St. Augustine Walking Tour: Nights of Lights and the Old City
Walk from the Spanish fort through the old colonial town to the grand hotels that made St. Augustine a winter destination.
United States
Self-guided tours in Florida
3 tours in Florida
Key West Walking Tour: Mallory Square to the Southernmost Point
Walk from the waterfront heart of Old Town to the island’s famous painted buoy.
Haunted St. Augustine Walking Tour
Walk from the old fort to the Bridge of Lions through a city where centuries of history linger in stone and soil.
About Florida
Florida's written history starts earlier than most of the country's, in the northeast corner of the state, where Spain founded St. Augustine in 1565. The city changed hands between Spain, Britain and the United States, and each owner left forts, churches, cemeteries and hotels behind on the same few streets. Our Florida tour is the Haunted St. Augustine Walking Tour, eight stops over 1.6 miles from the Castillo de San Marcos to the Bridge of Lions. The ghost stories are the reason many people come, and the walk tells them, then tells what the records show. You hear about the fort that was never taken by force, the yellow fever year at the Huguenot Cemetery, the Menorcans who walked seventy miles to reach Tolomato, the cathedral that kept burning, Henry Flagler's grand hotel, now Flagler College, and the Spanish Military Hospital on Aviles Street. The walk takes about 1 hour 3 minutes with the stories and stays inside the compact historic district, so it's easy to fit around lunch on St. George Street or an evening by the bay.
Where to go in Florida
Florida: questions people ask
What audio tours are there in Florida?
The Haunted St. Augustine Walking Tour: eight stops in the historic district, 1.6 miles and about 1 hour 3 minutes with the stories.
Why is St. Augustine called the oldest city?
Spain founded it in 1565, and it has been lived in ever since, which makes it the oldest continuously inhabited city of European origin in the continental United States.
Where does the St. Augustine walk start?
At the Castillo de San Marcos on the bayfront. It ends at the Bridge of Lions.
Is there a self-guided tour of Florida?
Yes. 3 tours, including "St. Augustine Walking Tour: Nights of Lights and the Old City", are on Stories. Unlock it once for your group for $4.99 and play it in your browser; the app plays each story as you arrive.
Every Stories tour plays in your browser, no app needed. How it works
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