Amelia Island Plantation is located on Amelia Island Florida, a twenty minute drive from Jacksonville. Amelia Island has some excellent beach resorts, and interesting day-trips also: take a nature walk or boat tour; stroll through a beautifully restored Victorian town; visit a historic fort; ride horses on the beach.
What's special about the Amelia Island Plantation?
The Amelia Island Plantation covers 1350 acres of land, with beach on one side, and peaceful marshlands on the other. Scattered among the huge oaks hung with Spanish moss are pods of vacation homes. Guests stay either in hotel rooms at the Amelia Inn Beach Club, or in villas for rent.
What's special about the Amelia Island Plantation for families?
- seven miles of nature trails, including boardwalks that extend right into the marsh. A nature center offers nature tours.
- play areas; bike rentals.
- kids camps
- daily activities such as poolside games
- lifeguarded beach; at low tide, gentle lagoons form that are perfect for todders.
- shelling on the beach, and looking for shark teeth fossils
- outings: historic fort, where actors play period characters; quaint town; boating eco-tours
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