Round Hill Hotel And Villas

Begun in 1953 as a collection of villas on a 110-acre pineapple/allspice/coconut plantation, Round Hill Hotel has long served vacationers who come here for the restful rusticity, which attracts celebrity and non-celebrity couples and families.

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-foot) seaside pool. The spa (surcharge) offers treatments in air-conditioned rooms, on a veranda, at the sea edge, and in a hillside hydrotherapy area enveloped by trees. A garden tour is offered on Fridays and guests can take advantage of the walking and jogging paths, as well as an onsite fitness facility with an instructor. A kids' club and babysitting/childcare services are also available.

A 24-hour business center offers high-speed Internet access and a library includes game tables. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the resort. The property also offers 24-hour airport shuttle (surcharge, on request).

• 24-hour front desk 
• Babysitting or childcare (surcharge) 
• Children's club (free) 
• Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge) 
• Airport transportation (surcharge) 
• Total number of rooms - 110 
• Babysitting or childcare 
• Number of bars/lounges - 3 
• Barbecue grill(s) 
• Free newspapers in lobby 
• Concierge services 
• Dry cleaning/laundry service 

• Full-service spa 
• Hair salon 
• Designated smoking areas 
• Children's club 
• Laundry facilities 
• Library 
• Limo or Town Car service available 
• Meeting rooms 
• Terrace 
• Beach bar 
• Poolside bar 
• Porter/bellhop 
• On private beach 
• Restaurant 
• Conference space size (feet) - 1000 
• Free reception 
• Free self parking 
• Outdoor tennis courts - 5 
• Beach umbrellas 
• Beach sun loungers 
• Pool sun loungers 
• Beach towels 
• Shopping on site 
• Smoke-free property 
• Children's pool 
• Breakfast available (surcharge) 
• Coffee/tea in common areas 
• Wedding services 
• Gift shops or newsstand 
• Health club 
• Number of outdoor pools - 2 
• Pool umbrellas 
• Tours/ticket assistance 
• Free WiFi 
• Spa treatment room(s) 
• Multilingual staff 
• Garden 
• Conference space size (meters) - 93 
• Year Built 1953 
• Area shuttle (surcharge) 
• 24-hour business center 
• Number of meeting rooms - 2 
• Number of buildings/towers - 27 
• Spa services on site 
• Television in common areas 

Round Hill enchants guests and tempts palates with an abundance of dining pleasures. Their James Beard award-winning Executive Chef, Martin Maginley, and his talented team showcase the finest local ingredients, with fresh vegetables and herbs from their on-site organic garden.

The Grill - Dining room and Upper and Lower Seaside Terraces with tropical-almond trees and sea/sunset views. À la carte breakfast and dinner. International choices and Jamaican specialties. Live music nightly. Dinner dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.

Special Nights - Monday-night beach-party buffet (casual wear). Wednesday-night Manager's Cocktail Reception from 7 to 8 PM, with dinner at the Seaside Terrace. Thursday and Sunday-nights Farm-to-Table Dinner at The Grill, featuring local Jamaican ingredients and organic vegetables. 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 10 AM to 6 PM for sandwiches, salads, burgers, and tropical drinks.

Pool Bar - Circular bar built around tropical-almond tree. Open 11 AM to 4 PM for sandwiches, salads, burgers, and tropical drinks during high-occupancy periods.

Cocktail Bar - Located in rear of Lower Terrace. Open mid-morning to late night. Contemporary designer decor in blue and white with wood trim. Complimentary afternoon tea.

Round Hill features nightly entertainment, from the Beach BBQ on Monday evenings to a full Jamaican Heritage Show with steel drum bands on Friday evenings, with the Mento House band and local singers and musicians on all other nights.

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 step and stretch classes along with yoga classes (surcharge) take place in the newly built yoga pavilion.

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, kayaks, pedal boats, wake boards, and 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.

The property offers complimentary guided Friday-afternoon nature walks through the resort's grounds. A jogging/running path winds through the resort's hills.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.

• Golfing nearby 
• Rafting nearby 
• Hiking/biking trails nearby 
• Fitness classes on site 
• Basketball on site 
• Fishing on site 
• Kayaking on site 
• Motor boating on site 
• Parasailing on site 
• Pilates classes on site 
• Playground on site 
• Sailing on site 

• Scuba diving on site 
• Snorkeling on site 
• Tennis lessons on site 
• Water skiing on site 
• Windsurfing on site 
• Yoga classes/instruction on site 
• Ecotours nearby 
• Golf lessons available nearby 

Located in an 18th century Great House on 10 oceanfront acres, The Spa at Round Hill features 7 treatment rooms including a couple's suite along with an outdoor treatment area in a garden setting. Treatments include deep tissue massages, aroma stone massages, facials, salt scrubs, body wraps, manicures, pedicures, and other beauty services.

• Hot stone massage 
• Deep tissue massage 
• Swedish massage 
• Prenatal massage 
• Ayurvedic treatments 
• Massages 
• Minimum age to access spa is 12 
• Number of treatment rooms 8 
• Outdoor treatment areas 
• Couples treatment rooms 
• Massages on beach 
• Manicures and pedicures 

• Body wraps 
• Body scrubs 
• Aromatherapy treatments 
• Body treatments 
• Facial treatments