Give the Gift of Florida’s Historic Coast with Unique Experiences & Items

Whether planning a trip or reminiscing about the last, enjoy gifts from local businesses & makers

Contact: Barbara Golden
Phone: 904-669-8142
Email: BGolden@FloridasHistoricCoast.com

St. Augustine, Fla. (November 18, 2024) – With unique experiences, locally crafted items, and delicious restaurants, Florida’s Historic Coast offers a wide array of gifts for the entire shopping list.

St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and The Beaches host a wide array of exciting and unique events, perfect for holiday gift-giving. Tickets to the world-renowned THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass are a hole-in-one for any golf enthusiast. Lovers of fine wine will enjoy the Spanish Food & Wine Festival, while the St. Augustine Distillery offers guided tastings and certified bourbon courses. Pair a new camera with tickets to Florida’s Birding & Photo Fest. Families will flip for a night under the big top at Venardo’s Circus.

Florida’s Historic Coast is home to many small businesses and makers that create unique, gift-worthy items. The area is known for its datil peppers, and there’s no shortage of delicious datil sauces to enjoy. Create a datil sauce flight with bottles of A Frame Sauce, Cowgill’s Hot Sauce, Datil B Good Sauce, Hamilton Heat, and Minorcan Mike’s Datil Pepper Sauce. Ancient City Brewing creates craft beers with names like Matanzas Red and Castillo Coconut Porter, while the San Sebastian Winery offers premium Florida wines made from Muscadine grapes. Find an array of easy-sipping spirits hand-bottled in St. Augustine at City Gate Spirits. Tuck them into an ICEMULE Cooler, made for adventure and built right in St. Augustine. Sweeten things up with Bee Augustine honey, harvested from apiaries throughout St. Johns County and sold locally at The Spice & Tea Exchange® of St. Augustine, or a selection of decadent chocolates from local chocolatier Whetstone’s Chocolates.

Many restaurants offer special holiday incentives for gift card purchases. Prohibition Kitchen, PK’s Roosevelt Room, Pizzalley’s Chianti Room, and Side Car on St. George Street offer a free $10 gift card with the purchase of $50 or $25 for $100 in gift cards. Salt Life Food Shack and Harry’s each provide $30 in free gift cards for purchases of $100. Southern Table Hospitality restaurants, including Valley Smoke, Palm Valley Fish Camp, Julington Creek Fish Camp, and St. Augustine Fish Camp, offer a bonus $20 gift card for every $100 gift card purchase. For a gift certificate that opens doors, purchase one from the St. Augustine Independent Restaurant Association (SAiRA), which can be used at any of its ten participating partners, including La Nouvelle, Sunset Grille, and Cap’s on the Water.

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Located midway between Daytona Beach and Jacksonville, Florida's Historic Coast includes historic St. Augustine, the outstanding golf and seaside elegance of Ponte Vedra, the rural beauty of Hastings, Elkton, St. Johns, and 42 miles of pristine Atlantic beaches. Visitor Information Centers are located at 10 Castillo Drive, St. Augustine; 200 Solana Rd. Suite B, Ponte Vedra Beach: and at the St. Johns County Beach Pier Park, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. For advance travel information, call 1.800.653.2489 or go to the Visitors and Convention Bureau website at www.FloridasHistoricCoast.com. Check us out on social media Instagram @FloridasHistoricCoast; @ViajaStAugustine, Facebook.com/OfficialStAugustine, and Facebook.com/ViajaStAugustine and Twitter @FlHistoricCoast