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Cannon Villas is an assortment of old Jamaican cottage-style villas, four three-bedroom units and one four-bedroom, complete with lattice box windows, cushioned wicker furniture, and attractive interior decor. Villas have air-conditioning in the bedrooms, DSL, Wi-Fi, cable TV, a fully equipped kitchen, and a housekeeper. It's just steps from a fine white sand beach.
Runaway Bay Golf Club (greens fees US$50/80 or US$25 JGA members, US$17/25 for caddy, US$25/35 cart, US$40 Titleist clubs and US$10 for shoes for for 9/18 holes) is a 72-par 18-hole championship course. The course opened in 1960. It has long fairways, large flat greens with grassy mounds and sand bunkers. Recommended gratuity of at least US$10 per person.
Idle Hours villa (US$2,800/3,300 weekly low/high season) is a three-bedroom, three-bath villa on one of Jamaica's finest strips of private beach in the heart of Runaway Bay. Amenities include a private pool overlooking the beach, a well-manicured lawn, and Wi-Fi, with full-time housekeeper, chef, and security.
Itopia (US$495/night) is a lovely country home owned by the Henzells, the family whose late patriarch, Perry, brought the world The Harder They Come, the film that helped to catapult a young Jimmy Cliff to international superstardom in the early 1970s.
Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort is a 266-room all-inclusive resort across the road from the Runaway Bay Gold Course. It has three swimming pools and 40 suites with private plunge pools. A three-story block on the western beach has 30 oceanfront rooms and suites, 14 of which have private plunge pools.
The Runaways Sports Bar & Grill (7am-3am daily, US$9-36) is a cool local joint on top of a four-story no-frills hotel in the easternmost of Runaway Bay's little shopping plazas in Salem district . The roof has a small swimming pool, two billiards tables, and flat-screen TVs airing major sports broadcasts.
Chukka's Horseback Ride 'N Swim (US$73) offers 2.5-hour rides through forest and along the shoreline before swimming on horseback. Remember to bring a change of clothes, and a waterproof camera if you don't want to buy photos from Chukka.
Rebel Salute is the most popular annual music event staged in St. Ann. It started out to commemorate the January 15 birthday of reggae icon Tony Rebel, who shares the same birthday as Martin Luther King Jr., as he's quick to point out. The first show was staged in 1994 in Mandeville, Manchester, and featured the late, great, Garnett Silk, among a host of other artists.
Ocho Rios sees its share of excitement during carnival season in April with Bacchanal Jamaica hosting a mad soca bashment at Chukka Cove. Bacchanal hosts a series of events during Jamaica's carnival season, which runs from mid-January through Easter.
