• Partners Room: Queensize bed, en-suite bathroom with tub/shower combination, 2 antique wardrobes.
• Tharpe Room: Kingsize or twin beds, en-suite bathroom with tub/shower combination.
• Tenison Room: Queensize bed, en-suite bathroom with tub/shower combination.
• Williams Room: Twin 4-poster beds, en-suite bathroom with tub/shower combination
• Thompson Room: Twin 4-poster beds, en-suite bathroom with tub/shower combination
• Sitting Room Upstairs: room with 3 additional twin beds for children, shares the upstairs hall bathroom

• 3 air-conditioned bedrooms ... each with bath or shower: 1 full, 1 queen, 1 king or 2 twins
• Swimming pool
• Living room with TV, VCR, sound system
• Shaded verandah trimmed in lacy bamboo
• Staffed by cook/housekeeper/laundress and butler/gardener
• Next to the river ... 2-minute walk across 300-year-old stone bridge to a delightful
• swimming hole with a rope swing and floating platform in a green bamboo garden.
• Have cookouts at the river as often as you wish.

Sitting high in the lush landscape of Cockpit Country stands an Eighteenth Century Great House named Good Hope. On 2,000 acres 600’ above sea level, Good Hope is framed by dramatic blue-gray mountains and renowned for its excellent food, outdoor activities and country trails. Its grounds are fertile with papaya, oranges, ackee, breadfruit, bananas and coconuts as well as fields of flowers and grasses where cows and horses graze.

The country road up from Falmouth weaves by 200-year-old stone fences past fields and orchards, cattle and horses ... gently leading back in time to a quiet era of a more peaceful, healthy and idyllic lifestyle. This magical perch commands sweeping views of the Queen of Spain Valley, endless acres of plantation land and the refreshing Martha Brae River that wanders through thick bamboo forests below. The entire panorama takes in 20,000 acres of softly rolling mountains whose velvet texture changes with the light hour by hour. While extraordinarily private, this remarkable site is only a 45-minute drive east of the Montego Bay airport and 19 minutes from the beach.

Built in 1755 in classic Georgian style, the Great House was owned by the Tharpe and Tenison families in past centuries. Its current owners have lovingly updated the buildings while retaining many original features, including the first hot water bath in the Caribbean made in late 1700's and 14' tall Palladian windows trimmed with plantation shutters. The floors creak, the tall windows squeak, the feeling is a magical trip back in time. Yet, today's guests enjoy modern comforts and gracious service in this unique home atop a working plantation. Rooms are appointed with antiques. Polished rare wood floors are throughout. Guests may enjoy tennis, hiking through the luxuriant unspoiled grounds, and horseback riding (100 miles of trails, different trail rides possible each day from mountaintop to cool riverbed through untouched bush country). Good Hope has hosted countless ambassadorial parties and fashion shoots (Vogue, Guess, Mademoiselle, Travel & Leisure, Elle) ... and has been beloved as a perfect setting for weddings and family reunions. Today, in addition to offering overnight accommodations for guests, Good Hope hosts tours for holiday-goers staying elsewhere. Monday through Friday, excursion buses deliver as many as 50 visitors to tour Good Hope's grounds and buildings, to sample various activities and enjoy lunch.

Sunrises and sunsets from this remarkable vantage point are beautiful beyond description. It would be remiss not to mention the sounds of Good Hope. To stand still for several moments invites the sounds of horses neighing across the valley, the braying of a distant donkey, perhaps the bawling of a calving cow, the chirping of birds and merely the wind.

Stopping quietly to listen is part of the magic of Good Hope. Here is a tranquil, spiritually uplifting retreat.

Food at Good Hope is extraordinary. Its chefs rank with the best. Favorites are grilled tenderloin, curried shrimp and blackened snapper as well as homemade hors d'oeuvres, soups and desserts. Mealtime at Good Hope will be one of your fondest memories. Guests are asked to prepay for groceries ($50 per adult per day, $25 for children 12 and under) and may pay for snacks and beverages locally.

Trail rides will cost $25 per person. Youngsters too small for trail rides can be led around the stable yard by one of the grooms. Older children love to wake early and help the grooms round up the horses.

• Weddings must be held on a Saturday or Sunday
• Great House bedrooms are not available for rent. The Great House is a museum/tour destination only.
• Staff Gratuities: 13.5% of the villa rent
  Government Tax: 6.5% of the villa rent