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Bob Marley Experience
Half Moon Shopping Village
North Coast Hwy.
Hours: daily
Admission: free
This free attraction features a 68-seat theater where you can watch a documentary on the life and work of reggae great Bob Marley. The film runs eight to 10 times daily. The largest part of the attraction is a huge shop filled with Marley memorabilia: CDs, books, T-shirts, and more, so many in fact the shop claims to have the largest collection of Marley gifts in the Caribbean.

Doctor's Cave Beach
876/952-2566
Hours: open daily
Admission: fee
In 1906 Dr. Alexander James McCatty stated that the waters off this beach had all kinds of health benefits (there are minerals in the water). The doctor donated his property to start a bathing club; access was through a cave that was later destroyed by a hurricane in 1932. Today this spot is still called Doctor's Cave Beach and is a favorite with locals as well as with travelers staying in the downtown hotels.

Greenwood Great House
North Coast Highway, 15 miles east of MoBay
876/953-1077
Hours: Daily
Admission: fee
This was once the home of the Barrett family (as in Elizabeth Barrett Browning). Tours here include a look at the finery enjoyed by the plantation families; after your tour take a break at the pub here.

Martha Brae River Rafting
876/954-5168 or book through your hotel tour desk.
Hours: Opens daily at 9am
Admission: fee
Like the Mountain Rafting at Lethe and the Rio Grande, this attraction features rafting down a tranquil river (the Martha Brae). The ride lasts about 1-1/2 hours.

Rocklands Feeding Station
Anchovy
876/952-2009
Hours: 3:30 and 5pm, daily
Admission: fee
This is the home of Lisa Salmon, 93, Jamaica's best-known ornithologist. Her home is a veritable bird sanctuary surrounded by clouds of grassquits, saffron finches, and, most especially, hummingbirds. Salmon moved to the verdant hillside in April 1952 and found the site, located a short drive from the beaches of Montego Bay, filled with feathered friends. Through the years, Salmon worked as a bird advocate, achieving a limit on Jamaica's bird hunting season. In 1959 she opened the bird sanctuary and since that time travelers from around the world have hand-fed the regular guests of this bird diner. Tiny finches flutter around outstretched palms filled with birdseed while fast-as-lightning hummingbirds drink from a hand-held bottle of sugar water.

Rose Hall
North Coast Highway
876/953-2323
Hours: 9-6 daily
Admission: fee
Rose Hall is the best-known greathouse in Jamaica and is an easy afternoon visit for Montego Bay guests. This was once the home of the notorious Annie Palmer, better known as the White Witch. As the story goes, Annie was born in 1802 in England to an English mother and Irish father. At the age of 10, her family moved to Haiti, and soon her parents died of yellow fever. Annie was adopted by her governess, a Haitian voodoo priestess. The young girl became skilled in the practice of voodoo.Annie moved to Jamaica, married, and set about building Rose Hall. The plantation was enormous, spanning 6600 acres that were maintained by over 2000 slaves.

According to legend, Annie murdered several of her husbands and her slave lovers. Readers who would like to know more about the tales of Rose Hall can read the novel The White Witch of Rose Hall. Today guided tours take travelers to the ballroom, dining room, Annie's bedroom, and finally to her grave. After a tour, stop by the pub for a taste of rum or a local beer.