Inside the Celebrity-Favorite Jamaica Hotel That Inspired James Bond | Vogue

"Once Ian Fleming’s 15-acre estate overlooking Oracabessa Bay, this five-star resort took its name from a wartime operation he worked, and it’s where he wrote all of his James Bond novels, drawing inspiration from the lush surroundings for stories like Dr. No, Live and Let Die, The Man With the Golden Gun, and Octopussy. In the 1970s the property passed from Bob Marley to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, who turned it into a resort; as Blackwell recalls, “I purchased GoldenEye in 1976,” and he remembers coming in the fifties when Fleming lived there to “enjoy leisurely lunches in his sunken garden, which still remains for guests.” The Bond connection lingers today, even on screen—when Daniel Craig’s 007 relaxes in Jamaica in No Time to Die, he’s sipping Blackwell Rum, the label Blackwell founded in 2008." - Elise Taylor