Location: 61 mi (98 km) North- East of Kingston
Port Antonio was constructed 61 mi (98 km) North- East of Kingston in Jamaica. It is a quiet small town with several colonial buildings and beautiful beaches. Port Antonio is located in the eastern part of the Jamaican territory. Its recognition refers to its fame in gastronomy 'jerk', besides being the third largest port of the island and was the point of dispatch of bananas and coconuts. The population of this Jamaican city is composed of a total of fourteen thousand three hundred and forty-eight people, according to the figures that the census carried out in 2010 showed.
Towards the end of the 16th century the bay was explored by the Spaniards who gave it the name of Puerto Anton, but it was the English who established an initial settlement there in 1723 and built fort built in 1729. The village depopulated relatively early because of the epidemics due to the nearby marshes and raids of marauding marauders. Subsequently, made peace with the maroon, the settlers started various crops, including that of the banana. The banana trade developed with the arrival in 1871 of Lorenzo Dow Baker, a great fruit merchant and owner of the Boston Fruit Company, contributing significantly to the city's economy. In a short time, Port Antonio became the world capital of bananas, and its port had a weekly movement of goods greater than that of the port of Liverpool. After 1880, Dow Baker began the transport of wealthy tourists on the island, exploiting its banana ships that arrived empty from the northeastern coast of the United States of America. The Panama disease, a fungus that hits the banana trees causing them to dry, stopped the banana trade around 1930, but thanks to the arrival of the movie star Errol Flynn, who invited many other celebrities of the time, the city knew the impetus given by tourism.