Treasure Beach
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Treasure Beach is the generic name given to four Jamaica
n coves and their associated settlements: Billy's Bay, Frenchman's Bay, Calabash Bay and Great Pedro Bay.
The region is isolated from the main tourist areas and the minor roads connecting with the main highway at Black River
or Santa Cruz
tend to suffer damage in heavy rain, but are usually passable with care. There are a few small hotels and guest houses serving tourists seeking a very quiet seaside location.
Button Bay Beach Getaway is 1 mile from Fort Charles Bay. A great Bed and Breakfast property.
There are a number of small, bustling restaurants.
Its 600m long beach has a narrow strip of black and yellow-red sand. The swimming is good but since the beach is open to the south, small breakers sometimes appear when strong seas are running. The presence of tourists attracts a few hawkers to the beach to sell their wares.
There are a few simple restaurants in the village.
One of the largest buildings is the former Old Wharf Hotel. It housed a residential treatment facility named Tranquility Bay
, which closed in January 2009. It is now used as a training facility of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n coves and their associated settlements: Billy's Bay, Frenchman's Bay, Calabash Bay and Great Pedro Bay.
The region is isolated from the main tourist areas and the minor roads connecting with the main highway at Black River
Black River, Jamaica
Black River is the capital of St. Elizabeth Parish, in southwestern Jamaica. It sits at the mouth of the river of the same name. Once a thriving sugar port, it is today a centre of environmental tourism and a gateway to the Treasure Beach resort area; Treasure Beach and Crane Beach are to the...
or Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Jamaica
Santa Cruz is a town in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, on the A2 road connecting Black River to Mandeville. A minor market village until the 1950s, the development of nearby areas for bauxite mining stimulated its growth in the 1950s and 1960s, as did the establishment of the St. Elizabeth Technical...
tend to suffer damage in heavy rain, but are usually passable with care. There are a few small hotels and guest houses serving tourists seeking a very quiet seaside location.
Fort Charles Bay
Fort Charles Bay is the first Beach you get to from Black River. The beach is 11 miles long and a great swimming beach.Button Bay Beach Getaway is 1 mile from Fort Charles Bay. A great Bed and Breakfast property.
Billy's Bay
Billy's Bay is 2 miles east of Fort Charles Bay and is the second fishing beach and settlement reached when approaching Treasure Beach from Black River.Frenchman's Bay
Frenchman's Bay is the second beach and settlement reached when approaching Treasure Beach from Black River or Santa Cruz.There are a number of small, bustling restaurants.
Calabash Bay
Calabash Bay is the first of the Treasure Beach settlements and beaches reached when approaching from Santa Cruz.Its 600m long beach has a narrow strip of black and yellow-red sand. The swimming is good but since the beach is open to the south, small breakers sometimes appear when strong seas are running. The presence of tourists attracts a few hawkers to the beach to sell their wares.
There are a few simple restaurants in the village.
One of the largest buildings is the former Old Wharf Hotel. It housed a residential treatment facility named Tranquility Bay
Tranquility Bay
Tranquility Bay was a residential treatment facility affiliated with World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools , that operated from 1997 to early 2009. It was located in Calabash Bay, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica....
, which closed in January 2009. It is now used as a training facility of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
Great Pedro Bay
Great Pedro Bay is the most easterly of the settlements and beaches that make up Treasure Beach. The road ends here, regardless of where you are coming from.Treasure Beach general
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Billy's Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: http://www.mindfulphotography.com/large-view/Travel%20Abroad/224738---18364/Photography.html http://www.billysbay.com/bbgallery/outside/pages/Billy%27s%20Bay%20fishing%20beach.htm.
Frenchman's Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10638519 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10638519.
Calabash Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/18956022.jpg http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3442061.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiap/513869772/ http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=calabash+bay+jamaica&w=all&s=int&referer_searched=1.
Great Pedro Bay
- Aerial view.
- Photos: http://www.jamaicaescapes.com/Villas/Driftwood/images/driftwood-treasure-beach-jamaica01.jpg http://www.jamaicaescapes.com/images/jamaica_escapes_home/pedros_bluff_treasure_beach_jamaica.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2579245-Great_Bay-Jamaica.jpg http://www.jamaicaescapes.com/Villas/BlueMarlin/images/blue_marlin_sites_culture_jamaica.jpg
