Jamaican friends have long sang the praises of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel to me. They’d tell me of the hotel’s fancy pool, tres-chic for a gritty city like Kingston. They’d talk about the old days seeing movies here, marveling at the elegance and grace of the staff, and savoring the best ice cream this side of Devon House in the hotel lobby. Everything about the place always sounded so regal; so fit for the elite. When I finally visited for myself just a few years ago, I found out how right my old Jamaican friends really were by visiting the Liguanea Suite. Located on the 16th floor, the elegant two-room suite looks out over this view of Kingston. It looks pretty ordinary, but as the hotel sales associate leading on a tour of the property pointed out, this particular view is rather exclusive. The reason: the Liguanea Suite is often reserved for heads of state visiting Kingston on official business. Upon their official visit in April 2015, U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stayed in the Liguanea Suite, enjoying this view and all that the other legendary amenities that the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel has to offer. No word on whether or not they tried the ice cream, though.
View from the Liguanea Suite at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston
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Jamaican friends have long sang the praises of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel to me. They’d tell me of the hotel’s fancy pool, tres-chic for a gritty city like Kingston. They’d talk about the old days seeing movies here, marveling at the elegance and grace of the staff, and savoring the best ice cream this side of Devon House in the hotel lobby. Everything about the place always sounded so regal; so fit for the elite. When I finally visited for myself just a few years ago, I found out how right my old Jamaican friends really were by visiting the Liguanea Suite. Located on the 16th floor, the elegant two-room suite looks out over this view of Kingston. It looks pretty ordinary, but as the hotel sales associate leading on a tour of the property pointed out, this particular view is rather exclusive. The reason: the Liguanea Suite is often reserved for heads of state visiting Kingston on official business. Upon their official visit in April 2015, U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stayed in the Liguanea Suite, enjoying this view and all that the other legendary amenities that the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel has to offer. No word on whether or not they tried the ice cream, though.
