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IDLE HOURS VILLA
JAMAICA

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RUNAWAY BAY

Idle Hours located in Runaway Bay offers the seclusion of one of Jamaica's largest privately owned white sand beaches. An eighteen-hole golf course and watersport facilities are within walking distance and there is great scuba diving and snorkelling directly off our beach. Now with a beautiful swimming pool.
view of  house and beach
breakfast overlooking the beach

AMENITIES

  • New Swimming pool.
  • 3 air-conditioned bedrooms with ceiling fans.
  • 25,000 sq. ft. of private white sand beach.
  • Full staff: butler, cook, housekeeper.
  • Hammock.
  • Excellent snorkeling reef 50 ft. from shore.
  • Television, DVD, CD Player.

AMENITIES

  • Washer/dryer.
  • Microwave, blender, barbecue.
  • Baby Crib; and 3 additional day beds.
  • In room safe.
  • Indoor and verandah dining tables.
  • Board games.
  • Excellent for families, very child friendly, gentle beach access to shallow water.
living room

WEEKLY RATES

 

Season Winter Summer
Dec 15 - April 14 April 15 - Dec 14
1 - 2 bedrooms US $ 2,700 US $ 2,000
3 bedrooms US $ 3,300 US $ 2,500

Christmas and New Year US$ 4,000/week.

Thanksgiving: $2,500.

Easter: $3,300/wk. Hi Season, $3,000/wk. Lo Season.

Holiday weeks: Christmas, New Year, Easter and Thanksgiving require 3 bedroom rates.


On one of Jamaica's largest privately-owned white sand beaches sits "Idle Hours". If your idea of a vacation is an intimate and private holiday where you can idle the hours away; Idle Hours is the perfect spot for you.

It is located in Runaway Bay, just 20 minutes from Ocho Rios and 55 minutes from Montego Bay. An eighteen-hole golf course, and watersports facilities are within walking distance of the villa. Chukka Cove", Jamaica's premier riding stable is within 10 minutes drive, and along with horseback riding, also offers as many as 6 tours, including the newest craze, "tubing" down the White River.

Interiors
The interiors are colorful and brightly furnished. French doors open out from the dining and living room onto a lovely ocean view, and your private beach. All three bedrooms offer air conditioning and ceiling fans.

Exteriors
The exterior of the house is just magnificent. The house sits directly on the beach, with only a few steps of the verandah separating you from dripping your feet into the warm sand and cool water. The beach is 25,000 square feet with 200 feet of sea frontage. There is a large almond tree in the middle of the beach, perfect for shade and features a hammock for idling your time away. The pool is oval, 26' long, 12' wide; depth is 3 1/2' - 5' (no diving). It features a pool deck with furniture.

Staff
The villa is fully staffed with a Cook/butler, Housekeeper, to pamper you with legendary Jamaican hospitality and food, and night security guard.

Bedroom Accommodations
Bedroom #1 Master bedroom.
It features a king-size bed, en-suite bathroom with tub-shower combination. It has air conditioning and a ceiling fan. This bedroom has a gorgeous ocean view.

Bedroom #2
Optional king-size or twin beds, en-suite bathroom with tub-shower combination. It has air conditioning and a ceiling fan.

Bedroom #3
Optional king-size or twin beds, en-suite bathroom with tub-shower combination. It has air-conditioning and a ceiling fan. This bedroom also features a day bed for extra sleeping accommodation.

Also available is three additional day beds and a baby crib.

 

Nearby Attractions

  • 18-hole golf course.
  • Horseback riding, all terrain vehicles, diving, waterspouts, wilderness tours.
  • Bob Marley tour.
  • Tubing down White River.
  • Swimming with dolphins at "Dolphin Cove".
  • Deep-sea fishing; sailing.
  • Scuba diving, water skiing, jet skis.
  • Swimming and snorkeling.
  • Famous Dunn's River Falls.
  • Rafting on the Martha Brae.
  • Green Grotto Caves.
  • Seafood restaurant; super market, fast food, post office within walking distance.
  • Island Village - Jimmy Buffett's Margeritaville Sports Bar and Restaurant; theatre, watersports, beach, reggae museum, coffee bar, great shopping all only 20 minutes away in Ocho Rios.
  • A variety of nightclubs and restaurants.
  • Chukka Adventure Tours.


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Paul & Becky Stockhausen Tel: (876) 631-5070 (H)


c/o American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica, (876) 909-6118 (Becky cell)

Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Fax: (876) 946-9127

Kingston 5,  

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