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First the good (great): Incredible water's edge location, with swimming, snorkeling, fishing, kayaking, and spectacular views a few feet from your bed. When the weather is nice, the water is all kinds of shades of blue and the blue lagoon a short kayak trip away (HIGHLY recommended) is unlike anywhere else you've been.

The main bedroom is divine, with doors that open to the water and views, and with a temperature and sound of crashing waves that made for the best nights of sleep we've maybe ever had.

Verona will cook whatever you like and otherwise take excellent care of you, staying away if you want privacy or staying present if you want conversation. Our trip was dramatically improved because of her service.

The less good: The location is amazing for water access but comes with a couple of very mild drawbacks. One is that the backside of the property is just a few feet below the road. We often heard or saw people/kids talking and playing just above the roof. On the weekend, there were also a number of small boats out on the water ferrying tourists back and forth, just off the end of the dock. Neither of these were really that bothersome to us, but you shouldn't go expecting total quiet and isolation.

The interior of the property is clean, and the Jamaica/marine-themed paintings done by the owner are tremendous and charming pops of color throughout, but it falls short of five stars overall in a few ways: It's missing a really comfortable place to sit inside (for bad weather, as we had part of the time), and the outside is great during the day but only has a couple harsh fluorescent lights at night; the shower basically only drips out; and the concrete deck + bench and walkway, as well as some of the other areas, look a bit run down.

Again, none of this much dampened our stay – we had a lovely time and would highly recommend it to all. Go with your expectations in check and you will find it a charming slice of paradise. Thank you to Alex and Verona and all for a most excellent stay.

I have been back for two days after spending 10 days at Norse Point, and the first thing I would have to tell someone is to get on a plane as soon as possible and go there. The place is amazing, noting huge on the inside, but enough for what you need and a good sized master bedroom. The reality is except for sleeping and having a few meals inside when it was a little to windy to eat outside, all of our time was spent outside.
Keep the lights off outside at night, have just a little light coming through the kitchen window to see your way around and just enjoy having drinks under the stars. Work out the light situation with Owen the night guard and you won't be interrupted. Basically when the inside lights are on he leaves you alone, and when you go to bed turn on the one light outside out back. The switch is by the kitchen door.
For the most part you will probably have the island to yourself until about 10 am. After that some of the boat tours start coming by from the loading dock at the blue lagoon, but they don't always stop at the island. Kayak over to the Blue Lagoon at least once a day, even if the water is a little choppy, just stay close to the houses and paddle through it. We were there for several windy days(very windy according to Verona) but the kayaks made it through with no problem.
Speaking of Verona, you couldn't ask for anyone better to be running the show, and to be your personal chef. Almost always a smile, obviously loves her job, and will make your stay even that much more enjoyable. We only ate out once, and that was when we went out for some Boston jerk pork and chicken. Boston beach is interesting enough, but I personally wouldn't go out of my way again to go there even though it is only 10 minutes down the road. It was basically some decent bar b que but I would rather have had another night of Verona's cooking.
Rent a car if you want but if you have never been to Jamaica it might be a little different than you are used to. Cheap enough to get around on the taxi's that cruise by constantly. Right about two and a half hours from the Kingston airport, and mountain drive is very interesting.
I hope to be able to make it back in the next few years, and was just looking at the calendar to see when it was booked for the rest of the year. Started dreaming of booking it again for later this year, but for now that will just have to be a dream.

After getting married in Negril, we stayed 5 nights at Norse Point and it was the perfect honeymoon location. The cottage is the perfect size for a couple although it could definitely fit a few more people if your party is larger. We loved sitting on the porch and ate many meals out there as well. Kayaking to the blue lagoon or san san beach is a very easy trip and both are worth seeing. Winnifred beach and boston beach were two of our favorite locations. You can get a taxi to either very easily. Verona was an excellent hostess and fantastic chef. She was always available if and when we needed her but never in our way at all. Alex, the owner, was also wonderful and very easy to communicate with via email. We just left yesterday but are already discussing another trip to Norse Point!