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Sandals Montego Bay in Jamaica: a truly original all inclusive

Resort was the first in the Sandals empire and remains a luxurious entity

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A long, private beach is just part of the allure of all-inclusive Sandals Montego Bay in Jamaica

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Sandals Montego Bay was the first Sandals resort, and maintains several villas that made its predecessor, the Bay Roc Hotel, a haven for rich and famous folks in the 1950s. Sandals Montego Bay, designed by American architect Edward Durell Stone, is on the longest private beach in the country, and features a maze of tropical gardens surrounding four pools. There are seven restaurants and bars offering a wide array of cuisine, and, for added costs, you can opt for super pampering in the resort's butler service.

All-Inclusive Sandals Montego Bay Rooms

There are 251 rooms and suites here with varying degrees of luxury, in an extraordinary range of 17 styles of rooms in three main categories:

Top-end accommodations would be the butler room categories, and it's not cheap, some $371 a night as opposed to the usual starting rate of $194 for regular rooms. You'll have your own personal butler unpack your luggage and have your wardrobe pressed, drawing your baths, arranging tours and reservations, provide poolside food and beverage service, and orchestrating private beach dinners.

The concierge room category includes the usual amenities plus mahogany four-poster bed, sitting areas, fully stocked in-room bar, his and her robes and a dedicated concierge providing personalized attention, including VIP check in, special luggage handling and tour arrangements.

The luxury room category is a Sandals basic, with air-conditioned rooms, king beds, amenity kits, private bath and shower and the usual array of inclusions such as coffee maker, iron, cable TV and phone. Views vary from sea to garden but all are impressive.

All-Inclusive Sandals Montego Bay Restaurants and Bars

Oleander at Sandals Montego Bay

The Oleander Room at all-inclusive Sandals Montego Bay serves a wide range of Jamaican specialties.

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There is no shortage of fine dining and drinking here. The Bayside Restaurant features French windows left open to let in cooling sea breezes as you dine on international cuisine, or if you prefer, dine outside under almond trees on a terrace.

The Oleander Room features watermelon-hued walls and white-wood encased bay windows overlooking the ocean. Jamaican dishes are the order of the day here, enhanced by white-glove service.

Cucina Romana, with authentic Italian favorites prepared by a chef and sous chef from Italy, served upstairs with a view of the ocean.

Tokyo Joe's, built right out over the water, is a two-tiered restaurant with red columns and balconies and a covered area under a blue pagoda roof.

Stewfish Restaurant, offering seafood in authentic Jamaican and Caribbean style, is on the beach.

The Cricketer's Pint is an English pub with traditional pub fare. The pub remains open until 5 a.m. for late-night revelers.

Irie Grill has casual beachfront snacks and grilled items.

All-Inclusive Sandals Montego Bay Activities

If you like water sports, you'll love it here, scuba enthusiasts included. Unlike a lot of all-inclusives, this resort offers certified divers two luxury dives a day, where you'll visit caverns, a wall, reef and a famous "widow-maker's" cave and the wreck of a DC-3 airplane. Beginners can take the resort course for $70 and dive the same day, or enroll in a PADI certification course for additional cost.

The usual array of water sports may be found here including canoeing, kayaking, waterskiing, sailing, pool play (with six pools and five whirlpools),  aquatrikes, tubing, snorkeling, Hobie cats and more.

Land sports include table tennis, shuffleboard, day and night tennis, a fitness center, board games, beach volleyball, and billiards.

The Red Lane Spa is located here, too, where for extra cost you can indulge in a wide range of massages, facials and other treatments. At night, there is an amphitheater for entertainment, a piano bar, chocolate buffet, talent night, beach party, Jamaica Jamboree, live bands and art auctions.

All-Inclusive Sandals Montego Bay Information

Luxury suite at Sandals Montego Bay

This luxury suite at all-inclusive Sandals Montego Bay is just one of an astounding 17 categories of rooms at the resort.

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Sandals Montego Bay
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Phone: 1-888-726-3257
Website: http://www.sandals.com/main/montego/mo-home.cfm
Rooms start at $194

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