Things to See in Jamaica

Despite being out-of-the-way, the village of Nine Mile gets big font on the tourist map as the site of Bob Marley's birth and his final resting place. The community where the 'King of Reggae' was born on February 6, 1945, is set dramatically in the midst of Cockpits. The Nine Mile Museum commemorates his enduring legacy.

The Blue Lagoon is by any measure one of the most beautiful spots in Jamaica. Made famous by a certain Brooke Shields movie and the site of a well-publicised Jacques Cousteau dive, the 52m-deep (170.6ft) 'Blue Hole' (as locals call it) opens to the sea through a narrow funnel, but is fed by freshwater springs that come in at about 40m (131ft) deep.

Negril is the vortex around which Jamaica's fun-in-the-sun vacation life whirls. You'll soon find yourself falling in love with Negril's insouciance and its scintillating 11km-long (6.8mi) beach shelving gently into calm waters reflecting a palette of light blues and greens.