Built between 1775 and 1782, and later rebuilt after the 1957 earthquake, this is regarded as one of the finest churches on the island. With a bit of luck you'll be blessed with a view of the beautiful interior, which contains a stunning stained-glass

The infamy of multiple-murderer Annie Palmer, AKA 'White Witch of Rose Hall' surrounds this imposing 18th-century house and its inhabitants. Though destroyed by slaves in 1831, it was restored to its haughty three-storey grandeur in 1966. Besides disco

The Blue Lagoon is by any measure one of the most beautiful spots in Jamaica. Made famous by a certain Brooke Shields movie and the site of a well-publicised Jacques Cousteau dive, the 52m-deep (170.6ft) 'Blue Hole' (as locals call it) opens to the sea

The lagoon's colour changes through every shade of jade and emerald during the day.

For years access was via Blue Lagoon Restaurant, but this well-loved establishment closed in the aftermath of 2004's Hurricane Ivan. It's said that the owner -

Despite being out-of-the-way, the village of Nine Mile gets big font on the tourist map as the site of Bob Marley's birth and his final resting place. The community where the 'King of Reggae' was born on February 6, 1945, is set dramatically in the mid

At the Museum a Rastafarian guide leads pilgrims to the hut - now festooned with devotional graffiti - where the reggae god spent his early years. Like virtually everything else, the hut is painted yellow (for sunshine), green (for nature) and red (for

Negril is the vortex around which Jamaica's fun-in-the-sun vacation life whirls. You'll soon find yourself falling in love with Negril's insouciance and its scintillating 11km-long (6.8mi) beach shelving gently into calm waters reflecting a palette of

Coral reefs lie just offshore, and you'll want your camera to record the consistently peach-coloured sunsets that get more applause than the live reggae concerts for which Negril is equally famous.

Tourism is Negril's only industry. But despite p