Day Trip to St. Augustine, FL | Complete Guide & Itinerary

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If you’re planning a day trip to St. Augustine, FL then we have a complete guide & itinerary that will ensure that you not only have a great time, but also really experience the city.

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Why Visit St. Augustine, Florida?

St. Augustine is the oldest continusiously occupied European established settlement in the United States. It is known as the Nation’s Oldest City and offers guests a chance to explore cobblestone streets, historic landmarks, museums and many other sites. St. Augustine also has many beaches nearby since it’s located just a few miles from the east coast. There are also abundant award-winning restaurants & Chefs along with a robust entertainment scene.

Orlando or Daytona Day Trip to St. Augustine

You can drive via I-95 or take the scenic route and head up A1A and see some sites along the way. This route is regarded by some as the most beautiful route in the State of Florida….see for yourself.

  • Disney to St. Augustine: Only a 2-hour drive from Orlando via I-4 east connecting to I-95 north. St. Augustine allows you to get away from the crowds at Disney and really experience old Florida and history. Explore ancient forts, historic sites and museums while you’re visiting and stroll along St. George Street, Aviles Street. 
  • Daytona to St. Augustine: Just hop on I-95 northbound and you’ll be in St. Augustine in about 1-hour.
  • Scenic Route A1A: For a more scenic drive up the coast, hop on A1A and see some sites along the way that represented Old Florida. On the way stop at:
    • Fort Matanzas National Monument (free to visit and includes a boat ferry out to the Fort). 
    • Marineland, the world’s first oceanarium, Marineland opened in 1938 and is now a dolphin conservation center. Here you can interact and even swim with the dolphins (reservations required to swim), and see their live interactive daily programs. (admission included with a St. Augustine Tour Pass)

Jacksonville Day Trip to St. Augustine

Jacksonville is very close to St. Augustine and is less than 1-hour drive via I-95 south. It’s nice to get out of the city and experience some history which Jacksonville lacks in many ways or doesn’t showcase it the way that St. Augustine does.

Complete Itinerary for St. Augustine

It can be a bit overwhelming figuring out what to do when you arrive in St. Augustine. Let us do the work for you and take the stress out of planning a vacation. The St. Augustine Tour Pass includes all of the top things to do in the city and includes 100% full admission. Just show your pass and go! 

Full Listing Tours & Attractions Included with Tour Pass

Here’s a sampling of some of the top included attractions:

  • Hop on Hop Off Trolley Tour
  • Ghost & Gravestones Trolley Tour
  • Fountain of Youth Park
  • Pirate & Treasure Museum
  • Colonial Experience Tour
  • The Old Jail
  • Potter’s Wax Museum
  • History Museum
  • Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse
  • Dolphin & Discovery Tour
  • Sunset Boat Tour
  • Lightner Museum
  • Villa Zorayda Museum
  • and many more
  • The only attractions not included with Tour Pass are Castillo de San Marcos Fort (recommended to visit), Alligator Museum and the Lighthouse. You would have to purchase tickets separately to visit those sites. 

 

Kid Friendly St. Augustine Things to Do

There are many kid friendly things to do in St. Augustine. We recommend the following: 

  • Pirate & Treasure Museum
  • Alligator Farm
  • Potter’s Wax Museum
  • Castillo de San Marcos Fort

Beaches Near St. Augustine

We have an entire article that’s dedicated the going to the beaches, visiting and spring that you can read here: Visiting St. Augustine for Spring Break

Here’s a map of where the St. Augustine Beaches are located: 

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Absolutely and we encourage this scenario since purchasing in advance will allow you to fully research and plan your vacation.

After purchase, when your ready, simply activate your pass for when you’ll be visiting and begin making reservations for that future date (can be today, tomorrow or months away).

No it doesn’t. After purchase on the app you select the activation date for when you’re visiting when you’re ready. Then it will ask you to book your featured tours in advance now for when you’re visiting. You don’t have to make tour reservations in advance if you’re not ready.

We give you complimentary refund protection for 30-days after purchasing. If you’d like to extend refund protection up to 1 year, you can purchase Trip Protection during the purchase process. 

No worries. Visit this page on our site tourpass.com/aggregator – select the date you want to tour and it will show you all of the available times for that day prior to purchasing. Now you can confidently  purchase a pass and book those times.

After choosing a day pass and checking out on our site, you’ll instantly receive instructions to install the app. On the app you can: 

  • Set your activation date (can use right away or set for a future travel date).
  • Make Feature Tour reservations now for when you’re visiting in the future.
  • Research what to do – detailed info on all tours.
  • Research landmark sites.
  • Use the interactive map to see where everything is located.

Yes you can skip days. Once activated, you have a total of 10-days to use however many days you purchased. For example, a 2 day pass activated on Monday….take a break Tuesday and then tour again Wednesday….pass expires at midnight on Wednesday.

Most Feature Tours do and reservations are easily made post-purchase on the app. To ensure tour availability before purchasing, visit this page and search the date you want to tour: https://tourpass.com/aggregator 

Standard Tours do not require reservations. Simply arrive and present your pass upon entry. Everything is paid for with TourPass.

Tours are designed to be visited 1x for the entirety of your pass. If for instance you’d like to do the Hop on Hop Off Trolley (Savannah + St. Augustine), then you could check-in on a second day which would use another of your featured tours.

Standard Tours can only be checked into 1x per person for the entirety of your pass.

Yes, we don’t restrict how many feature tours you can visit per day….we do restrict how many total you can choose which is determined by the # of days you select: 1-day = 2 featured. 2-days = 3 and 3-days = 4 featured.

Yes, after purchasing we instantly send instructions to install our app. On the app, you can select the upgrade option and add more days or people to your pass.

If so, go to our FAQ page which goes into more detail and provides videos. https://tourpass.com/frequently-asked-questions/

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