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Jamaica Vacation
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Jamaica Markets
Special purchases of locally-made items and duty free bargains can be found in Jamaica Markets. Crafts include hand-loomed fabrics, embroidery, silk screening, woodcarvings, oil paintings, woven straw items and sandalmaking.
Custom-made rugs and reproductions of pewter and china from the 17th-century ruins of the ancient submerged city of Port Royal can be bought in the In-Craft workshop. At Highgate Village in the mountains, Quakers run a workshop specializing in wicker and wood furniture, floor mats and other tropical furnishings. Jamaican rum, the Rumona (see National drinks) and Ian Sangsters Rum Cream are unique purchases. Other local specialties are Pepper Jellies, jams and spices. The most famous produce Jamaica market is Coronation Market, Kingston. Other markets: Linstead Market, St Catherine; Brownstown Market, St Anne; the Savanna-la-mar Market, Westmoreland; and the Albert George Market, Falmouth. There are shops in Jamaica markets offering facilities for ‘in-bond’ shopping, which allows visitors to purchase a range of international goods free of tax or duty at very competitive prices. These goods are sealed (hence the ‘bond’) and, because goods are tax- or duty free, can only be opened once away from Jamaican waters or territory. All goods must be paid for in Jamaican currency. Shopping hours |
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