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State FLORIDA ST AUGUSTINE (hotel guide) (regional info) > Tourism & Travel Guide: St. Augustine AVENIDA INN CASA MONICA HOTEL COMFORT INN ST AUGUSTINE BEACH DAYS INN ST AUGUSTINE BEACH ECONO LODGE - ST AUGUSTINE HOWARD JOHNSON EXP ST AUGUSTINE DOWNTOWN KNIGHTS INN ST AUGUSTINE LA FIESTA OCEANSIDE INN SUITES QUALITY INN HISTORIC RAMADA HISTORIC SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACHFRONT RESORT ST AUGUSTINE ISLAND INN SLEEP INN ST AUGUSTINE ST AUGUSTINE OCEAN INN SUPER 8 ST AUGUSTINE BEACH TRAVELODGE ST AUGUSTINE St. Augustine is the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, in the United States. It is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city, and the oldest port in the continental United States. St. Augustine lies in a region of Florida known as The First Coast, which extends from Amelia Island in the north, south to Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Palm Coast. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 11,592; in 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau was 12,157 Forty miles north of Daytona Beach, Hwy-1 passes through the heart of ST AUGUSTINE . Few places in Florida are as immediately engaging as this old city, with the size and even some of the looks of a small Mediterranean town. The oldest permanent settlement in the US, with much from its early days still intact along its narrow streets, it also offers two alluring lengths of beach just across the bay. Ponce de León touched ground here in 1513, but European settlement began when Spain's Pedro Menéndez de Avilés put ashore on St Augustine's Day in 1565. Sir Francis Drake's ships razed the town in 1586, the first of many battles before Florida was eventually ceded to Britain in 1763. By then the town was a major social and administrative center, soon to be capital of east Florida. Subsequently, Tallahassee became the capital of a unified Florida, and St Augustine's fortunes waned. Expansion largely bypassed the town - a fact inadvertently facilitating the restoration program that has turned this \ quiet community into a fine historical showcase. read full wikipedia reference about St Augustine, Florida OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN FLORIDAAlachua Altamonte Springs Boca Raton Bonita Springs Boynton Beach Bradenton Brandon Clearwater Clermont Cocoa Coconut Grove Coral Gables Coral Springs Crestview Crystal River Davenport Daytona Beach Deland Deerfield Beach Defuniak Springs Delray Beach Destin Ellenton Florida City Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers Fort Pierce Fort Walton Gainesville Hollywood Islamorada Jacksonville Key Largo Key West Kissimmee Lake Buena Vista Lake City Lake Mary Lakeland Leesburg Marco Island Marianna Melbourne Miami Naples New Port Richey Ocala Orlando Ormond Beach Palm Beach Panama City Pensacola Plantation Pompano Beach Port St. Lucie Sanford Sanibel Sarasota Silver Springs Singer Island St. Augustine St. Cloud St. Petersburg Tallahassee Tampa Treasure Island Venice Vero Beach Wesley Chapel West Palm Beach Winter Haven |
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