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Jack Spratt Beach
At the western edge of Jake’s Place brightly painted wooden fishing boats are pulled up on the sand, and there is invariably a fisher or two on hand tending the nets. This is the safest beach for swimming.
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Mahogany Beach
The small and charming Mahogany Beach, 1km east of the town center, is particularly popular with locals; it comes to life on weekends with loud music, smells of jerk cooking and impromptu football matches.
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Long Bay Beach Park
South of Seven Mile Beach, this beach is more peaceful and far less crowded. Here you’ll find more sugary sand and picnic tables plus changing rooms, but there’s also coarse grass, so it’s not quite as picturesque.
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Courthouse Ruins
Moving to the south side of Parade Square, you pass the fenced-off Courthouse Ruins, destroyed in 1986 by fire. The Georgian building dates from 1819, when it was used as a chapel and armory, with the town hall upstairs.
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Tharp House
Tharp House sags from age yet is still one of the best examples of an elegant period townhouse. Today housing the tax office, it was formerly the residence of John Tharp, at one time the largest slaveholder in Jamaica.
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National Housing Trust
At the corner of King St and Church St is a redbrick Georgian building harboring the National Housing Trust. Equally impressive is the three-story Georgian building at 25 Church St - headquarters of Cable & Wireless Jamaica.
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Bloody Bay Beach
Another splendid option, with no facilities and few people, save for a few savvy travelers and a smattering of locals enjoying some repose away from the hubbub. There’s a jerk shack selling snacks and drinks if you need ‘em.
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Baptist Manse
The restored Baptist Manse was formerly the residence of nonconformist Baptist preacher William Knibb, who was instrumental in lobbying for passage of the Abolition Bill that ended slavery. The porticoed post office is next door.
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Boscobel Beach
This beach, 6km east of Rio Nuevo, is a hamlet dominated by Boscobel Beach Spa Resort & Golf Club, a resort especially geared towards families with young children. The Ian Fleming International Airport is located nearby.
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Trinity Cathedral
Open only for services, this partially restored church is noted largely for having been the site of Norman Manley’s funeral (attended by such dignitaries as Fidel Castro) as well as a small wall of mosaics dating back to Spanish times.
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Albert George Market
The market structure on the east side of Water Sq, which dominates central Falmouth, was once the site of slave auctions. The current structure was built in 1894 and named, in honor of two of Queen Victoria’s grandsons, Albert and George.
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Great Bay Beach
All the way at the eastern ‘bottom’ of Treasure Beach you’ll find Great Bay, a pretty, rural patchwork of fields and beach; this is the least-developed portion of Treasure Beach, where the main business remains a Fishermen’s Co-op building.
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Negro Aroused Statue
This controversial bronze statue depicting a crouched black man breaking free from bondage is the work of Jamaica’s foremost sculptor, the late Edna Manley. This is actually a replica; the original is in the National Gallery of Jamaica.
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St James Parish Church
St James Parish Church is regarded as the finest church on the island. The current church was built between 1775 and 1782 in the shape of a Greek cross, but was so damaged by the earthquake of March 1, 1957, that it had to be rebuilt.
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Fort Montego
At the southern end of Gloucester Ave is this inauspicious fort , of which virtually nothing remains. Built in the late 18th century by the British, its cannons were fired only twice. The sole remnant is a small battery with three brass cannons on rails.
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Citizens Beach
Just east of the Greenwood Great House is this small patch of public beach, maintained by locals for locals and any tourist who happens to be tripping this way. There’s the depressing possibility this land will be bought up by a resort soon, so visit while you can.
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Ocho Rios Bay
The main beach of Ocho Rios, popular with tourists, is the long fenced-off crescent known variously as Turtle Beach and Ocho Rios Bay, stretching east from the Turtle Towers condominiums to the Renaissance Jamaica Grande Resort. There are changing rooms and palms for shade.
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Turtle River Park
Near Island Village on Main St, this welcome new green space in the middle of downtown represents a positive new trend in Jamaica’s approach to urban development. The lushly gardened park with manicured lawns also provides a zone free from the hustle of the main drag.
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Museum of St James
In the Civic Centre is the small yet highly informative Museum of St James with relics and other exhibits tracing the history of St James parish from Arawak days through the slave rebellions to the more recent past. An art gallery and 200-seat theater are also here.
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Heavy Sands
Long stretches of dark sand still undiscovered by most international tourists. Just don’t swim near the river mouth – crocodiles like to congregate here! You’ll be fine in the sea, but beware the tides as there will likely be no one around. Abutting it is Parottee Beach .
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