Anonymous wrote:When are you going? The beaches are gorgeous, but it won't be warm enough to swim until late March.

The Castle (Castillo de San Marcos), of course! The kids will love watching the cannons go off.
The Alligator Farm is really fun. Your kids are too young for the zip line, but there are plenty of other attractions.
The Lighthouse is neat if you think your kids are up for the climb to the top.
Anastasia State Park is great even if you can't swim.
The Fountain of Youth Archaeological/Discovery Park is very educational. Lots of live history and period actors.
Colonial Spanish Quarter
Fort Menendez
Adventure Landing if you are looking for putt putt, go karts, games... stuff like that.
Kids seem to love Ripley's Believe it or Not. I hate it.
Wildlife Reserve
Pirate Museum
You can ride the trolly or just walk around Old Town.
There are some great ghost tours, but your kids are a little young for that.
Marineland is meh, to be honest.

My favorite thing to do in St. Augustine is just walk around. Shop. Go to the beach. Watch the boats. Look at the dolphins. There is a great cuban restaurant off of one of the side streets, but I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. If you ask, anyone can't tell you where it is.

Keep in mind that St. Augustine is only a few miles from Jacksonville and there is a ton to do in the city. You are also very near Ponte Vedra and Ponte Vedra Beach.

Have fun! We moved to St. Augustine for my DH's work and fell in love. We've since moved back to D.C., but we bought our forever home just outside of St. Augustine and can't to move back!

Are you thinking of Columbia? It's Spanish but they do also have Cuban sandwiches and other dishes...

We also like Osteen's for fried shrimp.

You could drive up to Fernandina Beach and explore Amelia Island's several state park beaches, and do lunch in town.
Crescent Beach has extraordinary squeaky soft sand.

Two years ago the zip line was for 10 yr olds and older. The evacuation platforms freaked me out a bit but it was a fun place to visit.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely do the Alligator Farm. Absolutely fascinating. You and your kids will love it.

DO they still offer zip lining above the alligators?

Ha! We went about 5 years ago. They were very strict about safety. We were on the walkway over the water waiting for the feeding to start. One guy had his kid sitting on his shoulders. They would not begin until he took the kid down.

Anonymous wrote:Definitely do the Alligator Farm. Absolutely fascinating. You and your kids will love it.

DO they still offer zip lining above the alligators?

We visited a friend (stayed on his boat) & dinghied over to Anastasia State Park from the backside (can't recommend that method of visiting, there's no dinghy dock and you'll lose your flipflops in the marshy muck on the estuary side) but the dunes/sand/beach were really nice. Less populated on the north end.
Went to some nice restaurants and bars, there is a nice pedestrian shopping block with a great sunhat store...the nachos at Scarlett O'Hara's would feed three people. OC White's is in a historic building with an atmospheric garden patio

How are the waters at St. Augustine? I don't think it's blue is it? And big waves or tend to have small waves? Thanks

Definitely do the Alligator Farm. Absolutely fascinating. You and your kids will love it.

All of the above, and the alligator farm. There are lots of bike paths around the state park. Our girls also enjoyed seeing the early schoolhouse in the center of the town. Beaches are lovely.

When are you going? The beaches are gorgeous, but it won't be warm enough to swim until late March.

The Castle (Castillo de San Marcos), of course! The kids will love watching the cannons go off.
The Alligator Farm is really fun. Your kids are too young for the zip line, but there are plenty of other attractions.
The Lighthouse is neat if you think your kids are up for the climb to the top.
Anastasia State Park is great even if you can't swim.
The Fountain of Youth Archaeological/Discovery Park is very educational. Lots of live history and period actors.
Colonial Spanish Quarter
Fort Menendez
Adventure Landing if you are looking for putt putt, go karts, games... stuff like that.
Kids seem to love Ripley's Believe it or Not. I hate it.
Wildlife Reserve
Pirate Museum
You can ride the trolly or just walk around Old Town.
There are some great ghost tours, but your kids are a little young for that.
Marineland is meh, to be honest.

My favorite thing to do in St. Augustine is just walk around. Shop. Go to the beach. Watch the boats. Look at the dolphins. There is a great cuban restaurant off of one of the side streets, but I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. If you ask, anyone can't tell you where it is.

Keep in mind that St. Augustine is only a few miles from Jacksonville and there is a ton to do in the city. You are also very near Ponte Vedra and Ponte Vedra Beach.

Have fun! We moved to St. Augustine for my DH's work and fell in love. We've since moved back to D.C., but we bought our forever home just outside of St. Augustine and can't to move back!

Time of year? If weather is nice, beach, beach, beach. (Also the fort, Castillo de San Marcos, and possibly also the smaller Fort Matanzas nearby.)

The fort there would be lots of fun for the kids.

Please recommend things to do in St Augustine, with two kids ages 6 and 8.
Thank you