Sir Noel Coward's estate "Firefly," which
sits 1000 feet above the coast, is well marked and easy to find on the
road between Ocho Rios and Port Antonio.
The view from the estate, now a government-sponsored museum dedicated
to the English author, is magnificent.
The land originally belonged to the pirate Henry Morgan. Coward lived
here from the 1950s until his death in 1973.
You'll have 4 acres of grounds and gardens to walk at the top of the
hill?no need to climb up the access road from the coast unless you want
to.
Fireflies are supposed to gather regularly atop the hill at night,
supplying the inspiration for the name. Open 10-5.
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