RUNAWAY BAY - ST. ANN
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ABOUT RUNAWAY BAY - ST. ANN
Runaway Bay sits halfway between Montego Bay and Ocho Rios - a quieter stretch of north coast anchored by the Green Grotto Caves, the Columbus Park landing site, and a growing self-catering scene in the Drax Hall communities.
WHERE TO STAY
Bahia Principe Grand Jamaica sprawls across a lush hillside. Jewel Paradise Cove draws the adults-only crowd. Drax Hall - the gated residential estate between the two bays - has become one of the north coast's biggest Airbnb corridors, with communities like Drax Hall Country Club, Fairway Estate, and Richmond Estate (Cool Shade and The Palms) offering self-catering villa and apartment stays.
Cardiff Hall Public Beach provides free, calm-water swimming nearby.
THINGS TO DO
The Green Grotto Caves - a limestone network used as shelter by both Arawak peoples and Spanish settlers - sit right off the main road, offering underground lake tours that feel genuinely otherworldly. Discovery Bay, just west, is where Columbus supposedly first set foot on Jamaica. Columbus Park marks the spot with an open-air museum of colonial artifacts.
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Resorts & All-Inclusives
Bahia Principe Grand Jamaica | Bahia Principe Luxury Runaway Bay | Franklyn D. Resort & Spa | Jewel Paradise Cove | Royal Decameron Club Caribbean | Royalton CHIC Jamaica Paradise Cove
Hotels & Boutiques
Taino Cove | The Cardiff Hotel & Spa
Villas & Private Estates
Fortlands Point Villa | Richmond Estate (Cool Shade) | Richmond Estate (The Palms)
Apartments & Condos
Fairway Estate | Paradisiac Beach Club | Piper's Cove Resort | The Vistas at Runaway Bay