Negril Fitness Centre (US$5/day, US$25/week, US$45/month) next to the Cafè Taino, has basic equipment like dumbbells, Stairmasters, and treadmills and serves a mostly Jamaican clientele.
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Negril Fitness Centre (US$5/day, US$25/week, US$45/month) next to the Cafè Taino, has basic equipment like dumbbells, Stairmasters, and treadmills and serves a mostly Jamaican clientele.
Fanette Johnson leads Iyengar-style yoga sessions at the Negril Yoga Centre and Rockhouse and will also do private sessions. She has 20 years' experience teaching yoga around the globe.
Jackie's on the Reef (tel. 876/957-4997 or 718/469-2785, jackiesonthereef@rcn.com, www.jackiesonthereef.com) accepts nonguests for daily yoga sessions.
Cortina's Cottage (US$75) is actually a studio apartment located in the Point Village complex at the end of Seven-Mile Beach. It's a good option for those looking for all the amenities normally associated with a large resort at an affordable price.
Chippewa Village is a rustic assortment of seven cottages on the morass side of Norman Manley Boulevard tastefully decorated in a Sioux motif. Owner John Babcook is a leather designer whose great-grandfather Red Shirt was chief of the Dakota Sioux and represented his nation at the 1906 World's Fair.
Greenleaf Cabins (next to Chippewa Village on the morass side of Norman Manley Blvd) has a spacious four-bedroom main building called Devon House, which sleeps up to seven people, and a next large structure with three bedrooms called Dolton House, which also sleeps seven (US$150 each building).
Firefly (US$60\96 d) offers a range of accommodations from studio apartments to beachfront penthouse suites, in a garden setting with an assortment of cottages and rooms in a multistory building.
Negril Yoga Centre (US$30\75), also known as The Little Oasis, has simple, clean, and nicely decorated rooms with single and double beds. The center is tasteful and secure, with a very good restaurant that specializes in vegetarian curries and Thai food cooked to order.
Kuyaba is one of the longest-standing rental options on the beach and has developed into a handful of tasteful cottages. The more rustic cottages (US$56-64 low, US$70-77 high season) hold true to Negril's original hippie vibe, while newer, more elegant rooms (US$77-85 low, US$97-220 high season) have been added in recent years to round out the mix.