{"id":146559,"date":"2020-11-02T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/kingston"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:33:08","slug":"kingston","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/caribbean\/jamaica\/kingston","title":{"rendered":"Kingston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you want to venture off the beaten path or follow the trail of other visitors, <strong>Kingston<\/strong> has an atmosphere that will amaze you every time. After an earthquake in 1692 destroyed Port Royal, Kingston was founded as a place for survivors. Jamaica <a href=\"\/?continent_category=jamaica\">&#8216;<\/a> s capital city is the island&#8217;s cultural mecca. Be enchanted by the beat of the drums and vibrant nightlife, visit an art gallery or enjoy amazing views of the city from up on the hills.   <\/p>\n<h3>BOB MARLEY<\/h3>\n<p>Jamaica&#8217;s icon <strong>Bob Marley<\/strong> grew up in Trenchtown, a suburb of Kingston. The neighborhood has been called the birthplace of reggae and provided inspiration for the song &#8220;No Woman, No Cry. Visit the Bob Marley Museum, where the singer lived until his death and wrote many of his famous songs. At <strong>Emancipation Park<\/strong> you will find the beautiful artwork created by Laura Facey that was named <em>Redemption Song <\/em>after Bob Marley&#8217;s song. The sculpture symbolizes a man and woman gazing into the sky who survived the suffering of slavery.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the footsteps of Bob Marley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":131916,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[547],"highlight_category":[600],"continent_category":[423],"class_list":["post-146559","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-jamaica","highlight_category-hoogtepunt-en","continent_category-caribbean"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/146559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/146559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412625,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/146559\/revisions\/412625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=146559"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=146559"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=146559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}