PORTLAND

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ATTRACTIONS/POINTS OF INTEREST

 

• Maroon settlements in Portland Moore Town, home of National Heroine Nanny , leader of the Eastern Maroons and Charleston , home of Quao another great Windward Maroon leader

• Port Antonio, capital - an old -world town built on twin harbours, that become prosperous with the rise of the banana trade in 1880's. A popular resort for famous writers, movie stars, such as Errol Flynn, and tycoons who stayed at the Titchfield Hotel , Navy Island and a glamourous Frenchman's Cove.

• Nature Trails for hiking and bird watching

• Rafting on the Rio Grande

• The world famous Blue Lagoon

• Folly's Ruins, the haunting turn-of-the Century mansion overlooking the sea

• Charlestown Maroon Museum and 'Saffu Yard'

• Boston Village, famous for Jerk Pork

• Frenchman's Cove