Portmore
Portmore is a city in southeastern Jamaica, located in the parish of St Catherine.
Portmore is a city in southeastern Jamaica, located in the parish of St Catherine. It primarily serves as a commuter town for the capital city of Kingston.
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Worth seeing in and around Portmore
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Library of Jamaica
The National Library of Jamaica is the national library of Jamaica. It is located at 12 East Street in Kingston, Jamaica.
9.7 km · national library of Jamaica · Wikipedia - 02National Gallery of Jamaica
The National Gallery of Jamaica, in Kingston, Jamaica, is Jamaica's public art museum. It was established in 1974 and is located in the Kingston Mall, a commercial and cultural center on Kingston harbour.
9.2 km · public art museum in Montego Bay, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 03Shaare Shalom Synagogue
The Sha'are Shalom Synagogue, officially the Kahal Kadosh Sha'are Shalom, also known as the United Congregation of Israelites, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the city of Kingston, on the island of Jamaica.
9.9 km · historic synagogue in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 04Caymanas Park
Caymanas Park is Jamaica's only race track. It was historically a sugarcane estate in the Colony of Jamaica.
4.4 km · horse race track and park in Jamaica · Wikipedia - 05Hellshire Beach
Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, is located near Portmore, and famed for its fried fish and safe swimming. It has near white sands with a very small trace of black sand.
6 km · beach in St Catherine, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 06George William Gordon House
Gordon House is the meeting place of the Jamaica Parliament, located at 81 Duke Street in Kingston, close to the old parliament building headquarters.
9.8 km · Jamaican government building · Wikipedia - 07Hibbert House
Hibbert House, also known as Headquarters House, is the head office of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. It is located at 79 Duke Street in Kingston, Jamaica.
9.8 km · house in Jamaica · Wikipedia - 08Ferdi Neita Sports Complex
Ferdi Neita Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Portmore, Jamaica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and as a practising ground.
2.4 km · multi-use stadium in Portmore, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 09Trinity Moravian Church, Jamaica
Trinity Moravian church houses a congregation of the Jamaican province of the Moravian Church. It was established in 1954 as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.
9.9 km · church in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 10Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex
The Arnett Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican professional football club based in Kingston, which currently plays in the Jamaica Premier League. The team is based in the Arnett Gardens community of South Saint Andrew, Jamaica, and plays in the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.
9.6 km · football stadium in the Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia
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Getting to Portmore
- Airports
- Norman Manley (KIN), 10 km · Sangster (MBJ), 125 km · Antonio Maceo (SCU), 250 km
- Stations
- Norman Manley International Airport, 9.9 km · Tinson Pen Aerodrome, 7.3 km · Kingston Harbour, 8.1 km · Port Royal Cays, 7.2 km · Kingston railway station, Jamaica, 9 km
- Montego Bay → Portmore122 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · $14–19
- Santiago → Portmore5757 km · quickest by air, 14h 19m · CLP$469,820–728,260
- Holguin → Portmore331 km · quickest by air, 7h 16m · $220–320
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Portmore
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Portmore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere are also minibuses and route taxis which are very affordable.
- Get aroundCharter Taxis (normal taxis) - negotiate a price before getting in the car.
- Go nextOcho Rios ("Ochi") - only 4 hours away by minibus/route taxi for ~J$500.
- Go nextPort Antonio - take a direct minibus/route taxi from HWT for J$200–300.
From Wikivoyage: Kingston (Jamaica), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Portmore
Portmore is 11 km from Kingston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Trenchtownresidential neighbourhood in Kingston, St Andrew, Jamaica9.6 km
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