FLORIDA PLACES AND DESTINATIONS:
PONTE VEDRA BEACH
Just south of Jacksonville and 20 minutes north of St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach is known for its outstanding golf, tennis and water sports facilities, spas, and miles of ivory, shell-sprinkled shores and towering dunes.
It is the prestigious home of the PGA TOUR® Headquarters and the ATP Tour® International Headquarters. At World Golf Village, golf's story is told in more than 70 separate exhibits that combine historic artifacts with the latest in golf interactive technology.
Guana River State Park is a pristine 2,200-acre preserve with a five-mile coastal strand, an ancient Spanish well and 2,000-year-old Indian shell bluffs. You can ride horseback along the beach, or hike miles of nature trails at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Ponte Vedra Beach's close neighbor, St. Augustine, established in 1565, is America's Oldest City, a time capsule that showcases nearly 500 years of American history with 144 blocks of historic houses, many listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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