Round Hill Hotel And Villas
Information & Amenities
Hotel Information: Begun in 1953 as a collection of villas on a 110-acre pineapple/allspice/coconut plantation, Round Hill Hotel and Villas has long served socialites and celebrities. Villa owners have included writer/producer Noel Coward, Viscount and Viscountess Rothermere, and, currently, designer Ralph Lauren. Accustomed to opulence, owners come here for the restful rusticity, which also attracts celebrity and non-celebrity couples and families.
Insider tip: Along a winding, seaside path between the main resort and the spa retreat lies a limestone cliff pocked by shallow caves, which guests decorate with white stones plucked from the shore.
Property Amenities
Guests at Round Hill Hotel and Villas may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. All-Inclusive plans include meals, drinks, gratuities, and the majority of resort-offered amenities and activities. Room-Only (No Meals) plans do NOT include meals, drinks, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities etc. (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
Accessible by a path from the resort's beach, an adults-only retreat features a health and beauty spa in a restored 18th-century plantation house and an 8-meter-diameter (26-ft) seaside pool. The spa offers treatments in air-conditioned rooms, on a veranda, at the sea edge, and in a hillside hydrotherapy area enveloped by trees. A children's club with clubhouse provides complimentary activities for children ages 3–11, with special programs during family-holiday seasons. A business center offers high-speed Internet access (surcharge). A library includes game tables. A television room has a 155-cm (61-in) screen.
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of rooms: 110
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Business center
- Business services
- Cell phone/mobile rental
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge desk
- Concierge services
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning service
- Event catering
- Fitness equipment
- Full-service health spa
- Hair salon
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Medical assistance available
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Private beach
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Security guard
- Self parking
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Supervised child care/activities
- Swimming pool - children's
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Umbrella
- Wedding services
Room Descriptions
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. The All-Inclusive plan includes meals, drinks, gratuities and the majority of resort-offered amenities and activities. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does NOT include meals, drinks, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities. (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
Consisting of white buildings with weathered-wood shingles, the resort offers 36 guestrooms in the seaside two-story Pineapple House and 27 privately owned villas containing 74 suites. All rooms and villa suites face the Caribbean Sea and include both air-conditioning and ceiling fans. Each villa contains a kitchen in which a housekeeper can prepare breakfasts (surcharges) for guests staying in villa suites. Many villas include shared swimming pools, but swimming-pool access is not guaranteed. Coffeemakers are accompanied by Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee. Neither rooms nor villa suites include televisions, but TV/VCR combinations are available for rent, and each room or villa includes a CD player/radio.
Room Features
- Internet access - high speed
- CD player
- Separate sitting area
- Ceiling fan
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bottled water in room (complimentary)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service
- Bathroom scale
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Handheld shower
- Massage - available in room
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Window opens
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Area Attractions
Tryall Golf Club - 3 km (2 mi)
Barnett Estates (working-plantation tours) - 15 km (9.5 mi)
Montego Bay Shopping Centre - 16 km (10 mi)
Crafts Market - 16 km (10 mi)
Doctor's Cave Beach (water sports) - 17 km (10.75 mi)
Montego Bay downtown (dining, shops, nightlife) - 17 km (10.75 mi)
Cockpit Country (historical/geological area) - 24 km (15 mi)
Rose Hall Great House (historical site) - 28 km (17.5 mi)
Rocklands Bird Sanctuary - 32 km (20 mi)
Greenwood Great House (historical site) - 41 km (25.75 mi)
Mayfield Falls (waterscapes, bamboo village) - 48 km (30 mi)
Martha Brae River (rafting) - 53 km (33 mi)
Sangster/Montego Bay International Airport (MBJ): Approximate driving time to Round Hill Hotel and Villas is 25 minutes and distance is 19 km (12 mi).
Driving directions from Sangster/Montego Bay International Airport: Depart airport to highway A1 west toward Negril. The resort's entrance is on the right.
Getting there: Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost. Driving is on the left, British style.
Getting around: The resort provides complimentary golf-cart transportation within the resort. Complimentary shuttle service is offered to church on Sundays, to downtown Montego Bay daily, and to Tryall Golf Club adjacent to the resort on request.
