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Stop 01 of 24 – Old Sugar Mill

Plenty of FREE PARKING awaits you here on the grounds of a late 1800’s sugar cane plantation. Sugar and citrus were St. Augustine’s major exports until 19th century freezes put a chilly end to that. While St. Augustinians still enjoy growing oranges in their backyards, the majority of massive orange groves are now located in [...]

Stop 02 of 24 – Welcome Center Train Station

Plenty of FREE PARKING here at the Red Trains Welcome Center, across the street from “The Old Jail”. This stop has a convenient Dunkin Donuts across the street and Cortesse’s Bistro next door. This stop is also the location for the Trains Dispatch and night-time bedding for our trains. At this stop  

Stop 03 – Parking Garage & Visitors Ctr.

St. Augustine’s Visitors Information Center is not only a unique building, it’s quite historic. Completed in 1938 as part of a federal V.A. project, it is one of the last buildings our city made from the locally quarried coquina stone, a naturally occurring mixture of shells & sand. The city parking garage is a recent [...]

Stop 04 – City Gates Train Station

Take our free shuttle from here to the St. Augustine Lighthouse and the Alligator Farm. TV’s “GhostHunters” say our lighthouse is quite haunted, but it’s also brilliantly beautiful by day and very close to one of Florida’s oldest tourist attractions, the Alligator Farm, dating back to 1893. Shuttles leave on the hour. The City Gates [...]

Stop 05 – St. George Street

Take a stroll down Historic St. George Street, which is blocked off to vehicular traffic, and visit more than 200 shops, restaurants and historic buildings. You’ll be steps away from the Oldest Wood School House in the USA and the Spanish Quarter Living History Museum, where the year is always 1740. The coquina city gate [...]