Jamaica Heights Resort

The funkiest, most amusing, and hippest guesthouse in town might be full of rock stars from Düsseldorf or up-and-coming filmmakers cranking out tomorrow's indie fave. The very worldly owner, Helmut Steiner, a former professor of literature and philosophy in Berlin, and his wife, Charmaine, maintain this affordable but sophisticated retreat. It's set at the top of a rutted and very steep series of roads. The resort is not on a beach but provides transportation to two of the finest beach strips of sand at Port Antonio: Frenchman's Cove and San San. Scattered amid the wedge-shaped 3-hectare (7 1/2-acre) property are a half-dozen buildings, each white-walled with shutters, gazebos, climbing vines, and a pavilion for meditating over views of the forested terrain that cascades down to Port Antonio's harbor. The garden sports exotic palms, a stream with its own waterfalls, and the most elegant ping-pong pavilion in the world. The minimalist accommodations are spotlessly clean; each has a four-poster bed and funky lighting fixtures.

Facilities:
Restaurant; outdoor pool; watersports; laundry service; nonsmoking rooms

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