Westend Virgins

[Melody]

Le Mirage has lovely rooms and seaviews at a great price. Good pool with seaview. No bar or restaurant onsite but great location to Wise Choice, Aubie's, Sharks. Right beside Tensing Pen. Continental breakfast included, big self serve coffee urn. Welcomed at Charela's beach. I stayed for 3 nights last trip, first time staying cliffs. Main goal was to relax, try out more cliff restaurants. Thought I'd get to the hammock park and do lots of exploring, but other than enjoying new restaurants, going to Charela one day, I just chilled and relaxed. Many more cliff restaurants to try still! Would definitely do the same thing again, but don't think I could do the whole trip on west end, enjoy beach walking and getting my feet wet in the sea to cool off! I did really love that all rooms at Le Mirage have great seaviews and balconies...not that many on the beach with good seaviews. A split stay for me is a good way to enjoy the best of both.

[papamark]

I am with Vinnie...Blue Cave Castle is the best!!

Top notch staff, security, meals, morning coffee, vibe, view, rooms, amenities, wifi, sunny yard, gardens, shade, breeze, best snorkeling, great neighborhood with grocery store, restaurants, bars all within a couple minute walk.

If you have ever dreamed of living in a castle on a cliff overlooking the sea...seriously, it can't get much better...

[Kathy]

I agree with staying at Blue Cave Castle... safe, clean, unique. Good food at Teddy's Hideaway right on property, as well as other good restaurants within easy walking distance... Not sure how active you want to be, but we enjoyed renting bicycles for a day (from GAS bike rental next door to Blue Cave) and heading out to Just Natural Restaurant for lunch and a little tour of their grounds, then further out down the road to the Westender Inn... Over the years we've been beach dwellers, then cliff dwellers, and now beach dwellers with a wind-down of our trip out on the cliffs. Have fun.

[jar77]

Have stayed at Blue cave castle...good spot great restaurant cool building no bar though if you want fancy drinks....tensing pen better....much more quiet awesome rooms...catcha falling star the best IMO...great everything....sea star is great but I want oceanfront all day everyday on vacation...

[VVHT]

Big Shiny,

Stayed on the beach from 92 to 05, never thought I would leave the beach. In 06, just to change things up I tried Seastar Inn in the West End. Haven't been anywhere else since and I'm not going back to the beach. Big Frank summed it up best in his post. I can only add: At Seastar Inn you arrive as a guest and leave as one of the family.

Enjoy,

VVHT

[BIG SHINY n Rootsy]

Thanks for all the replies!
I would love to hear more.

BCC is definitely on our must try list but I think we would like to check it out in person before booking there.
It seems like the perfect, quirky, little place for us but we have never actually been on the property......yet.

[Big_frank]

If I ever travel to historic Europe again; I might want to stay in a castle; but in Jamaica????

[booger]

I stayed in the Penthouse at BCC in July and was miserable. Only though because of the heat and lack of AC. It is a cool quirky place with an awesome staff and Chef Teddy rocks. I would stay there again in a heartbeat, with AC though. I actually enjoyed the walk from there into town as well as the proximity to a few good spots. I am usually deeper in the West End, so the change was nice.

Budget not on the water Seastar cannot be beat.

[ROBIN]

Hey Shiny n Mango......we met when you did the bar tour in Nov......I always stay at Seastar when rooms are available and I am back there Apr 4......it is home in Jamaica.....and I have been going to Negril since 1983. The vibe is amazing the people great and you are within walking distance of LTU, Ricks, Xtabi, Catcha Falling Star (for dinner), Lighthouse, many wonderful little bars, & restaurants. I go snorkeling at Xtabi so I don't miss the sea front. There is a reason that Seastar has won so many awards of excellence in spite of being set back from the sea. I know you won't be sorry if you stay there.

[jojo p]

I know what you sconie folks like, stay on the beach!!!!