in less than an hour. Closer to home is the Great River Valley, where it is possible to go bamboo river rafting from Lethe village. Inland from the small community at Reading, on a pleasant drive through a rainforested gully, is the Rockland’s Bird Sanctuary, where you can hand-feed hummingbirds.
Round Hill is approximately 20 minutes from Montego Bay, Jamaica’s second largest city and the island’s tourism epicentre. A free shuttle transports guests into the city for shopping trips. In the downtown area of the city there are several craft markets and shopping centres, including duty free outlets. On the northern edge is Gloucester Avenue, which calls itself the “Hip Strip”. Here there are cafes, shops, craft markets and restaurants serving anything from jerk at the Pork Pit to fine cuisine at The Townhouse by the Sea, as well as some lively clubs and bars, including Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. The best beach in the area, Doctor’s Cave Beach, is also on the strip. Just before the city is the Freeport peninsular, where you will find a shopping mall next to the cruise ship berths, and the Houseboat Grill restaurant on the lagoon itself. In nearby Bogue is the Fairview Shopping Centre with SuperPlus, a well-stocked supermarket, a cinema, department store, hardware store, pharmacy, fast food jerk centre, service station and a KFC. Closer to town is the Westgate Shopping Centre where there is a bank, supermarket, off-licence, McDonalds and service station.
Meet & Greet If you are travelling independently, Round Hill can arrange for a taxi or limousine to meet you at Sangster International Airport (Montego Bay). You will be charged for this locally. If you have opted for their Platinum Plan your airport transfers from Montego Bay will already be included. The transfer takes approximately 30 minutes because the route passes through Montego Bay. Alternatively, if you would prefer to be taken care of from the minute you arrive at the airport, with a range of services that can include limousine transfers and a personal Concierge Service, this is offered by Glamour Tours.
If you are booking through a travel organiser, it is likely that their representative will be at the airport to meet you. This service and your return airport transfers should be included in the cost of your holiday. Please check at the time of booking.
Getting Around Hiring a car to explore the island, which is exceptionally beautiful, is easily arranged. You can book via the hotel direct or your tour operator. Car hire can also be arranged through the resort. If you do decide to go for a hire car, ask for your vehicle to be delivered to the property (there may be a delivery fee) approximately three hours after your scheduled time of arrival on Jamaica or the following morning. Vehicles can be returned at the airport or collected from the property at a pre-arranged time on your departure day. Taxis are readily available at Round Hill through the Bell Desk and Front Desk can arrange local tours to places of interest. A complimentary shuttle service is provided to guests for shopping in Montego Bay and to nearby Tryall Golf Course.
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