St. Augustine Florida Travel Guide

Ripley’s Sightseeing Trains – yes, as in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” – has been providing St. Augustine visitors and Florida golf resort guests with a unique introduction to the nation’s oldest city for more than 50 years. By day, enjoy an interesting, fact-packed historic tour. By night, find out if St. Augustine is actually haunted on Ripley’s Ghost Train Adventure.

Ideal for the whole family, each narrated train ride transports tourists, local visitors and guests from such premier Florida golf resorts as The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village along a seven-mile circuit and back in time. During the day, Ripley’s Sightseeing Trains make over 20 stops at some of the nation’s most intriguing and historically significant attractions.

Each ticket purchased for the daytime train tour is valid for up to three days. Thus, visitors taking a Florida golf resort vacation are welcome to hop on and off the train at selected sites, including such St. Augustine attractions as “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” Museum, the Fountain of Youth and the famous fort, Castillo de San Marcos.

For those Florida golf resort guests brave enough to go on Ripley’s 90-minute Ghost Train Adventure, which runs Tuesday through Saturday evenings starting at 8:30 pm, you’ll arrive in a Victorian Era parlor for check-in. Here, you’ll receive a device to assist in detecting unusual energy and a camera to record your experience. These will be your ghost-hunting tools as you tour the most haunted areas of the nation’s oldest city.

Florida golf resort guests who would rather be frightened on foot can take walking ghost tour as well. Whether by train or by foot, Ripley’s ghost tour hosts will thrill you with tales of St. Augustine’s haunted history. Each ghost tour is then followed by a half hour of exploration in Ripley’s dim Castle Warden, complete with stairs that creak and spooky ancient artifacts.

Whether you’ve come to the area primarily for a Florida golf resort vacation, to enjoy the beaches, or to discover America’s oldest city, Ripley’s Sightseeing Trains and walking tours offer an engaging way for the whole family to relax, explore and learn.