Bob Marley's Jamaican hotel hideaway Strawberry Hill and tropical 47-acre property is on sale after being featured in One Love biopic.
The Strawberry Hill Hotel that was frequented by Bob Marley and depicted in the 2024 film 'Bob Marley: One Love' is officially on the market. The 47-acre mountaintop resort was built on a coffee plantation and belonged to a British royal family in the eighteenth century.
It was named by its reputed original owner Horace Walpore, who was the son of Prime Minister Robert Walpore, who was in office from 1721 to 1742. The Strawberry Hill Hotel was portrayed in the film 'Bob Marley: One Love,' which has made over $160 million at the box office.
The hotel was named by its reputed original owner Horace Walpore, who was the son of Prime Minister Robert Walpore, who was in office from 1721 to 1742. He enjoyed the elevation of the property because it was 'ideal for growing strawberries.'
The property also includes scenic views of the Blue Mountains and was a Foreign Officers' Navel Hospital in the late eighteenth century. The property was owned by prominent families like the Cargills and the DaCostas before it was eventually bought by its current owner and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell in the 1970s before Marley was shot.
According to the hotel's website, Horace discovered that 'the property’s elevation was ideal for growing strawberries.'
