6 Unforgettable Road Trips Through the South
Florida State Road A1A
This route hugs the eastern edge of Florida from Miami to the Georgia-Florida line. It’s a two-lane, 72-mile highway that takes its drivers past historic sites and reenactments, forts, lighthouses, and the Fountain of Youth. It’s also where you can visit the Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve, Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Faver-Dykes State Park, Matanzas Inlet, and the Intracoastal Waterway. Stop by the PGA Tour National Headquarters and ATP International Tennis Headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, and swim with dolphins, turtles, 300-pound groupers, and manta rays in Marineland.
But if you’re into historic, hippie, and colony vibes, St. Augustine will be your best stop. As the oldest continuously occupied city in the United States, St. Augustine is home to an abundance of historical sites. Walk along the Bridge of Lions and through the City Gates before grabbing a beer at The Bar With No Name. You’re in Florida after all, so it’s time to chill out.