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Sunny and Hemingway will answer anything you ask them. This page is for the one thing they cannot do for you: book it.

Everything below is grouped by where you are actually going — the tours worth the drive, the places to stay, and the gear worth carrying. Links here are affiliate links: they pay us a commission at no extra cost to you, and that is what keeps both bots switched on.

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Springs & tours Springs, ranked by how cold they hit

Tubing, manatees, and the one that stays 72° in January. Book the boat before you drive four hours to find it full.

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Gulf-side stays Gulf-side stays that aren't a scam

The pool is small, the water is a two-minute walk, and the photographs are of the actual building. Compare rates before the season turns.

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Gear & shirts The five things people forget

Reef-safe sunscreen, a rain shell, and shoes you can ruin. Plus the shirts, from our own St. Augustine shop.

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More destinations are on the way

St. Augustine, the springs, the Gulf coast and the Keys each get their own shelf here. Until they land, the three above are the ones we would send a friend to.

Answers to the questions we actually get asked

Statewide and practical, written to stay true next year. The bots will happily argue with any of it.

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Ask. Both of them know the whole state and neither of them is trying to sell you a timeshare.

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