Treasure Beach vacation villa Jamaica - Saint Elizabeth Caribbean villa rental

Villa Hikaru sits atop a sandy knoll with a commanding view of the Caribbean just beyond our beachfront gate. Our staff will shop for you, and prepare and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner to your tastes. It's like a small, very personal hotel! Most of our neighbors are village fishermen; one of the late-afternoon joys is to watch for them from our shaded patio as they return from a 50-mile trip to sea, then go down to help Miss Vanessa buy your meals. You can walk all-but-deserted beaches for miles. There's a tourist area a mile and a half away (home of the famous Jake's) with several good restaurants -- but most folks think Miss Vanessa's cuisine tops the restaurants. Similarly, although the next section tells about local attractions, you'll find it hard to tear yourself away from our tennis court, 50-foot lap pool, patio view, sunning terrace, shaded gardens in which to read and watch birds, and beach If you give us three months' notice (six months for Christmas and school vacation weeks) we'll promptly return your deposit less $100. With less notice, we'll hold your deposit until we're able to re-rent your block. No refund for cancellations six weeks from arrival date(three months for Christmas and school vacation weeks

Views:A 120-degree panoramic view of the blue Caribbean .

Floor Area:175 sq meters

A trip up the Black River, one of the world's great marine morasses, is special - reached by car, or (better) in a local fisherman's boat, with a stop on the way back at a unique restaurant on stilts out on a reef. Other places worth visiting: historic Black River itself, the cataracts of Y.S. Falls, the Bamboo Avenue, Lover's Leap and the Appleton Rum Factory. And you can sit on our patio to watch for the return of our fishermen neighbors from what we call "far sea", 60 miles offshore, the Pedro Banks -- and then put on sandals to go photograph them as they weigh out the catch, and help Miss Vanessa pick the next day's dinner.

Rental notes: High season: $2,195 for a base group of up to four; 10% each additional Off season (Apr 16-Dec 20) $1,695 base group; 10% each additional Christmas-New Years: Full house rate Off-off-season bonus: Late spring, early fall, 9 nights for a week's rent

Queen-sized master bedroom with desk and internet tap; three twin-bedded rooms designed to be locked into kingsize if preferred. All rooms screened with overhead fans, all with windows facing the sea and the back to provide cooling air. Simple but comfortable living room furnished from original Jamaican maho wood, and a dining area that seats eight easily, a few more when needed. Modern kitchen is the cook's territory, but she'll make you feel welcome. Shaded patio 15 meters wide faces the constant daytime seabreeze. Below it, a sunning terrace.

Outside Area:In addition to the sunning terrace, there are two garden areas suitable for reading and relaxing; more sun-chairs at the pool; and a shaded, breezy thatch hut gazebo near the beach. Your own tennis court; and a 50-foot lap pool (no more than four feet deep, with a shallower eliipse for young children.