Port Antonio Jamaica is perhaps the most beautiful and scenic part of Jamaica. Navigatable rivers, twin harbors, waterfalls,
freshwater Blue Holes and so much more. Puerto Anton was the name the Spanish gave the town in honor of the Governor’s
son but they made no real effort to settle the area. In 1723, the English laid out a rudimentary town on the peninsula between
the twin harbors and named it Titchfield after an estate owned by the then governor. The swampy coastlands and the marauding
Maroons kept all but a few settlers from calling this beautiful area home. In 1739, peace was established with the Maroons
and the population slowly started to grow.
In 1871, the banana industry began to flourish and later Port Antonio became the “Banana Capital” of the
world and a mainstay of the economy until 1946 and the arrival of Errol Flynn, when his yacht Zacca washed ashore in bad weather.
Flynn and his Hollywood entourage began to call Port Antonio their vacation playground and another boom had begun. Times have
been slow since the Hollywood elite stopped visiting and the area has been in a sort of limbo just sleeping and waiting for
the next boom.
A Port Antonio vacation holds an abundance of exotic splendour: from the majesty of the Blue Mountains to the unknown
depths of the famous Blue Lagoon, Port Antonio captivates. Take a cultural journey back into the halcyon days of rogues and
royalty, starlets and moguls and literati. Explore the streets; bask in the glow of a golden past. Imagine a pampered princess
as you are steered down a lazy river by a charming local captain who lulls you with tales of a bygone era, then return to
the present and immerse yourself in the luxury of the new marina. Soak up Jamaica’s soul with a local Rastafarian. Find
a port antonio jamaica hotel plus a port antonio car rental then buy a port antonio villa. Buy a port
antonio flight to the port antonio jamaica villa of your choice.