Activities
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. Please note the following recreational amenities may incur charges for some or all guests (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
A terrace overlooking Round Hill Bay and the forested mountains on the bay's opposite side features a large family swimming pool surrounded by cushioned lounge chairs. Another pool measuring 8m in diameter (26 ft) overlooks the bay in the resort's 4-hectare (10-acre), adults-only spa-and-fitness retreat, which is accessible by a 400m (437-yd) path along the bay.
The complimentary fitness center contains free weights and cardio and weight machines. Complimentary aerobics sessions take place on the veranda, with yoga classes (surcharge) on the lawn.
Furnished with cushioned lounge chairs and umbrellas, the resort's private 75-m (76-yd) beach is lapped by the calm waters of little Round Hill Bay. Cushioned lounge chairs also are available on a 75-m (76-yd) stone-and-concrete walkway shaded by tropical almond trees that extends from one end of the beach. A trampoline raft and two wood rafts are anchored off the beach, and there's snorkeling among rocks near the beach and a reef farther offshore.
The resort provides complimentary snorkeling gear, kayaks, pedal boats, windsurfers, and Hobie Cat sailboats as well as glass-bottom-boat tours. Water skiing and fishing are available for surcharges, as are scuba-diving instruction/certification, diving excursions, and a 15.5-m (51-ft) catamaran with crew for sailing/snorkeling excursions.
Use of five tennis courts (two lighted) is complimentary, and the resort provides a complimentary professional-taught tennis clinic in July and August for children age 12 and younger. Also complimentary are guided Friday-afternoon nature walks through the resort's grounds. A jogging/running path winds through the resort's hills. Complimentary shuttle service is available to Tryall Golf Club 5 km (3 mi) away.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling on site
- Swimming on site
- Sailing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Water skiing on site
- Rafting nearby
- Windsurfing on site
- Aerobics on site
- Tennis on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Parasailing on site
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
- Bird watching nearby
- Fishing on site
Restaurants & Bars
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only plan (No Meals). The All-Inclusive plan includes meals and beverages plus taxes and gratuities at the following restaurants, snack spots, and bars. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does NOT include meals, beverages, taxes, or gratuities (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
Georgian Dining Room - Dining room and Upper and Lower Seaside Terraces with tropical-almond trees and sea/sunset views. À la carte breakfast, lunch, dinner. International choices and Jamaican specialties. (Buffets offered during high-occupancy periods.) Live music nightly. Dinner dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.
Special Nights - Monday-night beach-party buffet (casual wear). Friday-night Jamaican buffet with folkloric show (dress shorts permitted). Saturday-night dinner-dance with live jazz (men's jackets suggested but not required).
Beach Bar - Circular bar built around tropical-almond tree. Open late morning to early evening for sandwiches, salads, burgers, tropical drinks.
Pool Bar - Circular bar built around tropical-almond tree. Open late morning to early evening for sandwiches, salads, burgers, tropical drinks during high-occupancy periods.
Spa Lunch - Spa cuisine, smoothies, juices, tropical drinks served on lawn at adults-only spa-and-fitness retreat.
Cocktail Bar - Located in rear of Lower Terrace. Open mid-morning to late night. Complimentary afternoon tea. Designed by Ralph Lauren. Blue-and-white striped banquettes, dark-wood trim, charcoal-gray tile floor. Dozens of photographs of past villa owners and resort guests such as actors Clark Gable and Michael Douglas, and director Alfred Hitchcock. Complimentary afternoon tea. Cocktails, cigars, live music.
This hotel offers a dine-around program to guests booking a stay in the All-Inclusive Platinum Plan. The dine-around program includes one meal per person, per restaurant at the following local off-site restaurants: Marguerites, Town House Restaurant, Day O' Restaurant, Ma Lou's, and Coyaba Hotel. Beverages are not included. Transfers to/from restaurants are provided; details given at check-in.
Location
Round Hill Bluff
Montego Bay,
Jamaica
Nearest major airport:
Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ-Sangster Intl.)
Important Information
Room-Only plans do not include gratuities.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Cots and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pets not allowed
- Cash not accepted
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
