Oracabessa, Jamaica · Jamaica

GoldenEye

Oracabessa Bay, St Mary, Jamaica

Ian Fleming’s estateWhere the Bond novels were writtenThe signature lagoon

★★★★★Super-deluxe

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Location

Oracabessa Bay, St Mary

On the north coast at Oracabessa Bay in St Mary, a 52-acre estate about twenty minutes east of Ocho Rios — Ian Fleming's own characterful, villa-led world, ten to fifteen minutes from the Ian Fleming private airport.

Transfer

By road or air

Around ninety minutes to two hours by road from Montego Bay, or ten to fifteen minutes from the Ian Fleming private airport next door — the remote north coast made easy by private or helicopter transfer, with James Bond Beach close by.

Villas

Beach huts, cottages & villas

Around forty-nine keys — twenty-six beach huts, one- and two-bedroom cottages and villas, all with their own kitchens, lagoon-front or beachfront — up to the three-bedroom Fleming Villa, with its original writing desk, a private pool, an onsite heliport and a dedicated butler, cook and housekeeper.

Best For

Who it suits

Couples, families, groups and creative retreats drawn to villas and cottages with kitchens and the estate's literary heritage — from beach huts to the Fleming Villa sleeping up to ten — buyout-friendly for groups of ten rooms or more, on a self-catering-capable, room-only base.

Board Basis

Room only / self-catering

A room-only base, with self-catering possible thanks to in-villa kitchens — the Bizot Bar beachfront bistro, the treehouse-style Gazebo for international fine dining, Shabeen, and full-moon torch-lit dinners.

Overview

Ian Fleming's estate

GoldenEye is Ian Fleming's own north-coast estate at Oracabessa Bay — the place where all fourteen James Bond novels were written, the Fleming Villa still holding his original writing desk. Beach huts, one- and two-bedroom cottages and villas, all with their own kitchens, spread across fifty-two acres around the signature salt-and-fresh lagoon, lagoon-front or beachfront, with around forty-nine keys in all up to the three-bedroom Fleming Villa with its private pool and dedicated butler, cook and housekeeper. Three pools and a 500-foot crescent beach at Low Cay sit alongside the Wata Sport beach for snorkelling, kayaking and glass-bottom boats, while the Bizot Bar serves a beachfront bistro, the treehouse-style Gazebo brings international fine dining, and Shabeen hosts full-moon torch-lit dinners. The open-air FieldSpa works by the lagoon, with guided runs and open-water swims. Around ninety minutes to two hours from Montego Bay, it is ten to fifteen minutes from the Ian Fleming private airport — a one-of-a-kind literary estate, and buyout-friendly.

Accommodation

Beach huts, cottages & villas

Around forty-nine keys — twenty-six beach huts, one- and two-bedroom cottages and villas, all with their own kitchens, lagoon-front or beachfront — up to the three-bedroom Fleming Villa, with Fleming's original writing desk, a private pool, an onsite heliport and a dedicated butler, cook and housekeeper.

Entry

One-Bedroom Beach Hut

Sleeps two, king. Raised ten feet above the sand at around 425 square feet, open-plan castaway design with a wet-room and double rain shower.

Castaway designBeachfront

Lagoon

One-Bedroom Lagoon Cottage

Sleeps two, king. On the water at around 720 square feet with direct lagoon access, a claw-foot tub, outdoor shower and a kayak.

Direct lagoon accessKayak

Lounge

Beach Hut with Open-Air Lounge

Sleeps two to three, king. A two-storey hut of around 1,020 square feet with an open-air "dune" lounge below — only three of them.

Open-air loungeOnly three

Villa

One-Bedroom Beach Villa

Sleeps two adults and two children, king. A full kitchen and beachfront indoor-outdoor living at around 1,100 square feet.

Full kitchenBeachfront

Family

Two-Bedroom Beach Hut

Sleeps four. Two levels and two en-suite bedrooms connected by an exterior stair and interior trapdoor — only two of them.

Two bedroomsOnly two

Signature

The Fleming Villa

Sleeps up to ten across five bedrooms. Fleming’s original writing desk, a private pool, an on-site heliport and a dedicated butler, cook and housekeeper.

Private poolOne of one

Food & Drink

Dining

The Bizot Bar serves a beachfront bistro for breakfast and lunch, the treehouse-style Gazebo brings international fine dining, and Shabeen hosts drinks and full-moon torch-lit dinners — on a room-only base, with in-villa kitchens for self-catering.

Beach

Bizot Bar

The Bizot Bar, a beachfront bistro for breakfast and lunch.

Fine dining

The Gazebo

The Gazebo, treehouse-style international fine dining.

Social

Shabeen

Shabeen, for drinks and full-moon torch-lit dinners.

Wellbeing

FieldSpa

The open-air FieldSpa works in a cottage by the lagoon, with massages, scrubs and wraps and guided runs and open-water swims, alongside three pools and the signature salt-and-fresh lagoon — with Low Cay's 500-foot crescent beach and the Wata Sport beach for snorkelling, kayaking and glass-bottom boats.

Lagoon-side

The open-air FieldSpa, with massages, scrubs and wraps by the lagoon.

Three pools

Three pools, plus the signature salt-and-fresh lagoon.

Two beaches

Two beaches — Low Cay's crescent and the Wata Sport beach.

Activities & Experiences

Signature Experiences

A one-of-a-kind literary estate where all fourteen Bond novels were written — swim the signature salt-and-fresh lagoon, settle into a villa or cottage with its own kitchen, see Fleming's original writing desk in the Fleming Villa, snorkel and kayak from the Wata Sport beach, and dine under a full moon at Shabeen, ten minutes from the private airport.