The Rockhouse Hotel
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Rockhouse has twenty-eight air-conditioned rooms, all with a private balcony or terrace. The ten villas, twelve studios, and six standard rooms have all been designed to blend into the rocky cliffs and jungle like garden of the resort. Roooms have a fully stocked mini bar, an in room safe, telephones and ceiling fans.
The villas are all located near the edge of the coral cliff. These individual thatch-roofed cabanas have wrap-around terraces with lounge chairs, sliding glass doors that give you great views of Pristine Cove below, and outdoor showers open to the sky above. Guests can sit in their villa and enjoy the sounds of the waves below while sipping on Jamaica's famous Blue Mountain coffee.
The twelve studio rooms and standard rooms are grouped together in two buildings on the property. The studio rooms have balconies that provide water or garden vistas as well as semi-outdoor showers. The standard rooms have balconies with garden views.
The centerpiece of the resort is its sixty-foot freshwater swimming pool carved into the cliff's edge. Guests can sunbathe next to the pool or lounge on a floating mattress in the pool. In addition to the pool, guests can follow the ladders and stairs into the water of Pristine Cove to swim and snorkel in the ocean. The crystal clear water affords fantastic views of various sea life and corals. Guests can rent snorkeling gear, sea kayaks, and sea rays (glass windowed floating boards) from the pool bar. If you are hungry during your time at the pool, the pool bar serves a grilled lunch of chicken, fish or Rockhouse burger.
For a more substantial meal guests can try the Rockhouse Restaurant. In a open-air atmosphere overlooking the water, the Rockhouse Restaurant serves "new Jamaican cuisine", a lighter modern interpretation of classic Jamaican cooking. Try the coconut toast or the jerk chicken spiced with scotch bonnet sauce. The restaurant offers a "specials" board which is updated on a daily basis.
Plan this Vacation
Room rates range from $95 to $395 US per room per night. For reservations, call the hotel at 876-957-4373.
To get to Negril you should fly into Montego Bay. From there, it's approximately a two-hour car ride to the resort.
The Rockhouse Hotel, , Jamaica, Jamaica, 876-957-4373, www.rockhousehotel.com
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Written By the Travel Editors at VacationIdea.com, Last Update: Jan 03, 2008