Treasure Beach | |
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Beach Resort | |
) Treasure Beach, Jamaica | |
)  Treasure Beach | |
| Coordinates: 17°52′34″N 77°45′26″W / 17.8760006°N 77.7571964°W[1] | |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Parish | St Elizabeth |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Treasure Beach is the name given to a stretch of four Jamaican coves and their associated settlements: Billy's Bay, Frenchman's Bay, Calabash Bay and Great Pedro Bay.[2]
The region is isolated from the main tourist areas and the minor roads connecting with the main highway at Black River or Santa Cruz tend to suffer damage in heavy rain, but are usually passable with care.[3] There are a few small hotels and guest houses serving tourists seeking a very quiet seaside location.[2]
To go to Treasure Beach you either have to fly to Kingston and then drive for 2.5 hours or to Montego Bay and drive for 2 hours. Other transport options are private transfer, shuttle bus or route taxi.
Fort Charles Bay
Fort Charles Bay is the first beach you get to from Black River. The beach is 11 miles long and a great swimming beach.
Billy's Bay
Billy's Bay is 2 miles east of Fort Charles Bay and is the second fishing beach and settlement reached when approaching Treasure Beach from Black River.[1]
Frenchman's Bay
Frenchman's Bay is the second beach and settlement reached when approaching Treasure Beach from Black River or Santa Cruz.[1][3]
There are a number of small, bustling restaurants.[4]
Calabash Bay
Calabash Bay is the first of the Treasure Beach settlements and beaches reached when approaching from Santa Cruz.[3]
Its 600m long beach has a narrow strip of black and yellow-red sand. The swimming is good but since the beach is open to the south, small breakers sometimes appear when strong seas are running. The presence of tourists attracts a few hawkers to the beach to sell their wares.
There are a few simple restaurants in the village.[2]
The former Old Wharf Hotel housed a residential treatment facility named Tranquility Bay.[5]
Great Pedro Bay
Great Pedro Bay is the most easterly of the settlements and beaches that make up Treasure Beach. The road ends here, regardless of where you are coming from.[1][3]
See also
- List of beaches in Jamaica
- Perry Henzell
External links
Treasure Beach general
- Treasure Beach Community Web Site
- Treasure Tours
- http://www.jamaicaescapes.com
- 360 VIRTUAL TOUR IN HD
- Travel Articles around the world on Treasure BeachAccommodationTreasure Beach scene
- https://travel80.com/treasure-beach-jamaica/
Billy's Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: [1] [2].
Frenchman's Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: [3] [4].
Calabash Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: [5] [6] [7] [8].
Great Pedro Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: [9] [10] [11] [12]
References
- ^ a b c d "Wikimapia". Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ a b c Berkmoes, Ryan Ver (1 October 2008). Caribbean Islands (5th Revised ed.). Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74059-575-9.
- ^ a b c d UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet E, 1958.
- ^ Harris, Patricia (September 2003). "Jamaica's Other Side". Newsweek Budget Travel, Inc. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ Home Page. Tranquility Bay. 13 August 2003. Retrieved on 2 October 2010. "Tranquility Bay, Calabash Bay P.A., St. Elizabeth, Jamaica 876-965-0003."