Trident Castle (www.tridentcastle.com) next door to Jamaica Palace, built by Earl Levy, is also available for rent (US$5,500 nightly low season, US$7,500 high season) and sleeps 1618 people. The castle has a full-time staff of three housekeepers, three waiters, one bartender, one chef, and three gardeners.

Geejam (US$595/705 low season, US$2,035/2,125 high season) is a recording artists’ paradise where the likes of Les Nubians, No Doubt, India Arie, Amy Winehouse, and Tom Cruise have chosen to take their working vacations.

Port Antonio’s villas are definitely some of the nicest in Jamaica, and far less pricey than those in Ocho Rios and Montego Bay. Typically these villas either have breathtaking hilltop views over mountains and out to sea, or are directly on the water, like the famous Blue Lagoon Villas--the most coveted real estate in Jamaica, perfectly placed between San San Bay and the Blue Lagoon.

Lolivya (tel. 876/993-7400, cell tel. 876/471-9622, reservations@wilksbay.com, US$500750) is a beautiful four-bedroom villa overlooking Pelew Island, Alligator Head, and San San’s most prized stretch of oceanfront. The villa is owned by Jim and Mary Lowe, thus the name Lo-liv-ya.