St Augustine

Written by: Suzanne Evans
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We have been visiting Orlando for years and now own our own place in Terra Verde. This year (2008) is the first we have come without either another family, or our kids who are now grown up. We decided that we wanted to avoid theme parks and visit some places in Florida we have not seen before.
 
We drove to St Augustine, which is just north of Daytona and were very surprised when it only took just over 2 hours. We booked a hotel for the night because we wanted to stay a bit longer than one day, but did feel that the place was near enough to enable a day visit if you didn’t want to pay for hotel and didn’t mind a late drive back.
 
The town was very pretty and full of historical character. The Hotel we stayed in was in the heart of the old town and we could leave our car at the hotel and walk everywhere. There are plenty of bars, restaurants etc within walking distance, which makes a change in the US in our experience.
 
There was plenty to see and we only scratched the surface during our 2 days there. We did a pub crawl and a walking ghost tour on the evening we stayed. Both were great fun despite the fact that we were the only 2 people on the pub crawl.  I think that the lady running this tour had as much fun as us because she loved England and we were able to furnish her with some more stories to tell her American tourists in the future.  At one of the pubs Andy was delighted to have a try at 4 different beers by ordering a special selection of smaller glasses.  The ghost tour was much better attended and I think that if you went during peak time you would probably have to book in advance.