Doctor's Cave Beach Club, located in
Montego Bay
Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...
,
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
, is a beach. It is part of the protected
Montego Bay Marine Park Montego may refer to:
Places
* Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica, a city and the capital of Saint James
Automobiles
* Austin Montego, a 1984–1995 large family car, also sold by MG, Rover, and Sipani
* Mercury Montego, a 1968–1976, 2004–2007 ...
.
History
Alexander James McCatty founded a
sanatorium
A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence.
Sanatoriums are often in a health ...
in
Montego Bay
Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...
in 1880. He allowed his friends to bathe at his small beach, which was entered through a cave. In 1906, he donated the property, and the private members club was formed, which still exists.
In the 1920s,
Herbert Barker, an English
osteopath, visited the beach and wrote an article which helped the beach become well-known.
See also
*
List of beaches in Jamaica
This is a list of beaches in Jamaica. There are over 50 public beaches in Jamaica. Some make an entry charge (for use of facilities) and have security guards. Many sea-front hotels are able to control access to what is effectively their priva ...
References
External links
Aerial view
{{Beaches of Jamaica
Beaches of Jamaica
Geography of Saint James Parish, Jamaica
Tourist attractions in Saint James Parish, Jamaica