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3465 COASTAL HIGHWAY ST AUGUSTINE FL 32084
THE OCEAN SANDS INN, IS LOCATED IN THE QUIETEST
AREA OF VILANO BEACH, JUST MINUTES FROM HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN ST. AUGUSTINE.
SECOND FLOOR ROOMS HAVE EITHER 180-DEGREE OCEAN
VIEW, OR MARSH/INTRA-COASTAL VIEWS. ALL ROOMS
HAVE PRIVATE BALCONIES OR PATIOS, COFFEE MAKERS
*WE SUPPLY THE COFFEE*, MICROWAVES,
REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER UNITS, CABLE TV AND FOUR
ROOMS HAVE JACUZZIS.
COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST WITH DANISH,
ENGLISH MUFFINS, BAGELS, COFFEE AND JUICE IS
AVAILABLE AT 715 EACH MORNING. SEVERAL OF
ST. AUGUSTINE*S FINE RESTAURANTS ARE JUST MINUTES
AWAY. PARTY AND CHARTER FISHING BOATS ARE LESS
THAN 3 MINUTES AWAY, AND GOLF COURSES AS CLOSE AS
10 MINUTES. IN FACT, WE ARE THE CLOSEST BEACH TO
THE NEW WORLD GOLF VILLAGE AND HALL OF FAME.
OUR VILANO BEACH AREA IS WHAT A BEACH IS MEANT TO
BE - UNCROWDED, PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL, AND ONE OF
THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN ST. AUGUSTINE COME AND
FIND OUT WHY OUR NEW OUTDOOR HEATED POOL IS
OPEN. COME ENJOY OUR POOL AND BEACH.
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| ST. AUGUSTINE IS THE OLDEST, CONTINUOUSLY
OCCUPIED EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN THE CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES. WITH THIS IN MINE, HERE IS A
SMALL LIST OF THE MANY ATTRACTIONS
* CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS
A STONE FORTRESS CONSTRUCTED WITH BLOCKS OF
COQUINA
* FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
CLAIMED TO BE THE LANDING PLACE OF PONCE DE LEON
IN 1513
* LIGHTNER MUSEUM
WAS ORIGINALLY THE 300-ROOM ALCAZAR HOTEL BUILT
BY HENRY FLAGLER IN 1888. NOW THE MUSEUM
FEATURES COLLECTIONS OF ART, PORCELAIN, TIFFANY
GLASS AND MUCH MORE
* OLDEST HOUSE
THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IS ALSO KNOWN AS
THE GONZALEZ-ALVAREZ HOUSE. BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN OCCUPIED CONTINOUSLY SINCE 1727, THE HOUSE
FEATURES AUTHENTIC DECOR PORTRAYING THE
LIFESTYLES OF ITS OWNERS THROUGH THREE CENTURIES
* OLDEST WOODEN SCHOOL HOUSE
THE SCHOOL HOUSE WAS BUILT DURING THE FIRST
SPANISH OCCUPATION. THE SCHOOLMASTER AND HIS
WIFE LIVED UPSTAIRS, ABOVE THE SMALL CLASSROOM.
RELATED ARTIFACTS AND COPIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS ARE
EXHIBITED.
* ST. AUGUSTINE LIGHTHOUSE AND MUSEUM
VISITORS CAN CLIMB THE 219 STEPS TO THE TOP OF
THE 1874 LIGHTHOUSE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE
CITY.
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