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Montego Bay - Jamaica |
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location, location is its greatest asset as the property is very close to
downtown Montego Bay with lots of night life, restaurants and sight seeing
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 Sunset Beach Resort & Spa has been renovated recently with
a $7 million restoration including two tall hotel towers, public rooms,
restaurants, rooms as well as the two story beach front buildings for suites.
Total room count is 420, one of the largest in Jamaica and serves singles,
couples and some families. The beach front resort boasts an all inclusive plan
and a children's program so parents can enjoy their own vacation.
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Sunset Beach Resort & Spa is a few minutes, 7 miles,
from the Montego Bay Airport and is just down the street from the cruise ship
terminal, across the bay from town.
U.S.
Citizens: Passports are required for international air travel to all
destinations outside the USA.
A short ride through town
takes about 15 minutes to reach the resort. Of course, if you decide to sail in
via ship, the resort is next door to the cruise terminal.
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Sunset Beach Resort & Spa is a full service property
for singles, couples and families. During summer, more children are evident.
The all inclusive concept includes all meals, all bar drinks, air
conditioned rooms in both the two hotel towers and the low rise beach front
buildings, hotel taxes, tips, service charges, entertainment, water sports and
airport transfers in one up front price.
 Beaches include three to
choose from including one for families and an adults only nude beach with a
beach bar located nearby. Best feature if you like tennis are the 4 lighted
courts open all the time. Other sports besides tennis include a game room,
volleyball, basketball, a fitness center, optional golf, miniature golf on site
and supervised children's programs from 9 AM-9 PM, with optional nanny service
available at other times of the day.
There are 6 bars and lounges
including lobby bars, a swim up bar and the Yellow Bird Disco. There is also a
casino with over 60 slots and machines plus electronic gaming. Floor shows and
local acts are provided throughout the week for evening entertainment.
  Rooms include air
conditioning, in room safes, satellite TV, direct dial telephones, voice mail,
hair dryers and full private baths. An extra plus is that some of the Deluxe
suites include Jacuzzis. Electricity is 110 just like the USA. Other services
available on site include a beauty salon, spa center, car rental, baby sitting,
concierge, daily activities program and shuttle bus to town.
NOTE:
Please take care of your valuables, cash, airline tickets and passports while
on vacation. Some vacation destinations are considered "third world" countries
and experience petty theft. Recommendation: Do not take precious jewelry unless
you wear it all times; keep your cash, valuables, watches, travel documentation
and cameras with you and don't expect your in-room safe to be "safe." Just a
word of caution to make sure you remember to practice common sense with your
valuables while you're on vacation.
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Three restaurants and beach side cafes are available with a
disco, game room, spa and tennis courts available. Italian is served at
Bottticelli, Oriental fare at Silk Road and Banana Walk serves buffet meals for
breakfast, lunch and dinner. Reservations are required for the Italian and
Oriental restaurants, but no jackets are required. Sunset Beach Grill and the
Pool Grill also serve daytime snacks around the pool and beach areas for
burgers, fries and light meals and drinks.
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For a modestly priced all inclusive vacation with a nude
beach, this resort is a good fit for those on a budget. All inclusive rates
start at about $100/person/night in low season and are higher during the winter
season and holidays. Children's rate is an extra $35-$40/person/night. High
season rates tend to run from December 15-April 15.
Please contact
CASTAWAYS TRAVEL for "packages" including airfare, departure taxes and resort
accommodations for both adult and children's rates in one price.
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All ages are seen here with few seniors as this resort
attracts singles, families and couples.
The resort has been a great
value annually for spring breakers in March and April.
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Sunset Beach Resort is a busy place with lots going on all
the time.
  Location, location, location is its greatest asset as the
property is very close to downtown Montego Bay with lots of night life,
restaurants and sight seeing close by. There is an activities staff on board
plus a children's program to keep all ages busy from 9 AM-9 PM.
Night
life includes floor shows and the disco to choose from plus dining until 10 PM.
The high rise buildings contain most of the guest rooms and all public rooms,
restaurants, disco and reception areas are located in between the high rise
buildings. The best rooms, in our opinion, for the nude beach are the series of
low rise guest quarters (Beach Inn-120 rooms) adjacent to and east of the high
rise towers (Sunrise and Sunset Towers-300 rooms). The Beach Inn is near the
nude beach and short walk to the main resort area and restaurants.
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avoid most of the kids, stay at the Beach Inn near the nude beach.
TIPS
If you like to stay near the nude beach, get your
room at the Beach Inn, which are a bit more expensive that the tower rooms, but
some of the Deluxe suites there include Jacuzzis.
 Make sure you get into
Montego Bay for shopping and nightlife. If you like to bar hop, try
Margaritaville on Doctor's Beach plus the disco in the SuperClub's Breezes
resort is open to the public.
If you want a budget vacation with the
minimum of children around, avoid mid June to mid August.
The nude
beach is for adults only, so plan to go and hang out there most of the time
unless you have a family.
If you go into town, try to stop at the local
crafts market for some terrific hand-made carvings and locally produced
souvenirs. Don't be surprised if the local vendors really try to sell
you...just do some comparison shopping and look around the market at other
vendors before you commit.
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There are lots to see and do using Montego Bay as a base.
You can visit the Black River, raft the Martha Brae, snorkel and dive in the
local area, golf on several local courses, shop downtown and at the Half Moon
resort shopping arcade, visit the Blue Mountains, see Dunns River Falls and
lots more. All can be arranged right at the tour desk at the resort. There are
at least 15-20 optional day trips you can book at the tour desk.
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If you're on a budget and want a big bang for your
buck, this is a resort for you. |
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If you want a completely adults only atmosphere, you
won't find it here since this family resort attracts kids, especially during
the summer months. With that said, if you plan to spend most of your time at
the nude beach, in the lounges, restaurants, in town and at disco, the kid
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The trade off between a modestly priced vacation with
a nude beach has to be weighed against the presence of children....it's your
choice. If you choose to vacation with your children and still want access to
an adults only beach, this is the place for you, as there is a supervised
children's program from 9 AM-9 PM. In the evening, a nanny service can be
arranged through the hotel to watch your children late into the evening. |
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Sunset Beach is just far enough from town to enjoy
the feel of a tropical location while being close enough for shopping and night
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If you stay at the Beach Inn and use the adults only
nude beach, you'll feel like you're in your own adults only resort anyway, as
no children are allowed on the nude beach. |
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Great location only minutes from town is a big asset
if you like to get off the property. |
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Bus ride from the airport is only 15 minutes or so.
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You might want to avoid summer season primarily because of
children on summer vacation June to August. Late summer (August to mid October)
may bring more unstable weather when hurricane season occurs. However, no major
storms have visited Montego Bay for the past 10-12 years or so.
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Make the resort an adults only property.
THE BOTTOM
LINE A good bang for the buck with a nice, adults only beach in an otherwise
family oriented resort.
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• View the Photo
Album
We have a limited photo album online for the Sunset Beach
Resort and Spa. If you have been there and have photos of your own, why not
share them with us. You can contribute your photos by going to the:
Contribute Trip Report /
Photographs page.
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We don't have any trip reports for this resort yet. But you
can fix that by contributing one of your own to this section - all you have to
do is go to our Contribute Trip
Report / Photographs page.
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