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Creative Outlets

Let your creativity run wild at this paint your own pottery and art studio located just over the Bridge of Lions on Anastasia Island. With owner Debra Siewart’s expert guidance, you’ll find the perfect project, whether it’s creating with clay, decorating a clay bisque project of your choice, or creating glass fusion jewelry or decorative items. Puddy Mud offers classes for both adults and children, children’s clay camps, and after school programs. Party packages and events for groups of all kinds are available including corporate team-building, bridal showers, and birthday celebrations. Open daily; call for seasonal hours and class information

Health & Fitness

Voted the Best of St. Augustine from 2005-2008, this full-service athletic club and center offers outstanding facilities, including a full weight room, olympic size pool, racquetball court, steamroom, showers, locker rooms, and refreshment bar. Certified instructors offer a full range of group exercise classes, from step aerobics, spinning classes, and kick boxing to yoga flow and pilates; and a talented corps of certified personal trainers are on staff to assist you with any training needs. Short term memberships are available so you can maintain your health routines even while vacationing. Childcare available. Open daily.

Museums

Paintings, costumes, furnishings, mechanical and musical instruments, and other relics of America’s Gilded Age offer a glimpse into 19th century daily life. The Lightner collection includes beautiful examples of cut glass, Victorian art glass, and the stained glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Music demonstrations offered twice daily at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Museum Store offers an eclectic collection of books, jewelry, ornaments, notecards, reproduction antiques, children’s games, and gifts.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this extraordinary house museum was built in 1883 as a 1/10 scale replica of a portion of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. Notable for its poured concrete and coquina stone construction and Moorish horseshoe arches, the interior houses an astounding collection of art, antiques, and furnishings, including Oriental rugs, paintings, intricately carved furniture, hand-pierced brass lamps, and a 2,400-year-old Egyptian “Sacred Cat Rug.” State-of-the art audio tours available in English and Spanish. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. is the last time to start a tour); Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free onsite parking. Available evenings for wedding ceremonies and private parties.

Performing Arts & Entertainment

	Host Jackie Knight and Knight Productions present top national comedians as seen on HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, and The Comedy Channel. New acts are featured every week; showtime is 8:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat. or Thurs. through Sat. for Comedy Special Events (call or see website to check schedule). Full bar and full Gypsy Cab Co. menu available.

This community theatre organization presents shows year-round and has been voted St. Augustine’s “Best Live Theatre” for nine years running. Located in the Joukowsky Family Foundation Center for the Performing Arts at 11 Old Mission Avenue in Uptown St. Augustine, box office hours are Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2009-2010 season highlights include a mix of popular mainstage productions such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Barefoot in the Park, and Death of a Salesman as well as cutting edge studio theatre productions such as Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.

Tours

Headquartered in the historic Spanish Military Hospital, Ancient City Tours offers a variety of tours and services by day and its popular ghost tour at 8 p.m. nightly (and 9:30 p.m. on Saturdays). A Ghostly Encounter is the only walking ghost tour to enter a certified haunted building and visit historical cemeteries. Tour the narrow streets of St. Augustine and hear tales of those who came before us and refuse to leave. Ancient City Tours also offers historic and educational tours with customized itineraries for groups including adult/senior tours, corporate groups, as well as clubs and organizations.

Experience St. Augustine in a relaxing, unique way—aboard a horse-drawn carriage led by an expert tour guide. The 2.5 mile tour through the historic district departs from the bayfront and includes historic and architectural highlights. The oldest continuously operating horse-drawn carriage company in the United States, St. Augustine Transfer Co. also offers evening “Ghost Rides” and special Historical Tours as well as group discounts and wedding packages. Operating hours are 9 a.m. til closing daily (seasonal) weather permitting. Step back in time and relax on this ride through the storied streets of the nation’s oldest city aboard an elegant horse-drawn carriage.

Take the ride of your lifetime aboard a helicopter for a magic carpet ride over the nation’s oldest city. Float effortlessly as you take in bird’s eye views of the St. Augustine Lighthouse, the Bridge of Lions, Castillo de San Marcos, and much more. Helicopters are safe, comfortable and best of all, every seat is a window seat! Open daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Walk-ins welcome during normal hours. There is no maximum number of people Old City Helicopters can accommodate; single riders accommodated on a space available basis as there is a 2-person minimum for launching a flight. Tours start at $35 per person.

Founded in 1996 in one of Henry Flagler’s East Coast Railway buildings, San Sebastian Winery is one of Florida’s premium wineries and is a pioneer in the development of table, sparkling, and dessert wines from hybrid and muscadine grapes. Vintage-dated varietals from hybrids such as Stover and Blanc Du Bois, Port, and Cream Sherry dessert wines are also part of the award-winning San Sebastian brand. Complimentary winery tours and wine tasting are offered 7 days a week; Mon.- Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The wine shop features gourmet foods, unique gift items, and gift baskets.