Frenchman's Cove Resort, previously known as Frenchman's Cove Hotel, is a hotel located on a property near
Port Antonio
Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica, about from Kingston. It had a population of 12,285 in 1982 and 13,246 in 1991. It is the island's third largest port, famous as a shipping point for b ...
on
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
's northeastern shore. It is considered to be the world's first all-inclusive hotel
with a history indicating its role in Jamaica's tourism industry.
The hotel was popular with guests in the 1960s and considered to be one of the most expensive hotels at the time at $1000 per week.
It is currently underused.
Nevertheless, and although very small in size the Frenchman's Cove beach is one of the best in the island even when compared with the beautiful Seven Mile's beach in
Negril
Negril is a small (pop. 6,900) but widely dispersed beach resort and town located in Westmoreland and Hanover parishes at the far western tip of Jamaica, southwest from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.
Westmoreland is the wes ...
. The small cliffs on both sides of the sea entrance along with the clear sands, the small blue lagoon and the dense vegetation that surrounds all the area makes of this beach a place with an atmosphere absolutely unique.
See also
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List of hotels in Jamaica
This is a list of what are intended to be the notable top hotels by country, five or four star hotels, notable skyscraper landmarks or historic hotels which are covered in multiple reliable publications. It should not be a directory of every hote ...
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List of beaches in Jamaica
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
Aerial viewFrenchman's Cove
Hotels in Jamaica
Resorts in Jamaica
Buildings and structures in Portland Parish
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