It was a little off the beach. A 5-10 min walk no problem. If you are staying for an extended time, it's nice to chill here and walk about town. If you are staying only 2-3 nights maximum, stay further in. We stayed 6 nights and could've done 2-4 maximum in Ocho Rios, as we preferred the Negril, but had already booked. Pool was exquisite. Restaurant there too. They gave us a prepaid cell phone in case we needed anything or needed to make local calls. Very clean. We had trouble finding it at first but it's actually part of a larger complex called "mystic ridge condos". We took the Knutsford bus to Ocho Rios and it was a 5-7 min walk to get to the condo complex. The complex is 5-10 min walking to Margaritaville, the beach, restaurants walking to Margaritaville, the beach, restaurants, the bust station.