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Welcome to St. Augustine

Ripley's Sightseeing Trains are St. Augustine's ORIGINAL sightseeing train tour. We have been showing off our city since 1953!

Step off and re-board at your leisure at over 20 convenient stops for attractions, historic sites, restaurants, and shopping here in the "Nation's Oldest City".

Ride the Red Trains for up to 3 consecutive days giving you plenty of time to see all that St. Augustine has to offer.

The Original & Best Tour in Town

  • FREE Parking
  • FREE On-Demand Shuttle to and from your Hotel or Bed & breakfast
  • FREE Island Shuttle to Alligator Farm and Lighthouse
  • Numerous discounts & packages to attractions
  • Fully narrated historical tours from City-certified Conductors
  • Tours begin every 15-20 minutes at all 22 stops
  • One loop is 7 miles, 22 stops, 80-90 minutes
  • Low 13" step up to get on board
  • Tickets valid for 3 consecutive days
  • Complimentary admission to Bayfront Mini Golf

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Mar 1st, 2010 in Featured No Comments

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More than 125 Feet of Sharp, Solid Steel Swords Will be Swallowed at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums Worldwide Saturday

Sword Swallowers Association and Ripley’s Believe It or Not!  bring the art of sword swallowing to the forefront on World Sword Swallowers Day

ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 22, 2010) – More than 25 sword swallowers performed shows at more than a dozen Ripley Believe It or Not! Odditoriums worldwide in four countries at 2:27 p.m. on February 27 (2/27), in celebration of the Fourth Annual World Sword Swallowers Day.

World Sword Swallowers Day was founded by the Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI) and is co-sponsored by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! locations around the world, including the original Ripley’s museum in St. Augustine, Florida, where Will Rotten and the famous Rotten Brothers will perform beginning at 1:45 p.m. with fire-eating and knife-throwing stunts in addition to the sword swallow finale.
Will and Wally Rotten will appear earlier in the day on First Coast News “Good Morning Jacksonville” program on the NBC-TV affiliate in Jacksonville.  Many media outlets are expected to attend the event, which begins at roughly 1:45 p.m. Saturday in the Castle Warden’s courtyard at the Ripley’s museum in St. Augustine.

Watch the Videos Morning News  -  Radio Station  -  Ripley’s Museum

Highlights at other Believe It or Not! locations during the day will include:

• Red Stewart will attempt to swallow a world record 52 swords at one time in Atlantic City.
• Travis Fessler will swallow a sword with his mouth full of live cockroaches in Gatlinburg.
• George the Giant, the world’s tallest sword swallower, will attempt to swallow a giant 33-inch long sword in Hollywood.

About Sword Swallowing:

The art of sword swallowing began more than 4,000 years ago in India, and requires the practitioner to use mind-over-matter techniques to control the body and repress natural reflexes to insert solid steel blades from 15 to 25 inches down the esophagus and into the stomach. With the demise of the traveling circus sideshow over the past several decades, there are currently less than a few dozen full-time professional sword swallowers actively performing the deadly art around the world today.

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When life gives your change, Go Shopping!

Jul 13th, 2009 0

St. Augustine is famous for its wonderful little shops along St. George Street.  You’ll find over 200 specialty stores, ice cream shops, restaurants, art galleries and so much more.  If you’re looking for refreshments, beach towels, cold drinks, collectibles, shells, trinkets of all kinds, and a bite to eat, St. George Street is the place to be.  Located in the heart of the Nation’s Oldest City, many of our stores are also historic properties, with some buildings dating back to the early 1700’s. St George Street’s shopping district is off limits to vehicles and stretches from the Original Old City Gates to the historic plaza located in the heart of downtown St Augustine. You can get there very easily with our Red Sightseeing Trains. Simply step off at stop #6 to enjoy the North end of St George Street or get off at stop # 13 at the Plaza to start at the South end. When you’re done enjoying St. George Street, simply return to any of our Red Train stops, where one of trains arrives every 15 – 20 minutes to pick you back up.
After a day of shopping you can always relax in the city’s Plaza for a Free Concert featured every Thursday Evening during the summer months.  It’s the perfect way to end a perfect day of shopping.
For those of you into Antiques, a perfect place to visit is our Antique Shopping district located at stop #19 on San Marco Avenue. A trip to St. Augustine is not complete without a stroll down the Antique Shopping District, also known as Uptown St. Augustine.  Many of our 19th century homes along this street are now antique stores and art galleries. There are hundreds of featured artists who show their works and dozens of collectors displaying some of the finest antiques found in the southeast.

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