St. Augustine is located on the North Florida coast, and it offers a vacationer’s delight! Nearby beaches, golf, tennis, deep-sea fishing, sailing, and birding are just a few of the activities available for your enjoyment. St. Augustine’s fine museums, antique shops, art galleries, shopping centers, wonderful local restaurants, beautiful churches, architectural legacies of entrepreneur Henry Flagler and others, and historic sites await your arrival.
Explore the Old City’s brick-lined streets, tour a historic church, walk along the beautiful bay front, learn about early Spanish, and English settlers, see historic buildings which lured northerners for winter vacations a century ago. Visit Castillo de San Marcos (1695), the nation’s oldest and only remaining 17th century stone fort, a National Historic Monument that you can tour. Horse and buggy rides provide a unique way to absorb the stories of yesteryears, evening ghost tours delight you with their tales, and a bay front cruise can give you yet another perspective of this beautiful ancient city. The city’s calendar is filled with special events, pageants, re-enactments, and celebrations of history and culture, including Nights of Lights that bathes the Old City with sparkling white holiday lights, 4th of July fireworks over the bay front., and much more. We will help you to find out what is happening during your stay with us! You can also visit popular family attractions such as Potter’s Wax Museum, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, the Alligator Farm, the St. Augustine Lighthouse, and many others.
Cross the Bridge of Lions leaving the old city of St. Augustine behind to find yourself on Anastasia Island – one of Florida’s many barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Discover one of the Florida’s most beautiful beaches and all the amenities of a Florida seaside community. Of course, the beach itself is bursting with fun and endless activity. Just steps off the beach, the area abounds with shops of collectibles, nautical-themed gifts, resort apparel, beach toys for all ages, antiques, and unusual souvenirs. Enjoy a hamburger on deck, just steps from the beach, try the local catch of the day, savor fine cuisine at a candlelit table – the variety of fine restaurants at the beach is amazing! There are coffee shops, smoothie bars, and ice cream parlors. Rent mopeds, kayaks, windsurfing gear, boats, jet skis, and more. Play tennis, volleyball, or golf nearby. Book a fishing trip, learn to surf, play miniature golf under the stars, climb the 165-foot St. Augustine Lighthouse, or visit the Alligator Farm Zoological Park…the options are endless!