Two villas in the San San hills, ten minutes' walk from Frenchman's Cove, with twelve rooms named for great rivers and ancient continents. Stefano Burlando runs it with his son Mateo, and the kitchen cooks both Jamaican and Italian beside the pool.
The story
All Nations has been taking in travelers since 2016, first the back villa, then the front villa and the restaurant that followed in 2019. Since July 2024 the house belongs to Stefano Burlando, who runs it day to day with his son Mateo and a staff photographed grinning under the painted globe on the guesthouse wall. Every room carries the name of somewhere on Earth: Pangea, Rodinia and Gondwana up the back villa, Kilimanjaro, Nile, Amazon and Sahara across the front. A first morning goes like this. Breakfast comes off a menu that swings between Jamaican and Italian, then it is ten minutes downhill on foot to Frenchman's Cove, where the river runs cold into the warm sea. Back at the house there is a pool between the two villas, a fruit-tree garden with its own bird and fish sanctuary, a small gym with a table-tennis table, and hammocks strung across the curved terrace with the sea showing over the treetops. Rooms run from Gaia, the simple one that shares a bathroom with the hosts, up to Pangea on the top floor with a private seaview balcony and a Jacuzzi. Take both villas and the whole property sleeps 26. We hand-picked All Nations because it is what San San does best: a real house in the hills above the coves, the owner on the property, guests greeted by name. Find them on Skippers Boulevard, San San, Port Antonio. Book on WhatsApp at +1 876 204 2833.
Good to know
Like every place on Jamaica Outback, All Nations Guesthouse is a locally owned, family-run business — reviewed by hand, welcomed by name. When you visit, you’re supporting the community directly.