Location: Florida's east coast, from Jacksonville Beach to Flagler Beach
Length: 71 miles (114 km)
Time To Allow: 2 to 3 hours

Description/Highlights/Points of Interest

Scenic and historic A1A is complete with all the intrinsic resources and tells a 5,000 year-old story about humans and their continually changing relationship with their environment. It is these environmental characteristics that have attracted Americans from a variety of ethnic backgrounds to this region of the United States.

Suggested Itinerary

Exploring Florida's Eastern Coast
American Driving Vacations
As home to so many cultures, ranging from Native American to Spanish, French, British and "Floridian," over the years the East Coast of Florida has become a composite of these widely varying influences. Traveling America has organized this Break Away for you to start your exploration of Florida's Eastern Coastal culture in St. Augustine, the core of coastal culture. To add to your 4-day, 3-night Break Away Experience, you'll be staying at the oldest hotel in the oldest city in America, the Casa Monica Hotel. With grace and elegance of the Gilded Era, but featuring modern amenities, you'll be transformed back in time to the days when St. Augustine first became a popular winter resort and playground for the rich and famous. This package includes tickets to the St. Augustine Historical Trolley Tour, Scenic Cruise of St. Augustine, Ghostly Tour, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, World Golf Village and Hall of Fame, St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, and the Spanish Quarter Village.