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Pro

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  Great Climate, Beautiful Downtown Skyline, Great Riverfront attractions, Great Beaches, Friendly People 


Con

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  Traffic on Freeways and the Vast area may make for long Drives. 


In a nutshell

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  Great beaches, close to alot and lots to do. 

 

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DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT

DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT, Jacksonville

 17 Reviews  For years Jacksonville's Southbank has basked in the glow of Friendship Fountain's everchanging colors. Several years ago, the Main Street Bridge, a blue steel, vertical-lift draw bridge that arches next to Friendship Fountain, was enhanced in a most unusual and beautiful way. Rather than sporting... 

MOSH (Museum of Science & History)

MOSH (Museum of Science & History), Jacksonville

 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... 

NATURE PARKS & TRAILS

NATURE PARKS & TRAILS, Jacksonville

 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... 

BEACHES!

BEACHES!, Jacksonville

 14 Reviews  Jacksonville Beach Just across the Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville sits a long barrier island containing a string of funky, laid-back and cosmopolitan beach comunities known collectively as Jacksonville's Beaches. The most populous of these towns, Jacksonville Beach (also known as "Jax... 

Hotels  

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Jacksonville South

 1 Review and 128 Opinions  Although Holiday Inn is not a luxury hotel, I never had bad experience. The staff is very friendly,... 

Hotel Indigo Jacksonville Deerwood Park

 1 Review and 68 Opinions  Stayed for a week at this Modern looking and relaxed feeling hotel. The hotel is geared for business... 

Restaurants  

Singleton's

Singleton's, Jacksonville

 2 Reviews  I had the typical seafood combo platters of fried shrimp, calamari and fish. The catch of the day was flounder for $8 and a lot of fries. The place was started in 1969 to serve shrimp boat group that docked around there. A lot are now gone with the shrimp also gone, but the remainder bring catches... 

Caribbee Key

Caribbee Key, Jacksonville

 6 Reviews  Caribbee Key Inspired by the owners' trip to a Caribbean resort, this bright and colorful gem is a unique icon in the popular dining district of Beach Town Center. With windows that open completely to the sidewalk, tropical artwork on the walls, televisions showing surfing footage, a covered and... 

Nightlife  

San Marco area

San Marco area, Jacksonville

 1 Review  San Marco Square, an artsy shopping, dining and entertainment district just south of downtown, is one of Jacksonville's trendiest destinations. Its historic Italian influenced architecture stretches along the Y-shaped intersection of Atlantic and San Marco Boulevards just west of Hendricks. At the... 

Jacksonville Landing/Downtown area

Jacksonville Landing/Downtown area, Jacksonville

 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... 

Transportation  

Bridges

Bridges, Jacksonville

 6 Reviews  While the Jacksonville area has more than 200 bridges, the highest and most beautiful is the Dames Point Bridge. Built in the 1980s, this magnificent structure is the longest concrete cable-stayed bridge in the U.S. Six lanes wide, two miles long and supported by 21 miles of steel cables, the bridge... 

Jacksonville International Airport

Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville

 3 Reviews  Its simple. There are only 5 cities in the USA that have non-stop service into Jacksonville through more than 1 airline. Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, D.C. and Atlanta. The theme is you can fly into Jacksonville from a hub airport, otherwise you are going to change planes in a hub.(ie Delta will... 

Shopping  

Avenues Mall

Avenues Mall, Jacksonville

 4 Reviews  Located near the popular Mandarin and Baymeadows neighborhoods in the southern part of Jacksonville, The Avenues Mall is one of Jacksonville's largest and still holds its own as an upscale mall despite the newer and more popular St. Johns Town Center (see my travelogue). Featuring two stories of... 

St. Johns Town Center (mall)

St. Johns Town Center (mall), Jacksonville

 2 Reviews  St. Johns Town Center , an outdoor, pedestrian-friendly, “Main Street” style mall (dubbed a “lifestyle center” in the retail industry), is THE premier shopping and dining destination between tourist-happy Orlando and big-business Atlanta. You could even say it’s a “mall” for outdoors-loving people... 

Local Customs  

Skyscrapers & Architecture

Skyscrapers & Architecture, Jacksonville

 7 Reviews  After a 1901 fire leveled much of downtown, word of the devestation spread across the country and Jacksonville suddenly became a magnet for many of the most famous architects of that era. They arrived interested in the unique opportunity to recreate a city. Henry Klutho and other prominent... 

Christmas in Jacksonville

Christmas in Jacksonville, Jacksonville

 6 Reviews  Averaging between 50 and 60 feet in height, the Jacksonville Landing Christmas tree, on the river Downtown, is the city's tallest and "official" Christmas tree. Elsewhere in the city. however, are three other landmark trees worth noting. The tree at Atlantic Beach-Neptune Beach Town Center is framed... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Beaches

Beaches, Jacksonville

 7 Reviews  Looking for public access in ritzy Ponte Vedra Beach? Exclusive Ponte Vedra Beach boasts the gargantuan oceanfront mansions of millionaires, world-class resorts including the five diamond rated Ponte Vedra Inn & Club and its sister resort The Lodge & Club, and shopping villages filled with high-end... 

Kingsley Plantation Historic Site

Kingsley Plantation Historic Site, Jacksonville

 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... 

Sports & Outdoors  

Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL football)

Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL football), Jacksonville

 2 Reviews  The Jaguars, Jacksonville's National Football League franchise, play 8 home regular season games and a couple of preseason games at Alltel Stadium from August - December. If you happen to be in town then, definitely see if you can get your hands on some tickets. I've been to several games including... 

Jacksonville Suns (professional baseball)

Jacksonville Suns (professional baseball), Jacksonville

 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,... 

Favorites  

Downtown Riverfront/Jacksonville Landing

Downtown Riverfront/Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville

 7 Reviews  Coming to Jacksonville don't get over excited about "The Landing", come see a concert at the Florida Theatre...Primo!!! Tony Bennett decide to do his concert acapella after entering the venue, enough said... This is the last place on earth I intend to live...South Georgia with a beach...Southern... 

Flowers, Trees and Wetland Plants

Flowers, Trees and Wetland Plants, Jacksonville

 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... 

 
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 ~ Jacksonville & America's First Coast ~ - Imagine wide beaches of fine white powder sand highlighting a distinctive natural scenery where colorful, sub-tropical flowering plants and palm trees intermingle with magnolias and shady water oaks... 

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Q:  I will be in Jacksonville next month for business and need to get to Port Canaveral to board a cruise. I do not want to rent a car... 

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A: These links were provided on another post. http://www.shuttlesinorlando.com/ https://www.cruisexpressfla.com/main/ 

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~ Jacksonville & America's First Coast ~

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 Imagine wide beaches of fine white powder sand highlighting a distinctive natural scenery where colorful, sub-tropical flowering plants and palm trees intermingle with magnolias and shady water oaks... 

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Large Metropolitan City

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 It is a city that takes many minutes to get around due to its large size and heavy traffic. The area covered for the city limits is 885 square miles, and the largest area of a city in the US.... 

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jacksonville florida

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 jacsonville is a large port city located on I-95 in north east florida. jacksonville is the county seat of duval county florida. the area around jacksonville was originally inhabited by the timucaun... 

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A Story On Jacksonville

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 I was here for 3 months, but I felt as though I lived here. That is how condensed my experience being here was. Jacksonville was more of an experience than a tourist destination. Having said that, in... 

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Jacksonville - Surprisingly Rich for Tourists

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 Jacksonville is located in the north eastern part of Florida about an Hour's drive from the Georgia Border. Everytime I've heard people talk about Jacksonville, they tend to center on the Crime or...... 

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