Aviles Street
Location:
Between King Street and Bridge Street
Description:
Oldest street in the U SA. Aviles Street is the original art district as well as the location for an early church,
jail, hospitals, boarding houses and schools. Museums, Art Galleries and Antique Shops as well as jewelry
and leather goods line the ancient street.
Tours:
N/A
Cost:
Free
Castillo De San Marcos
Location:
Castillo Drive
Description:
The Castillo de San Marcos is unique in North American architecture. It is the only extant 17th century
military construction in the country and the oldest masonry fortress in the United States. It is also unique
for the material used in its construction. The Castillo is one of only two fortifications in the world built out
of a semi-rare form of limestone called coquina.
Tours:
The fort opens at 8:45am and closes at 5:15pm. The park grounds are closed from midnight until 5:30am.
You can explore the grounds round the fort at no charge.
Cost:
$10 – valid for 10 days
Flagler College
Location:
King street - Across from the Casa Monica Hotel
Description:
Originally the Ponce De Leon Hotel built by Henry Flagler, cofounder of Standard Oil. The hotel was the
first of its kind to be wired for electricity by non-other than Thomas Edison. It even had electricity before
the White House. The hotel was the first large scale building constructed entirely of poured concrete.
Henry Flagler commissioned a friend to decorate the dining hall with intricate stained glass. That friend
was Louis C. Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Co. The stained glass is valued at over $150 million dollars.
Tours:
Tours are given every hour on the hour between 10:00am and 2:00pm. You can wonder around the main
courtyard and beautiful lobby at no charge.
Cost:
$10
Gonzalez – Alvarez House (The Oldest House)
Location:
Corner of Marine St. and St Francis Street
Description:
For more than three centuries this site has been occupied by St. Augustinians. Beginning about 1650, a
succession of thatched wooden structures were their homes. This coquina stone house was built soon
after the English burned St. Augustine in 1702.
Tours:
Tours are run every half hour between 10:00am and 5:00pm.
Cost:
$8 for adults or $7 for adults over age 55
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Location:
Description:
The present sanctuary was given by Henry Flagler, of Flagler College, and dedicated in 1890 as a memorial
to his daughter Jenny who died from complications during childbirth. Mr. Flagler, his first wife, Mary,
daughter Jenny Louise and granddaughter, Marjorie, are entombed in the Flagler family mausoleum at
the church.
Tours:
The church is open to visitors Monday – Saturday from 10:00am until 3:30pm
Cost:
Free
City Gate
Location:
Across from the Castillo De San Marcos
Description:
On February 11, 1804, Engineer Manuel de Hita recommended the replacement of the two original
wooden guard stations with masonry. The work was authorized in February 1808 and was constructed of
coquina limestone, the same stone used to build the Castillo De San Marcos. The gate was completed by
1809. There was a bridge in front of the gate over the moat of the Cubo line.
Tours:
You are able to walk through and around the city gate
Cost:
Free
St. Augustine Distillery
Location:
Riberia Street
Description:
Located in the historic 1907 FP&L Ice Plant this local craft distillery uses locally sourced ingredients to
distill it’s whisky, run, gin, and vodka. Built in 1907, the plant was part of the first power an ice complex in
St. Augustine. The attached restaurant called the Ice Plant is a popular among locals.
Tours:
Tasting tours every half hour. Monday – Friday tours start at 10:30am and end at 5:00pm. Saturday tours
start at 10:30am and end at 5:30pm. Sunday tours start at 11:30am and end at 5:00pm.
Cost:
Free
Statue of Ponce De Leon
Location:
Corner of Charlotte Street and King Street
Description:
One of only two life sized statues of Ponce De Leon in the world. The other statue is located in Spain. In
the 1500s a man’s height was measured from the tip of his hat to the bottom of his boots. The statute
stands 5’ 3’’ tall. Ponce De Leon’s actual height from head to toe was 4’ 11’’.
Tour:
N/A
Cost:
Free
Oldest Wooden School House
Location:
On St. George Street by the City Gate.
Description:
No wooden structures in St. Augustine built prior to the year 1702 still stand because the British burned
Spanish St. Augustine to the ground in that year. Tax records indicate that the wooden school house was
present in 1716. The original structure was a one-room, single-story building with a detached kitchen. The
house’s exterior was made out of bald cypress and red cedar logs bound together by wood pins and iron
spikes, all made by hand. Juan Genoply, one of the original inhabitants of the house, also became the first
school teacher. He added the second story and transformed the house into a co-ed school in 1788. The
chain was added in 1937 in order to hold the house in place in case of hurricane-force winds and weather.
Tours:
Sunday – Thursday 9:00am – 6:00pm
Friday – Saturday 9:00m – 8:00pm
Cost:
$4.95
St. George Street
Location:
Begins at the City Gate and runs all the way through downtown
Description:
It's almost impossible to explore the Spanish Quarter in St. Augustine without strolling down St. George
Street, but make sure to take your time to truly appreciate all this street has to offer. From charming cafes
to shops and attractions of all sorts, no trip to St. Augustine is complete without wandering this way.
Tours:
N/A
Cost:
Free
The Lightner Museum
Location:
King Street, across from the Casa Monica Hotel
Description:
The Lightner Museum is housed in the former Alcazar Hotel built in 1888 by Henry Flagler. The hotel
housed the world’s largest indoor swimming pool at the time, sulfur baths, archery ranges, bowling alley,
casino, and a bicycle academy for those wanting to try out the newfangled contraptions. Otto Lightner
purchased the building which now houses his eclectic personal collections ranging from Tiffany glass, fine
art paintings, shrunken heads, to toasters all housed in the original four floors of the hotel.
Tours:
Self-guided tour
Cost:
$10 – valid all day
Restaurants
The Floridian
Columbia
Harry’s
Ice Plant
The Tasting Room
Harbor View Café (breakfast)
Spanish Bakery and Café
Crucial Coffee Café (coffee shop)
The Hyppo (gourmet popsicles)