St. Augustine Trip Overview
Since 1998 Ancient City Tours has operated as a receptive tour operator in St. Augustine. We now bring our expertise to you, your family and/or group. These special packages are available exclusively by us because of our reputation and relationships with the attractions owners themselves. Have you ever visited a strange or new town and wished you had a local friend to call? With Ancient City Tours that is exactly our focus. We are here for you before, during, and after the tour. Call us and see why it better when it is an Ancient City Tours Tour! Upon booking your tour, we will contact you about your arrival and have your tickets ready at your hotel or other convenient location. Tour Guides are available if needed or requested at additional expense.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: St. Augustine, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting St. Augustine, Florida, United States
Since 1998 Ancient City Tours has operated as a receptive tour operator in St. Augustine. We now bring our expertise to you, your family and/or group. These special packages are available exclusively by us because of our reputation and relationships with the attractions owners themselves. Have you ever visited a strange or new town and wished you had a local friend to call? With Ancient City Tours that is exactly our focus. We are here for you before, during, and after the tour. Call us and see why it better when it is an Ancient City Tours Tour! Upon booking your tour, we will contact you about your arrival and have your tickets ready at your hotel or other convenient location. Tour Guides are available if needed or requested at additional expense.
Itinerary
Day 1: St. Augustine, Florida
Stop At: Old Town Trolley Tours St Augustine, 167 San Marco Ave, St. Augustine, FL 32084, USA
Enjoy a 2 Day trolley pass, seeing the sights, sounds, and learning the history of St. Augustine Florida. The oldest city in the US. Learn about its 5 different governments and the different time periods.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, 11 Magnolia Ave, St. Augustine, FL 32084-2827
Explore the 1565 Birthplace of St. Augustine and Colonial European America. Your History Starts here! Drink the legendary waters. See Stars in the Planetarium. Hear a Spanish Cannon roar. Visit the Timucua Indian Village. Learn the Archaeological History of the site. From Timucua Indians living at this site for 4,000 years to Spanish Explorers arriving in 1513 to Smithsonian institute Archaeological Digs starting in 1934, the history is amazing. Guests have been visiting this important site since 1871. Now you can too. Don’t miss it!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Old Jail, 167 San Marco Ave, St. Augustine, FL 32084-3269
Once a holding site for St. Augustine’s hardest criminals, the Old Jail Museum now offers visitors an educational look at life in the Nation’s Oldest City. Tour a maximum security area and regular cells alike that held prisoners until 1953, learning about fascinating historical accounts of criminal lives in St. Augustine as you go.
Tour of the Old Jail Museum in St. Augustine, including maximum security cells.
Hear the tales of infamous criminals who once stayed here.
Learn how executions were held in the gallows.
See where the warden and his family lived just footsteps away.
Niche history tour in the Nation’s Oldest City.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum, 12 S Castillo Dr, St. Augustine, FL 32084-3650
Relive the Golden Age of Piracy at Pat Croce’s St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum! The world’s largest collection of authentic pirate artifacts; fun, interactive exhibits, including the award-winning Book of Pirates and the spine-tingling Disney Imagineer-designed Below Deck sound experience of Blackbeard’s last battle; the world’s only pirate treasure chest; one of only three existing 17th century Jolly Rogers; and rarely-seen shipwreck treasures from the Florida Division of Historical Resources.
Another 2020 Trip Advisor Travelers Choice Award Winner
You won’t be disappointed unless you miss going here!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: St. Augustine Florida
Stop At: Colonial Quarter, 33 Saint George St, St. Augustine, FL 32084-3607
Take an immersive journey through centuries of St. Augustine’s rich history, brought to life at this revitalized two-acre attraction in the heart of the downtown historic district. Tour, dine, shop and enjoy an interactive Historic Adventure Tour or discover on your own from climbing a 35-foot watchtower to exploring the 270 year old Demesa House. Your history begins here!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Oldest Wooden School House, 14 Saint George St, St. Augustine, FL 32084-3667
The Oldest Wooden School House Historic Museum & Gardens welcomes visitors to the unique Minorcan homestead of Juan Genopoly, established in the late 1700’s. Preservation, conservation, interpretation, and education are the cornerstones of this rich historic treasure.
The Attraction
The Old School offers the opportunity for people of all ages to see an ORIGINAL American Treasure. The Genopoly House has been preserved to reflect the homestead life of the Minorcan Settlers as well as school life in the 1800s. We are proud to provide recreational and educational entertainment for visiting families and students. The self-guided experience begins as the Professor comes to life and welcomes you! All visitors receive a diploma after exploring the Old School, kitchen and gardens!
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Potter’s Wax Museum, 31 Orange St, St. Augustine, FL 32084-3634
Over 150 life size wax figures of Dignitaries, and Superstars from both today and yesteryear. Get your selfies with famous people to show your friends, It will be our secret! George Potter visited Madame Tousseau’s in Paris France as a child and after making a fortune in real estate opened Potters right here in St. Augustine. There is even an entire section devoted to Horror Movies if you dare!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: A Ghostly Encounter, 12 St George St, St. Augustine, FL 32084, USA
Join us on A Ghostly Encounter! Our “ghost hosts” know their St. Augustine history and are skilled story tellers. They take their passion for the past and share some of the darker stories of the Nation’s oldest city. Our tours will visit two cemeteries, the City Gates, the grounds of the Old Fort and other locations that “speak” to our guides along the way. Your unscripted walking tour will last approximately 90 minutes with about 35 to 40 minutes of actual walking. We are one of the original tour companies in St. Augustine, FL and we definitely know how to do it right. We pride ourselves on offering an exceptional experience for the entire family. We loves fur babies and are pet friendly. No one can share the rich history and the ghostly tales of St. Augustine, better than the guides at A Ghostly Encounter!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
