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Historic Hotels & Inns in Florida

From St. Augustine’s 18th-century houses to Key West’s Old Town and the grand hotels of the 1920s land boom: every historic hotel and inn in the state we could verify.

53 historic places to stay in 22 towns · verified October 2026 · by Historic Inns editors

The short answer

St. Augustine has the most, with 15 historic inns in a city founded in 1565. Beyond it, Key West’s Old Town has eight and Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island six. For a grand hotel, book one of the 1920s landmarks: The Biltmore in Coral Gables, The Breakers in Palm Beach, the Don CeSar on St. Pete Beach or the Vinoy in St. Petersburg.

Our top picks

Best overall

The Biltmore Hotel

Built 1926 · Coral Gables

George Merrick's 1926 Coral Gables landmark, a National Historic Landmark with the pool where Johnny Weissmuller was a lifeguard and a 1929…

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Best small inn

Island Hotel

Built c. 1861 · Cedar Key

A tabby-walled general store from about 1861 that survived the Civil War, a hotel since 1914 on Cedar Key's Second Street. Ten…

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Oldest

St. Francis Inn

Built 1791–95 · St. Augustine

The Garcia-Dummett House, built after a 1791 Spanish land grant and taking in lodgers since 1845: the city's oldest inn, with free…

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Best resort

The Breakers

Built 1926 · Palm Beach

Flagler's oceanfront resort, rebuilt in 1926 after a fire with a facade modeled on Rome's Villa Medici and a lobby painted by…

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Where they are

Where to go

St. Augustine15 historic places to stay · founded 1565Oldest: The Collector (1790–c. 1915)See the guide →Key West8 historic places to stay · incorporated 1828Oldest: Island City House Hotel (1880)See the guide →Fernandina Beach6 historic places to stay · founded 1811Oldest: Amelia Island Williams House (1856–59)See the guide →

Every historic inn in Florida

InnTownBuiltRoomsTypePriceHaunted
The CollectorSt. Augustine1790–c. 191530Boutique hotel–Rates
St. Francis InnSt. Augustine1791–9517B&B–YesRates
Bayfront Marin HouseSt. Augustine1790s–1890s17B&B–Rates
Casa de SolanaSt. Augustine1803–2010B&B$$Rates
Herlong MansionMicanopyc. 184513B&B–Rates
Amelia Island Williams HouseFernandina Beach1856–5911B&B$$$YesRates
Florida House InnFernandina Beach1850s–70s17Inn–YesRates
Island HotelCedar Keyc. 186110Inn–YesRates
Kenwood InnSt. Augustine1865–8514B&B$$Rates
Bayfront Westcott HouseSt. Augustine1880–9316B&B–Rates
Island City House HotelKey West188022Inn–Rates
Carriage Way InnSt. Augustine1883–9414B&B–Rates
Lakeside InnMount Dora188390Inn–Rates
The Marquesa HotelKey West188444Boutique hotel–Rates
The Fairbanks HouseFernandina Beach188512B&B$$Rates
Riverview HotelNew Smyrna Beach188518Inn–Rates
Amelia Schoolhouse InnFernandina Beach188617Boutique hotel–Rates
Casa Monica Resort & SpaSt. Augustine1888137Grand hotel–YesRates
Celestine B&BPensacola18884B&B–Rates
The Artist HouseKey West1890–987B&B–YesRates
Marrero’s Guest MansionKey West189012Boutique hotel–YesRates
Belleview InnBelleair189635Inn$$Rates
The Southernmost HouseKey West1897–Boutique hotel–Rates
Old Powder House InnSt. Augustine1898–999B&B–YesRates
Agustin InnSt. Augustine1899–190417B&B–Rates
Centennial HouseSt. Augustine18999B&B–Rates
Casa de SueñosSt. Augustine19047B&B–Rates
Blue Heron InnFernandina Beach19046B&B$$Rates
Le Méridien TampaTampa1905130Boutique hotel–Rates
The Hoyt HouseFernandina Beach190510B&B–Rates
Curry Mansion InnKey West190529Inn–Rates
The Gibson InnApalachicola1907–Inn–Rates
Casablanca InnSt. Augustine191421Inn–YesRates
Southern Wind InnSt. Augustine191610Inn–Rates
Inn on CharlotteSt. Augustine1914–188B&B–Rates
Casa Marina Key WestKey West1920311Resort–Rates
Park Plaza HotelWinter Park192228Boutique hotel$Rates
Casa Marina HotelJacksonville Beach192523Boutique hotel$Rates
The Brazilian CourtPalm Beach192580Boutique hotel–Rates
The VinoySt. Petersburg1925354Resort–YesRates
The Boca Raton (Cloister)Boca Raton1925273Resort–Rates
The Biltmore HotelCoral Gables1926271Grand hotel–YesRates
The Colony Hotel & Cabaña ClubDelray Beach192666Boutique hotel–Rates
La ConchaKey West1926174Grand hotel–YesRates
The BreakersPalm Beach1926534Resort–Rates
The Vineta HotelPalm Beach192641Boutique hotel–Rates
Hotel Flor TampaTampa1926210Grand hotel–Rates
Casa FaenaMiami Beach1928–Boutique hotel–Rates
The Don CeSarSt. Pete Beach1928–Resort–YesRates
The Savoy HotelMiami Beach193575Boutique hotel–Rates
The Lodge at Wakulla SpringsWakulla Springs193727Lodge–Rates
Clewiston InnClewiston1938–Inn–YesRates
The National HotelMiami Beach1939137Boutique hotel–Rates

