Idyllic Beachfront Condo - Ocho Rios

Imagine yourself with a cup of coffee, sitting on the balcony and looking at the brilliant blue Caribbean Sea, with lush green palm trees framing your view in front of you as you start your day! This is what awaits you every day at our apartment.



Our idyllic beachfront condo, Apartment 10 is a tastefully furnished one bedroom apartment, part of 33 similar apartments at Chrisanns Beach Resort on its own private beach, just outside the tourist mecca of Ocho Rios on Jamaica's North Coast. Ocho Rios has the greatest concentration of visitor attractions in Jamaica. The apartment features:



- Free WiFi inside condo and in entry lobby.



- Upstairs loft bedroom with king size bed and pickled wooden floors.



- Downstairs living/dining area, bathroom.



- Fully equipped kitchen with frost-free refrigerator, Corian countertops, 4 burner electric stove and oven, microwave, toaster, French press coffee maker, chef knife set, all cutlery, pots and and cooking utensils.



- Our housekeeper will also cook for you if you wish, for a modest extra fee.



- All bed and bath linens and beach towels provided.



- Free cable TV service, DVD player, free DVDs, AM/FM radio, CD player.



- Board games, floatable pool noodles, kick boards for swimming, novels and magazines



- 2 umbrellas, plug in insect repellent.



- Electric iron, ironing board, blow dryer, digital lockable safe, electric water heater, split a/c unit that cools the entire apartment, ceiling fan, standing fan.



- Private balcony with sea view and bistro table/chairs.



- Private beach and gazebo.



A Host of Attractions



Chrisanns Beach Resort is two hours away from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The resort is just steps away from some of Ocho Rios's finest attractions. There are three restaurants across the street as well as the nouvelle cuisine Harmony Hall restaurant and boutique complex, located in an exquisite old mansion artists. Harmony Hall is a Jamaican National Heritage site.



If you want to cook for yourself, there's a grocery store right across the street, and a weekly farmers' market on Fridays just down the road with a wide variety of fresh Jamaican fruits and vegetables.



In Ocho Rios, you can shop for souvenirs, duty free jewelry and other goodies at the Island Village plaza. Relax at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville Restaurant and Lounge, right on the beach at Island Village.



You can visit museums such as the Reggae Museum in Island Village, and the world-famous Dunns River Falls and Park.



Ocho Rios has many restaurants: Italian, Chinese, international, Indian, and Jamaican. Every June, the town hosts a local jazz festival in June that brings together jazz musicians from across the island.



You'll find other attractions in Ocho Rios like Dolphin Cove, where you can swim with these friendly creatures, and Mystic Mountain for an awesome eco-tourism experience, complete with canopy bridges and bungee rides above a tropical rain forest.



Tour a working citrus plantation at the Prospect Plantation Tour, or go kayaking down the White River, or go mountain biking on trails nearby.



Ocho Rios is also one of the few resorts where you can visit authentic Jamaican towns, such as St. Ann's Bay, the birthplace of Marcus Garvey and Brown's Town, a major market town on the North Coast.



Just 45 minutes from Chrisanns is the birthplace of Bob Marley: Nine Miles, where you can visit his mausoleum and museum.



St. Ann's Bay is just beside New Seville, the site where Christopher Columbus first landed in Jamaica. Here you can visit a historical museum and ruins of early Spanish settlements dating back to the 15th century.



Chrisanns Beach Resort is just an hour's drive away from Firefly, the home of Sir Noel Coward. Firefly is now a museum, and another National Heritage site. Forty five minutes away is Golden Eye, the former home of Ian Fleming, where he wrote his James Bond novels.



If you feel adventurous, you can rent a car drive to Portland and visit Navy Island, where Errol Flynn once lived. There' are tour brochures and car rental information in the apartment and the reception area.