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With its 17th-century fort, old city gates, horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping along narrow streets, historic buildings, and reconstructed 18th-century Spanish Quarter, St. Augustine seems more like a picturesque European village than a modern Floridian city. This is, after all, the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States (no, it wasn't Jamestown in 1607 or the Pilgrims' settlement at Plymouth Rock in 1620). A group of French Huguenots settled in 1562 near the mouth of the St. Johns River, in present-day Jacksonville. Three years later, a Spanish force under Pedro Menéndez de Avilés arrived on the scene, wiped out the Huguenot men (de Avilés spared their women and children), and established a settlement he named St. Augustín.
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Casa Monica Hotel, a Kessler Hotel
95 Cordova Street
St Augustine, FL 32084 Map Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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Castillo Real, an Ascend Collection Hotel
530 A1A Beach Blvd.
Saint Augustine, FL 32080 Map Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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Hampton Inn St. Augustine Beach
430 A1A Beach Blvd
St Augustine, FL 32080 Map Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class:
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AttractionsColonial Spanish Quarter and Spanish Quarter Museum
Between Cuna and Orange sts
33 St. George St St. Augustine, Florida Distance: 0.2 mi. (from destination center) Description: If H. G. Wells were alive, he'd get a load of this re-created colonial Spanish... Read More
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The Oldest House
At Charlotte St
14 St. Francis St St. Augustine, Florida Distance: 0.5 mi. (from destination center) Description: Archaeological surveys indicate that a dwelling stood on this site as early as the beginning of... Read More
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Moultrie Creek Studios
9C Aviles Street
St. Augustine, Florida 32084 Distance: 0.3 mi. (from destination center)
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Saint Augustine Vacation Rentals from:
Beachside House, pool, garage, internet, decks
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2 Sleeps: 10
Amenities: Fireplace, Full kitchen, Garage, Internet Access, Non-Smoking, Pets OK, Swimming Pool, TV
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Fantastic Oceanfront Beach House in St. Augustine
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2.5 Sleeps: 8
Amenities: Full kitchen, Laundry, No Pets, Non-Smoking, Oceanfront
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Vilano Beach Ocean Front
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2 Sleeps: 6
Amenities: No Pets, Non-Smoking, Oceanfront
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