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1571. Garden House

Garden House (Shaw Park, across from Coyaba Gardens, tel. 876/974-4481, U.K. tel.

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Moon Palace Jamaica Grande (rom US$466 low season, US$652 high season) is the most prominent hotel on Turtle Beach, oc­cupying the prime piece of real estate on the point of the bay. Completely refurbished in 2014 and taken over by Mexico-based Palace Resorts, the 705-room hotel boasts its own Dolphin Cove, a surf pool, a discotheque, buffet and à la carte dining.

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Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach and Villa Resort (Main St., tel. 876/974-5691, www.sandals.com, US$880 weekly) is a 529-room property covering land on both sides of the bypass. Sandals properties are exclusively for couples. Sandals Grande Ocho Rios features three resorts in one, set amid a 100-plus acre seaside estate.

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ClubHotel Riu Ocho Rios (tel. 876/972-2200, US tel. 888/RIU-4990, clubhotel.ochorios@riu.com, www.riu.com), located in Mamee Bay, is a massive 865-room resort facing the sea. Rooms are clean and well appointed in replica furniture and either one king, a king and a double, or two double beds.

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1575. Couples

Couples (www.couples.com, from US$507/551 low/high season) has two all-inclusive resorts just east of town across the border in Tower Isle, St. Mary: Couples San Souci (White River, tel. 876/994-1353) and Couples Tower Isle (Tower Isle, tel.

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Spring Garden Café and Seafood Grill (tel. 876/795-3149, 11 a.m.–11 p.m.) serves seafood, steak, and chicken (US$8–30). It's located on the bypass near Irie FM.

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Tropical Vibes Seafood and Bar (contact Garwin Davis, tel. 876/392-8287 or 876/386-0858, 8 a.m.–11 p.m. daily, US$6.50–21) is a great breezy bar serving the best fresh escovitch fish and bammy in town, as well as lobster, conch, and shrimp.

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1578. Jack Ruby's

Jack Ruby's (1 James Ave., contact Peter Turner, cell tel. 876/381-3794 or 876/974-7289, 11 a.m.–11 p.m. daily, US$5–13) serves local fare, such as fried chicken with rice and peas, as well as seafood.

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World of Fish (3 James Ave., no phone, 8 a.m.–1 a.m. daily) serves fish, chicken (US$3.50), rice and peas, curry goat (US$5), stew chicken, and fried, roast, or steamed fish with bammy or festival.

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Scotchie's Too (Drax Hall, beside the Epping gas station, tel. 876/794-9457, 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Mon.–Sat., 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Sun., US$4–11) is Jamaica's most respected jerk center, consistently grilling up the best jerk the country has to offer, with pork, chicken, and roast fish accompanied by breadfruit, yam, and festival.

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