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Folly

Port Antonio


This rather appropriately named two-story, 60-room mansion on the peninsula east of East Harbour was built entirely of concrete in pseudo-Grecian style in 1903 by Olivia Tiffany Mitchell, heiress to the Tiffany fortune. It was only lived in for 35 years before being abandoned and given to the government in lieu of unpaid taxes, after which it fell into disrepair.

The story that it was abandoned due to the use of seawater in the concrete, causing the iron reinforcing rods to rust and the roof to collapse in 1936, is apocryphal, if more exciting than the story of unpaid taxes. The shell of the structure remains, held aloft by limestone columns, and makes a perfectly peculiar locale for a picnic. The orange candy-striped Folly Point Lighthouse, built in 1888, overlooks Monkey Island 鈥 so named for the primates once kept there by Mitchell's son-in-law Hiram Bingham, who rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911.

It's a great place to explore, but we'd advise against solo exploration, especially for women, as there have been reports of muggings here.


香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions

Nearby Port Antonio attractions

1. Folly Point Lighthouse

0.25 MILES

Near the Folly mansion stands the orange candy-striped Folly Point Lighthouse, built in 1888, which overlooks Monkey Island. Said island adds even more鈥

2. DeMontevin Lodge

0.76 MILES

This 1881 hotel, perched high on the Titchfield Peninsula, is one of Port Antonio's most iconic buildings despite (or possibly because of) it's slightly鈥

3. Titchfield Peninsula

0.77 MILES

Along this hilly peninsula 鈥 known locally as 鈥榯he Hill鈥 鈥 are several dozen Victorian-style gingerbread houses, most notably DeMontevin Lodge, an ornate鈥

4. Navy Island

0.85 MILES

In colonial days, the Royal Navy used this now-lush island to careen ships for repair. In the mid-20th century, Errol Flynn bought the island and built a鈥

5. Bikini Beach

0.87 MILES

A small private city beach with a pretty lick of sand that's almost entirely wave-free, near the Errol Flynn Marina. There's a small grill shack offering鈥

6. Errol Flynn Marina

0.89 MILES

Port Antonio has one of the finest natural harbors in Jamaica, which has been converted into a posh yachting dock where sailboats moor and the well-to-do鈥

7. Christ Church

0.9 MILES

A redbrick Anglican building constructed in neo-Romanesque style around 1840 (much of the structure dates from 1903). Look for the brass lectern donated鈥

8. Cenotaph

0.94 MILES

Brightly whitewashed war memorial to Jamaicans of the British West India regiments who fought in the First and Second World Wars.