Jacksonville Travel Guide

 12 Reviews  For decades fishermen flocked to the old Jacksonville Beach Pier. After the weathered wooden pier suffered extensive damage due to the effects of a hurricane out at sea, a longer, stronger pier was recently built to replace it. While this new pier is an obvious attraction for fishermen, it's also a... 

 7 Reviews  This park at the north part of the city located on San Pablo Ave. It is a 235 acre park that promotes the area as a nature trail. Well, my idea of that differs. It is a paved blacktop trail going for maybe 1 mile to the end. Along the way, are stands to read about what animals look like and what... 

 3 Reviews  (MOSH) Museum of Science & History The Museum of Science & History (MOSH) is a must-see destination in Downtown Jacksonville for both children and adults. Located right next to the enormous Friendship Fountain and adjacent to both the Southbank Riverwalk and a water taxi stop, touring the museum is... 

 2 Reviews  Salt Life Food Shack This restaurant is inspired by the coastal lifestyle embodied by the Jacksonville Beach-born clothing and bumper sticker phenomenon known as "Salt Life." If you like the beach, surfing, fishing, or boating, be sure to check this place out. It is not really a "shack" but rather... 

 3 Reviews  Many cities shoot off fireworks to celebrate Independence Day and maybe New Year's Day, but few shoot them off as frequently throughout the year as Jacksonville. Whether to celebrate the two aforementioned holidays, every weekend of the holiday season, following Jaguars football games, following... 

 1 Review  For a mere 35 cents per ride you can enjoy a fun, uncrowded and convenient journey through the center of the downtown central business district courtesy of the Automated Skyway Express. The Skyway is an elevated monorail that slices through the center of the Northbank, then forks to either whisk... 

 2 Reviews  noidiotsplease's review is right on the money, so i'm just amplifying what's already in that write up. San Marco, like its "sister" shopping district in Avondale, is one of the best JAX shopping and dining destinations for well-heeled locals. Great women's shopping at LUNA (stylish, $$$ casual... 

 3 Reviews  Beaches are celebrated as barefoot wonderlands where adults and children alike can walk, run, bike and swim while enjoying the beautiful landscape. Fortunately, Jacksonville's beaches offer clean, wide strands on which to play, and us locals like to keep it that way. In fact, some local beaches have... 

 4 Reviews  pictured is a restored slave house on the plantation. these houses were built out of "tabby" tabby is a building material made out of oyster shells and sand. this material formed a type of concrete which was popular in the coastal south in the 1700 and 1800's. the kingsley plantation is a very... 

 1 Review  The Jacksonville Suns play teams from around the Southeast at home in the new Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Opened in 2003, the Baseball Grounds features luxury suites, terraces with picnic table seating and a restaurant/bar in addition to traditional stadium seating and concessions. The Suns,... 

 6 Reviews  If you're visiting in late April and May it could be the jasmine vines with their tiny fragrant flowers in full bloom. Then again, it could also be the ligustrum hedges that also bloom at this time, or perhaps the magnolia blossoms that emerge a couple weeks later. At any rate, by late spring the...