Pedestrian-only historic street.
If you’re driving into downtown St. Augustine with one goal — park the car and start exploring — here’s the advice I’d give you: Don’t spend half your visit looking for the perfect parking space. Parking in downtown St. Augustine during the day can be nuts, especially on weekends, holidays and busy travel days. The spaces around the Plaza de...
There are certain things that just make sense in St. Augustine: walking St. George Street, stopping along the bayfront, taking far too many pictures of the Castillo—and eventually deciding that it is entirely too hot to continue without ice cream. Fortunately, downtown St. Augustine is exceptionally good at solving that problem. Within a relatively small section of...
The best restaurants in Historic Downtown St. Augustine for families, seafood lovers, date nights, hidden gems, healthy eaters, and first-time visitors. One of the questions I get asked more than almost anything else is: “Where should we eat in downtown St. Augustine?” The answer is always the same: “What kind of meal are you looking for?”...
What are the best museums and attractions in St. Augustine? The best museums and attractions in St. Augustine include Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Potter’s Wax Museum, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, the Pirate & Treasure Museum, the Oldest Drug Store Museum, the Oldest Wooden School House, the Fountain of Youth, and the St. Augustine Lighthouse...
There’s a reason people visit St. Augustine once and immediately start planning their next trip back. This city is unlike anywhere else in Florida. Sure, we have beautiful beaches and amazing weather, but what really makes St. Augustine special is the atmosphere. You’ve got centuries of history mixed with incredible restaurants, rooftop bars, waterfront views, live...
There are cities where food simply fills the schedule between attractions. And then there’s St. Augustine. Downtown St. Augustine feels like one giant atmosphere. Music drifts through hidden courtyards, the smell of garlic butter and seafood rolls out onto brick streets, and nearly every turn seems to uncover another candlelit restaurant tucked inside a centuries-old...
