With a rental car the optimal opportunity to visit the Jamaican city of Montego Bay in the Northwest of the island and to enjoy the beauty of the area, as well as the numerous attractions offers. Montego Bay has about 83.400 inhabitants and is the seat of the District of Saint James. It is located directly on the sea and at the mouth of the Montego Bay Montego Bay. Tourism, the economy in Montego Bay has focused in particular on the farming of oysters, but also rum, and sugar are manufactured here. If you decide for a sightseeing tour with a rental car, numerous car hire agencies available are in the entire city.
The Montego Bay Sangster International Airport is the largest airport in Jamaica after the Norman Manley international airport in Kingston. With around nine million passengers checked each year he is also one of the most important and also most modern airports in the entire Caribbean. It is also used by tourists who want to explore the northern coast of Jamaica, as the primary recovery point. Locally many car hire companies offer their services, so that you easily can rent a car itself after landing on your website. Regular flights to destinations such as Havana, Frankfurt, New York and Calgary are available from here.
In 1494, Christopher Columbus came to the job, at the Montego Bay is today. After 1670, the English to power came, the sugar, but also of the slave trade flourished in the city and the city expanded rapidly. After the city was destroyed in the years 1795 and 1811 partially, it completely was rebuilt. After this the so-called Christmas rebellion encouraged are among the African slaves in 1831. The slaves have called for their immediate release, which however, was not approved by the slave owners. Only in 1980, Montego Bay received town privileges.
Montego Bay is considered the largest tourist centre on Jamaica and is one of the most modern cities of the Caribbean. In particular the long, beautiful sandy beaches of Montego Bay are world famous and attract thousands of tourists to the area every year. But also in the city attractions are offered. The town house from the year 1765 is worth a visit in any case. Shortly after the construction, the building served a rich merchant as a City Mansion, then, to the rectory of St. James parish church, it was later to a Masonic Lodge, and finally it was converted into a hotel.
