Sightseeing & Tours

Festive horse-drawn carriages wind through the streets. A grand Christmas tree unfurled in the plaza, trimmed with red ribbons and cheered by thousands of carolers. Bridges, trees and bed-and-breakfasts ablaze with white lights. Usher in the holiday season alongside ghosts of Christmas past and present. When you winter in St. Augustine, history meets holiday, sparking a season of magic and merrymaking for old and young alike. From jubilant parades to jolly good wines, grand illuminations to glorious tours, the Ancient City sparkles in its best Colonial finery.

In an epic of Native Americans, Spanish conquistadors, and British privateers vying for influence, St. Augustine emerges triumphant as one of the oldest cities in America with one of its most colorful pasts. Center your stay on the city's colonial sites to experience the empires and events that highlight its early history.

As a child, I was ever-intrigued by the whisper of ghostly secrets from our upstairs attic and shout of adventure from a realm of field and forest I regarded as my backyard. The simplicity of childhood has changed since those days and as parents we tend to shield our kids from the unknown. There is a place, however, where I can take my son and feel safe in the knowledge that he shares a slice of discovery cut from the fabric of my own childhood curiosity.