The oldest city in the United States has been continuously inhabited since 1565. St. Augustine is as pretty as it is old, and I could spend whole days under the spell of Castillo de San Marcos or the Colonial Quarter. More than almost any American city, St. Augustine has a European atmosphere. You can feel …
I doubt there are many places on planet Earth that feel quite like Florida city. This is the southernmost city in the United States, not on an island. Florida City is the final stop before US 1 takes to the water and visits the Keys. By the highway are shopping centers, charming roadside attractions, eateries, …
Covering just 4.5 square miles, Holly Hill is a quiet, mostly residential city between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach. Holly Hill sits on the Halifax River, and there’s a picturesque waterfront park where you can catch the sunrise, take a picnic or launch a boat. The majority of Holly Hill’s businesses can be found on …
One of the oldest incorporated cities in Pinellas County, Gulfport is a place with its own personality. At once creative, progressive and open, the city has a large LGBTQ+ community, many local businesses, and a lot of fun events. One of many things that won me over about this city is how walkable everything is. …
Fronting the Halifax River next to Daytona Beach, South Daytona was incorporated in 1951. The first Euro-Americans settled here in the 1870s, and there was a post office and railroad state by the 1880s. Today, South Daytona benefits from an exceptional location, where it feels like nothing is more than a short drive away. That …
Near where the Manatee River meets Tampa Bay, Palmetto is an understated but attractive city. An historic district reaches down to the riverbank and preserves more than 150 years of history here. On these streets you’ll find a charming historical park, showing off pieces of old Palmetto, and there’s a museum recording the history of …
I’m sure I could spend hours raving about this wonderful city in the very northeast of Florida. Fernandina Beach is on Amelia Island, which is the width of Cumberland Sound away from Georgia. The city goes back deep into the 19th century, and the sound is watched by a Civil War-era fort. Fernandina Beach has …
Tucked into the northwest corner of Broward County, Parkland is home to 34,000 people, and is bounded on two sides by the Everglades. Incorporated as recently as 1963, this mostly residential city is one of the richest cities in Florida. Much of the city’s population resides in gated communities, with names like Parkland Isles and …
About ten miles south of Palm Beach, this coastal town occupies a parcel of the shorefront barrier island, Hypoxia Island and the waterfront on the Intracoastal Waterway. Lantana has a small patch of municipal beach, bounded to the north and south by exclusive resorts in South Palm Beach and Manalapan. I can’t get enough of …
Set by the Indian River Lagoon, Rockledge is the oldest incorporated municipality in Brevard County. The city was founded in 1887, and in its early years was a winter resort and a center for citrus growing. For a sense of the prosperity from those times you can head along Rockledge Drive Residential District. Edging the …