St. Augustine
105 miles NE of Orlando, 302 miles N of Miami, 39 miles S of Jacksonville
With its 17th-century fort, old city gates, horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping along narrow streets, historic buildings, and reconstructed 18th-century Spanish Quarter, St. Augustine seems more like a picturesque European village than a modern Floridian city. This is, after all, the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States (no, it wasn’t Jamestown in 1607 or the Pilgrims’ settlement at Plymouth … Continue reading →
St. Augustine Travel Guide
Where to stay
- Monterey Inn
- Casablanca Inn on the Bay
- Casa Monica Hotel
- Victorian House
- Alexander Homestead
- Casa de Solana Bed and Breakfast
- Carriage Way Bed & Breakfast
- Kenwood Inn
- Bayfront Westcott House Bed & Breakfast Inn
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Attractions
- Florida Heritage Museum at the Authentic Old Jail
- Old Florida Museum
- Lightner Museum
- Authentic Old Jail
- St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum
- The Oldest House
- The Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in the U.S.A
- Colonial Spanish Quarter and Spanish Quarter Museum
- St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park
- Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park
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Excerpted from Frommer's Florida 2009, © 2009, Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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