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Goldeneye Hotel & Resort

Jamaica, Jamaica

Goldeneye Hotel & Resort’s name is not a coincidence; this idyllic cluster of whitewashed cottages and suites on Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay is indeed named after the Brosnan Bond vehicle. But this is no gimmick either: Ian Fleming penned all 14 of his James Bond novels in his villa, now the hotel’s centrepiece. He may not have had access to the swim-up hillside spa, watersports area or treetop restaurant, but the setting alone was enough to keep him here – these days, there’s no excuse to leave.

Need to know

• Rooms 20, including six one-bedroom cottages, five two-bedroom cottages and the Fleming villa, sleeping up to 10.
• Rates Double rooms from $829.00, excluding tax at 10 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional government tax of $1.00 per room per night on check-out and an additional service charge of 10% per room per night on check-out.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency ($829) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include Continental breakfast and (non-motorised) watersports.
• Facilities Spa, watersports centre, tennis court, glass-bottom boat, mountain bikes to borrow, lagoon, gardens, library, CD library, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV, Logitech Squeezebox sound system, minibar (stocked with Red Stripe, naturally), iPod docking station, Royal Hut linens and Blue Mountain Aromatics bath products.
• Poolside The main fresh water infinity pool lies at the far end of the beach, in front of Bizot Bar. There is a smaller salt-water pool by the ocean, where the hotel hosts torch-lit dinners to celebrate the full moon. The massive salt-and-fresh water lagoon may be the most unique swimming spot of the bunch.
• Check-out 12 noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children Very welcome. Cots for babies and rollaway beds are free. With a day’s notice, the hotel can arrange a local nanny for $10 an hour. The restaurant serves a children’s menu. More...
• Also Smoking is permitted on the grounds.

Food and drink at Goldeneye Hotel & Resort

• Hotel restaurant

  Two: the elegant Gazebo is set in the treetops, reached by an illuminated drawbridge. Chefs Nerissa and Jason Clarke use ingredients grown on owner Chris Blackwell’s 2,500-acre organic farm to create upscale Jamaican curries and fresh vegetable dishes to accompany jerk chicken and grilled lobster. For the best flavours, order the chefs’ tasting menu. Bizot Bar is a beachy, casual restaurant serving breakfast and lunch.

• Dress code Laid-back by the lagoon – kaftans, sarongs and coverups at the bar; maxi dresses and linen at the Gazebo.
• Top table The most romantic tables at the Gazebo overlook the lagoon. Choose your own dining adventure. The staff will set candlelit tables on the beach or host a barbecue on the sand.
• Last orders Dinner is served until 10pm at the Gazebo.
• Room service Room service is available during restaurant hours; the menu includes salads, burgers, pastas and classic Jamaican cuisine.
• Hotel bar

   Music posters plaster the sides of the open-air Bizot Bar on the beach. Listen to French music station Radio Nova, and drink rum punch. Rum is the drink of choice here: Goldeneye gives guests hipflasks of the house brand, Blackwell (from the owner’s distillery), on arrival.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Goldeneye Hotel & Resort Oracabessa Bay, Oracabessa, Saint Mary Parish