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St. Augustine News, Information, and Things To Do

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St. Augustine

Welcome to beautiful St. Augustine, Florida. Having first been settled in 1565 by Spain’s Juan

Pedro Menendez de Aviles, we are the oldest permanent European-settled colony in America

forty-two years before the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Over the years the area

has seen the flags of England, France, and Spain. In 1763 Spain ceded St. Augustine to

England, but the Treaty of Paris ceded it back to Spain in 1783. In 1819 Florida was ceded to

the United States by Spain.

News

Nothing travels faster in a small town than news, and St. Augustine is no exception. In 1894 our

daily newspaper, The St. Augustine Record, was first published. Today we are a “big little town”

and I guarantee you’ll have a wonderful sense of privacy but with the benefit of good chit-chat at

any number of quaint local shops, restaurants, and pubs. Most of us began like you --- we visited

the city and either stayed or returned at some point up the road to make it our home. Most news

In our newspaper is good news in our small town and if you decide to make us you place of residence, we’ll welcome you with open arms and friendly smiles.

Information

Before your first visit to St. Augustine, take the time to get all the information you need to make

your visit a good one. We are well-represented on the Internet where you can read about our

history and historic sites, museums such as Lightner Museum, unique shops, galleries, beaches,

and restaurants. Be sure to check out our Romantic St. Augustine page at this site for information

about some things you may want to do while in town. I always invite people to email me for specific

questions you may have!

Things to Do

You’ll find no shortage of things to do in St. Augustine. We may be small but we’re certainly not sleepy! Walk Vilano Beach at sunrise or stand on the old Vilano pier at sunset; take a quiet walk through Washington Oaks State Park; enjoy the quiet and lovely streets just south of the downtown Plaza; strollthe shops of Historic St. George Steet; tour the Flagler College campus just three blocks west of the Plaza; take a nice walk north along the bayfront to the Castillo de San Marcos (the oldest masonry fort in America); and enjoy the great variety of downtown and beaches nightspots and restaurants! There are many things to do in St. Augustine!

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