St. Augustine Featured in National Geographic’s Best Beach Towns for Fall List

The City of St. Augustine is world-renowned for its charm and history. From cobblestone streets to beautiful oceanic and riverside views, visitors and residents alike have fallen in love with St. Augustine for hundreds of years. This fall, National Geographic recognized the Nation’s Oldest City once again by naming it one of the country’s best beach towns to visit in the fall.

In September, National Geographic’s Catherine Toth Fox wrote in recognition of St. Augustine.

“Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and 55 years before Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish explorer Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés stepped onto Florida’s shores and declared the settlement St. Augustine,” Fox said. “Now it’s considered the oldest, continuously occupied settlement in the U.S. Stroll the redbrick streets lined with centuries-old buildings, or hop on an Old Town Trolley tour.  The City Gate, built with coquina blocks in 1808, and the González-Alvarez House, the oldest surviving Spanish colonial dwelling in the city, are just two notable points of interest. Less humidity in the fall means pleasant walks around the historic city and its 42 miles of sandy shores. Go horseback riding on Crescent Beach, or look for shark teeth at Mickler’s Landing Beach,  known for its pink sand made from crushed coquina.”