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Pimento Lodge Hideaway Resort (US$155) has three room categories, deluxe, superior and junior suite. Four-poster king and bamboo frame beds, louvered windows and breezy verandas make Pimento lodge a comfortable retreat. Lloyd Edwards returned from an engineering career in England to launch Pimento Lodge in 2012.
Jamaica Beer Festival (free) is the event of the year for beer and music lovers, with Heineken showcasing the more exotic brews from its international portfolio to complement its Jamaican gem, Red Stripe. In 2015 Bugle headlined following a solid performance by Jesse Royal.
Prince Valley Guesthouse (US$35-40 per person night) is located on a small coffee farm in Middleton Settlement in the Blue Mountains. The property is managed by Bobby Williams and has five guest rooms, each with its own bathroom. Linens and towels are provided. A basic breakfast of coffee and toast is included. Dinner is available at US$12 per person.
Blue Ridge Restaurant & Cottages offers three cottages on a bed & breakfast basis. Dragonfly Cottage (USD 110) sleeps two on a full size bed, with private bathroom and balcony.
Jamaica's contribution has been central to a bourgeoning Caribbean fashion industry. Pulse Investments, started holding Caribbean Fashion Week (CFW) in 2001, now a wildly successful annual event described by British Vogue as one of the most important fashion trends on the planet.
Marine Life Divers is a dependable dive shop offering certification courses and equipment rental for PADI-certified divers. The one-dive discover scuba intro course costs US$80; PADI certified divers with their own equipment can rent full tanks (US$42 one dive, from shore - 9am-10:30am, US$85 for two by boat 9am-1:30pm) or tanks and equipment (US$50/100).
Boston is home of jerk, and jerk purveyors across Jamaica know it. The community is located 10km east of the town of Port Antonio, its main features beach its sandy beach suitable for surfing in the horseshoe-shaped bay, and a ramshackle array of jerk pits abutting one another on the lane leading down to Great Huts, a rustic clifftop hotel.
SPF Weekend is one of Jamaica's most highly anticipated party series held on Emancipation Weekend at a few premiere venues in Ocho Rios, starting on Friday 29 July 11pm-6am at The Beach at Dunn's River Falls. Soiée follows at Pearly Beach on Sunday 31 July noon-8pm.
Utopia Azure Beach is a premium all-inclusive party held at Hamony Cove, Trelawny on the Saturday of Emancipation Weekend, 2-10pm.
Spanish saxophonist Angel Soria jams with four Alpha Boys at Constant Spring Golf Course. Free admission. Donations benefit Alpha Institute. Event hosted by The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation and the Embassy of Spain.
