If vintage is on your mind, then head to Red Pineapple in St. Augustine for a fine selection of retro dresses, purses and jewelry. The selection of items is vast, choose from their soft flowing dresses or pick up a few items of home decor, you'll definitely leave home with something. The boutique also has a lot of well thought out gifts for your loved ones, especially those who are impossible to shop for.
In keeping with the Spanish-Moorish theme of much of old St. Augustine, Villa Zorayda is a sumptuously decorated mock-Arabian palace in the middle of America's first city. The Villa is spectacular inside and out, it features the geometric decor and vaulted arches typical of the Alhambra or the palaces of old Cordoba. In fact, the palace actually mimics a part of the Alhambra in 1/10 scale. The Villa was built in 1883 and since then it had undergone many incarnations as a former casino, private club, residence, and meetinghouse. Today it houses the eclectic collections of its original benefactor Franklin Smith as well as that of former owner Abraham Mussallem.
St. Augustine Beach is a city in its own right, and along with Butler Beach they both contain miles of coastline on beautiful Anastasia Island. The sands are a mix of coquina (crushed seashells) and white powder, a perfect combination with those warm waters in which Florida is known. St. Augustine Beach is also one of the few places in the state where you can witness sea turtles as well as gopher tortoises nest and hatch.