Masterfully located, Goat Hill enjoys spectacular views of the Caribbean and gentle ocean breezes. To the east, Montego Bay and the Great River boast a lovely sunrise each day and to the west, the sun sets over Round Hill and the sea beyond. Club memberships at Round Hill and Tyrall Club are available to guests so that they might enjoy the wonderful amenities that both resort clubs offer such as golf, tennis, spas, restaurants, bars, private beach clubs and more.

Features and Amenities

Designed by the son of renowned architect Edward Durrell Stone, Goat Hill is a delightful composition of individual pavilions, creating quiet seclusion in each living space. Cut stone terraces and balconies are shaded from the sun by cedar eaves and each bedroom is reached by an exterior stairway with single panel glass doors that open expansively to stunning views and refreshing trade winds. Rich mahogany wood, polished brass and white canvas upholstery come together to form a contemporary atmosphere with original art and unique pieces throughout. Tasteful, clean lines give this lovely home sophisticated elegance.

The living and dining areas are ample and the professional kitchen is a chef’s delight but guests won’t need to spend time preparing meals because the estate’s chef perfected her art under Norma Shirley, the renowned chef of Norma’s on the Terrace in Kingston. She serves breakfast al fresco on the West Veranda under the ackee tree, lunch poolside or on the East terrace, and dinner is served by flickering candlelight in the dining room while lights twinkle across the water in Montego Bay.

The master suite boasts a four poster king size bamboo bed, three glass walls that open to a private balcony and lovely ocean views. Just outside the master is a huge Jacuzzi and the en suite bath has an open shower near a lighted lily garden as well as a hidden tub for two in a private walled garden. The second bedroom features a four poster king size bamboo bed, glass walls that open onto a wrap around balcony and beautiful views. The en suite shower has large open shower and a lighted walled garden. The third bedroom has two twins that can easily be placed together to form a king, glass walls that open out onto the cut stone terrace, swimming pool and ocean views and an en suite bathroom with an open shower and lighted walled garden.

Location

Despite its location almost smack in the center of the Caribbean Sea, the island of Jamaica doesn’t blend in easily with the rest of the Caribbean archipelago. To be sure, it boasts the same addictive sun rays, sugary sands and pampered resort-life as most of the other islands, but it is also set apart historically and culturally.

Today’s visitors will appreciate their trip to Jamaica all the more if they embrace the island’s unique character and the inherent ‘African-ness’ of its population. Aside from its people, Jamaica has much to offer, the curious, thirsty or weary traveler. The Blue Mountains boasts the world’s best coffee, try a cup in the century-old factory at Mavis Bank. There are world-class reefs for diving including those at Runaway Bay and Ocho Rios and great stretches of palm-fringed sand at Treasure Beach or Frenchman’s Cove near Port Antonio. There are offbeat bush-medicine hiking tours, congenial fishing villages, pristine waterfalls, cosmopolitan cities, wetlands harboring endangered crocodiles and manatees, unforgettable sunsets – in short, enough variety to comprise many utterly distinct vacations.

Nowhere else in the Caribbean is the connection to Africa as keenly felt as it is in Jamaica. Kingston was the major nexus in the New World for the barbaric triangular trade that brought slaves from Africa and carried sugar and rum to Europe, and the Maroons (runaways who took to the hills of Cockpit Country and the Blue Mountains) safeguarded many of the African traditions – and introduced jerk seasoning to Jamaica’s singular cuisine. St Ann’s Bay’s Marcus Garvey founded the back-to-Africa movement of the 1910s and ’20s; Rastafarian-ism took up the call a decade later, and reggae furnished the beat in the 1960s and ’70s. Little wonder many Jamaicans claim a stronger affinity for Africa than for neighboring Caribbean islands. This is a country infused with pride in its unique history, stunning landscape and influential culture.