Jacksonville Florida Ideas!

The old Spanish fort is pretty neat.We also went to the zoo.

This past May we stayed at Hanna Park - visited the Museum of Science and History (MOSH) in Jacksonville, and also toured around Amelia Island. Nice time! ST

Take a run down to St Augustine too, at least for a day. Very historic, art galleries, waterfront, Historic CASTILLO DE San Marcos Fort.

Eat at Harry's - a bit pricey, but excellent.

RGar974417 wrote:
The old Spanish fort is pretty neat.We also went to the zoo.

That about sums up my first thoughts on Jax. Go down to St Augustine as a day trip and visit the Alligator Farm which is better than it sounds. Feb might be a bit early but when the birds are nesting (big egrets and such) they have boardwalks that let you walk within a few feet of the nests. There are all sorts of other touristy things to do in Augustine as well. Just walking around the downtown area for a start.

Jax is not a tourist orientated town.

Mayport Safe Harbor and Jax Beach Safe Harbor are awesome seafood restaurants.

There are lots of good restaurants in Jax.

There's a pizza chain called Mellow Mushroom that's one of our favorites. It's not just in Jacksonville, so it's not a "local eats" kind of place, but my hometown didn't have them and it is a treat for us to find one.

Also take the car ferry at Mayport and go tour the Kingsley Plantation a National Park.

Jax has a few places that made it on Diners Drive ins and Dives.

1.Fort Caroline National Memorial, 1st European settlement in North America before St. Augustine.
2.Kingsley Plantation well preserved sea island cotton plantation
3.Fort Clinch

Tour the Jaguars Stadium(NFL) home ,Near Mayport there is a place called Seafood kitchen, great food priced reasonable. when we camp at hanna park its our Go to place, enjoy

The Zoo. A pretty good one.