The touristic kingpin of Jamaica’s northern coast is a town alive with bubbling Caribbean rum joints, pandemonius Spring Breaker clubs, luxurious hotel complexes and a host of traffic-laden downtown roads that tick over to the off-beats of Marley reggae and the fruity sounds of steel-drum jazz alike. On all sides it’s encompassed by some of the island’s most famous beaches, where turquoise waters lap onto coral-white sand, and sunbathers rub shoulders with swaying coconut palms to boot.
Of course, there are all the ubiquitous Caribbean pastimes to enjoy; from diving amidst the colourful array of tropical fish, to exploring the picture-postcard coastal stretches from Negril, to Ochos Rios in the east. But, there’s also something edgy about MoBay, and visitors looking to really enjoy this town for all its got should be sure to ask their Montego Bay tour guide about the bustling bars and ingenious cuisine that can be sampled at its ‘Hip Strip’, or the Georgian remnants of colonialism that now watch over a veritable fray of local marketplaces and café gardens around heady Sam Sharpe Square.