Jamaica Holidays
For long, we have known of Jamaica as being a popular destination that attracts many romantically inclined couples that want to honeymoon as well as getaway from their busy lives, and it also attracts people regardless of their age who are looking for an ideal holiday destination where to relax as well as go sightseeing. Of late, Jamaica has also seen a growing number of families wending their way to this Caribbean Island in search for something different as well as more enjoyable.
The Island of Jamaica is among the largest of the Caribbean Islands and stretches for more than one hundred miles from its eastern point to the western end and has many mountain ranges in between that cover the rest of the island while reaching heights of more than seven thousand feet in the east, where are found the highest peaks. Jamaica has for long attracted many tourists and has always been a popular destination that has seen tourists thronging here in their thousands.
There are many attractive hotels, inns as well as guest houses along with many airports, highways as well as ports that allow tourists to arrive and enjoy their stay here in Jamaica. Some of the better and all-inclusive resorts include the Sandals and Couples chains and the most popular of all destinations in Jamaica and where you will find Sandals and Couples resorts would no doubt are Port Antonio as well as Ocio Rios that lie in the east with Montego Bay as well as Negril to the west. You will find the natural beauty splendidly captured at such resorts and you will revel in the luxurious accommodations that this island offers.
Jamaica is also credited with being the first country in the Western world to have a had a railroad of its own and you may not believe it, but it even preceded the United States in this regard and was just eighteen years later than the British railroad construction. It was also the first of the Caribbean Islands to get its Independence and it also has the distinction of being the first English-speaking Caribbean Island to qualify to play in the Football World Cup in 1998.
As the beauty of Jamaica attracts tourists so do the beauteous female population who have brought great glory to the Island and have the distinction of standing in third place in the list of countries that have won the Miss World title most times. They are second only to India, Venezuela as well as the UK and considering how small is the Island, and this is an achievement for which you really have to take your hats off to the beautiful Jamaican women.
Also, Christopher Columbus when on his second voyage to the New World saw the tip of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica, which was the first land to be sighted by that famous voyager. The list of notable achievements of Jamaica goes on. Suffice to say, that this Caribbean Island is an exceptional place that is well worth visiting at least once in your lifetime.
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