Jamaica Inn

Jamaica

With all the hoopla over all-inclusive resorts and spring-break shenanigans, it's easy to forget there was a kinder, gentler time in Jamaican tourism -- with places like the Jamaica Inn that ooze old-school charm and low-key sophistication. Mellowness comes with maturity, and this hotel's been around since the days when Harry Belafonte (rather than Bob Marley) was this island's most celebrated singer. Nearly everyone who passed through Ocho Rios in those days slept, ate (or drank) at Jamaica Inn -- Errol Flynn, Winston Churchill, Katharine Hepburn and Claudette Colbert, just to name a few. But the hotel also has its modern-day habitués, jet-setters like supermodel Kate Moss who leave their party face at home in favor of a laid-back Jamaican sojourn.READ REVIEW »