One of Jamaica's largest resort cities, Montego Bay offers a range of activities bound to interest an array of visitors, from arts enthusiasts to the more adventurous type.
Allow about 15 min each way from the terminal to the city center. Average time in port: 9 hours. 21 places to explore.
Ships calling here
12 ships
Upcoming sailings
30 sailings
Average time in port
About 9 hours
Lowest fare
From USD 349
After disembarking
Cruise ships dock at Montego Bay Cruise Ship Terminal (Montego Freeport). Allow about 15 min each way from the terminal to the city center.
Where the ship docks
Cruise ships dock at Montego Bay Cruise Ship Terminal (Montego Freeport).
No Walking; Use Authorized Taxis
The cruise terminal is inside an industrial port complex, and you cannot walk to the city center or beach. Use an authorized JUTA taxi with a red license plate directly outside the gate or a pre-booked shuttle.
Currency and Traditional Pimento Jerk Cuisine
US dollars (USD) are widely accepted at most attractions and restaurants in Montego Bay; small-denomination bills are recommended. Jerk chicken, a signature local dish, is traditionally smoked over fresh pimento wood, giving it a rich flavor.
About 9 hours in port: where can you go?
Time available at the destination after subtracting return travel.
Take an authorized JUTA taxi at the stand by the terminal exit. The ride northeast along the coastal road takes about 15 minutes to reach the Hip Strip and the entrance to Doctor's Cave Beach.
TaxiAbout 25 minUSD 35~USD 45
Montego Freeport Terminal → Rose Hall Great House
Drive about 25 minutes along the east coast highway to reach Rose Hall Great House, an 18th-century historic mansion overlooking the sea from a hill.
TaxiAbout 5 minUSD 5~USD 10
Hip Strip → Sam Sharpe Square (Downtown)
Take a taxi from the southern end of the Hip Strip to reach Sam Sharpe Square in 5 minutes, the heart of Montego Bay's historic district and site of the national hero monument.
BusAbout 40 minUSD 30~USD 45
Montego Freeport Terminal → Martha Brae River Rafting
Take a tour vehicle east from the terminal toward Falmouth for 40 minutes to reach the Martha Brae River, the departure point for 30-foot bamboo raft trips.
Montego Bay places to explore
Explore 21 checked places. Select a pin to see its card, or choose View on map from a card.
Sights
Rose Hall Great House
A grand sugar-plantation mansion built in Jamaican Georgian style in the 1770s, widely known for the ghost story of Annie Palmer, the 'White Witch of Rose Hall,' said to have poisoned her husbands.
Montego Bay's finest white-sand beach, made famous worldwide when 19th-century doctors reported its healing properties. It has calm, clear emerald water, showers, and beach bars.
Visit
about 2 hr
Admission
USD 8
Sights
Dead End Beach
A free public beach right at the end of the runway at Montego Bay's Sangster International Airport, where you can swim in clear water and watch passenger planes land close overhead.
A historic Anglican church built of limestone in 1775, preserving its cruciform plan, elaborate stained glass, and a marble monument by sculptor John Bacon.
An 18th-century mansion once owned by the family of English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, preserving original furnishings and a rare collection of antique musical instruments that survived the 1831 rebellion fires.
A cultural venue in an old colonial courthouse on Sam Sharpe Square, housing the western branch of the National Gallery of Jamaica and an archaeological museum.
One of Jamaica's largest resort cities, Montego Bay offers a range of activities bound to interest an array of visitors, from arts enthusiasts to the more adventurous type.
Cruise lines calling here: 5 places
Holland America LineMSC CruisesNorwegian Cruise LineRegent Seven Seas CruisesRoyal Caribbean International