Bed and breakfast St Augustine fashion allows tourists and visitors to sample some of the atmosphere of America’s oldest town. Historic bed and breakfast houses built many years ago have been kept in service to provide quality accommodation for visitors to the city. Although some people accuse America of ‘having no history’ a stay in the town illustrates how history does not have to go back many centuries to be interesting.
The city is close to the Atlantic Ocean, in fact joined to it by a river inlet. About two of the town’s ten square meters are under water. Although it is located close to the hurricane belt St. Augustine has not been hit badly since 1964. Excellent accommodation and interesting sites are the backbone of a tourist industry.
In the sixteenth century European countries began to explore the planet in sailing ships and in succeeding centuries their influence spread like a stain around the world. As the balance of power shifted in Europe so territories in remote parts of the world were passed around like sweets.
On the birthday of Augustine a Spanish explorer happened on the territory that today still bears the name of the saint. As the colonial race went on forts were built and wrested from the builders by other European powers. At one point the famous British navigator, Sir Francis Drake took a predatory look but soon moved on. The Spanish, the French and the British all assumed ownership at different periods in the city’s turbulent history.
During the rampages of Napoleon the city was handed over to America but it was not long before the civil war again brought conflict to be written into the history of the town. The struggles of native Americans and slaves have also left permanent marks on the city streets and inns.
Late in the nineteenth and early in the twentieth century something of a building boom was instigated by one Henry Flagler, a big name at that time in these parts. Money from oil was diverted into fine housing that northerners could enjoy as they escaped frigid winter weather. Now many of these same Victorian houses are the backbone of bed and breakfast St Augustine. Redolent with history they can accommodate visitors in a certain style that stimulates further interest in the historic sites and inns of the city.
When you travel to St. Augustine, Florida, you are going to find a lot of history. In the end, don’t forget about the bed and breakfast St Augustine places in the area. Http://staugustineinns.com/