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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Jamaica

7 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Jamaica

Updated August 21, 2024

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The Underwater Pirate City of Port Royal

Port Royal, Jamaica

Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Falmouth, Jamaica

Glistening Waters

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Blue Hole Jamaica.

Negril, Jamaica

Blue Hole Mineral Spring

Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.

Negril, Jamaica

Floyd's Pelican Bar

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!
Fire Pond, take a dip for healing.

Runaway Bay, Jamaica

Firewater Pond

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.
Folly Ruins

Port Antonio, Jamaica

Folly Ruins

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

Kingston, Jamaica

Shaare Shalom Synagogue

One of just five sand-floor Jewish synagogues in the world.
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Negril, Jamaica

Floyd's Pelican Bar

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!
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This unusual ice cream has a long history.

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This simple flavor has a cross-cultural and cross-generational appeal.
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August 21, 2024
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Deep in a Jamaican cave, scientists are getting to the bottom of that question.
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May 18, 2021
William Hughes, like other Europeans in the Americas, learned—and often stole—from indigenous people.

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William Hughes was a buccaneer with an early recipe for “the American Nectar.”
by Reina Gattuso
November 14, 2019
Orange County ska punk band Reel Big Fish, performing live in 2013.

Tracing Ska Music’s Great Migration

A journey from Jamaica to California, via England.
by Evan Nicole Brown
September 18, 2018
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Bwaaat! How the Air Horn Made Noise in Pop Music

Pay attention.
by Christina Ayele Djossa
February 8, 2018

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