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Lodging Creating your perfect vacation starts with fi nding the right place to stay. Your Home Away From Home Prefer luxury, full service resorts? AAA Five Diamond-rated Ponte Vedra Inn & Club’s seaside service and golf courses have impressed guests for more than 80 years. The Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa will pamper you with luxury, world-class dining and championship golf. The Renaissance World Golf Village Resort combines comfort, style and more for golf enthusiasts with the World Golf Hall of Fame and two championship courses. Looking for comfort, class and something out of the ordinary? In St. Augustine, the AAA Four Diamond Casa Monica Resort & Spa is a historic inn where old world charm and luxury are accented by fi rst class service and fi ne dining. The Hilton Historic Bayfront Hotel combines dramatic Spanish Colonial architecture, breathtaking views and gourmet dining. Feel at home in a cozy, quaint historic bed & breakfast inn St. Augustine’s historic district has more than 30 historic inns that welcome guests with luxurious amenities, a gourmet breakfast and plenty of friendly Old City hospitality. Historic Cedar House Inn has been named TripAdvisor’s #1 US Bed & Breakfast. The elegance and romance of this beautifully restored Victorian home built in 1893 is in keeping with the heritage of the home, with its polished pine fl oors and 10-foot ceilings, and guest rooms decorated to embrace the aesthetic of Old Florida. Want a warm beach view? Try the beaches of St. Augustine, Vilano, Crescent Beach and Ponte Vedra where familiar and boutique hotels kiss the shore for the perfect seaside vacation experience. The seaside luxury Hammock Beach Resort, located south of St. Augustine in Palm Coast, has completed a remodel that includes the lobby and a sophisticated new lobby bar. The resort’s make-over extended to its Premium Ocean Front Suites, meeting and function space, and restaurants. The Jack Nicklaus-designed Ocean Course has the highest rankings in the state by Golf Magazine, Golf Week and Golf Digest. Designed by legends of the game, the course is surrounded by spectacular views with six holes directly on the Atlantic Ocean. Need room for extended family or an extended vacation? Florida’s Historic Coast has condominiums and private home rentals for families of every size. Is getting back to nature your priority? You’ll fi nd campsites in ocean hammocks and along the river that deliver plenty of natural solitude like those at Anastasia State Park, Faver-Dykes State Park, Ocean Grove RV Resort, Pellicer Creek Campground or North Beach Camp Resort. FloridasHistoricCoast.com 55