Jamaica's Bluefields Bay villas — the Caribbean’s best kept secret

Bluefields Bay might just be the best kept secret in all of Jamaica. For more than forty years, those in-the-know have snuck off to a series of hidden villas overlooking mesmerizing emerald waters where an old-world form of hospitality still exists. The experience is so utterly enchanting that most guests leave feeling sworn to secrecy, fearing that once word gets out, this rare paradise will be lost forever. This fear is not exactly unfounded. Back in 1997, a short piece in the Washington Post cut readers in on the Bluefields secret — shooting up like a flare in the night — and the villas were booked solid for two straight years thereafter.

While throngs of tourists at Montego Bay Airport board heavily branded buses bound for the nearest cookie-cutter all-inclusive resort, a gl