Price is a typical nightly rate: $ under $200, $$ $200–349, $$$ $350–549, $$$$ $550+. Rates vary by season; check the inn for exact prices.

Elsewhere in Florida

Herlong MansionMjrmtg / CC BY 4.0

Built c. 1845 · Neoclassical Revival (brick, Corinthian portico) with Arts & Crafts interiors · Micanopy · B&B

Herlong Mansion

Why stay An 1840s farmhouse encased in a columned brick mansion by a lumberman, in the tiny historic town of Micanopy.

Good to know Breakfast: included · No elevator · No pets

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Island HotelJud McCranie / CC BY-SA 4.0

Built c. 1861 · Masonry (tabby) Vernacular · Cedar Key · Inn

Island Hotel

Why stay A tabby-walled general store from about 1861 that survived the Civil War, a hotel since 1914 on Cedar Key's Second Street. Ten rooms.

The ghost story Hotel staff and local patrons say the hotel is haunted; the inn's own ghost-story page tells of a Confederate soldier seen standing guard by the second-floor balcony doors at sunrise, a boy said to have drowned in the basement cistern, and the 'wandering ghost' of 1914 owner Simon Feinberg.

Good to know Parking: street

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Lakeside InnEbyabe / CC BY 2.5

Built 1883 · Frame Vernacular, with Jacobethan-influenced stucco annexes · Mount Dora · Inn

Lakeside Inn

Why stay A lakefront hotel that began as the Alexander House in 1883 and grew through the 1920s, in downtown Mount Dora.

Good to know Parking: on-site free · No elevator · Pets welcome

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1888Celestine B&B

Built 1888 · Queen Anne · Pensacola · B&B

Celestine B&B

Why stay An 1888 Queen Anne banker's house in Pensacola's North Hill, restored in 2020 as a four-room B&B.

Good to know Breakfast: included

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1922Park Plaza Hotel

Built 1922 · Winter Park · Boutique hotel

Park Plaza Hotel

Why stay A 1922 hotel on Winter Park's Park Avenue with balconies over the street and Central Park, with 28 rooms.

Good to know Breakfast: available

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The VinoyBeyond My Ken / CC BY-SA 4.0

Built 1925 · Mediterranean Revival · St. Petersburg · Resort

The Vinoy

Why stay St. Petersburg's 1925 waterfront grand hotel, host to Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Babe Ruth and Marilyn Monroe.

The ghost story Visiting Major League Baseball players and staff have long told ghost stories about the hotel; CBS Sports described its reputation as perhaps the most haunted hotel in baseball, citing a reliever who heard scratching in his room.

Good to know Breakfast: available · Parking: on-site paid

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The Biltmore HotelP. Hughes / CC BY 4.0

Built 1926 · Mission/Spanish Revival (Mediterranean Revival) · Coral Gables · Grand hotel

The Biltmore Hotel

Why stay George Merrick's 1926 Coral Gables landmark, a National Historic Landmark with the pool where Johnny Weissmuller was a lifeguard and a 1929 gangster ghost story.

The ghost story Guests and staff report that gangster Thomas "Fatty" Walsh, shot on the 13th floor in 1929, still lingers: the hotel's one original elevator is said to rise to the key-card-only 13th floor on its own, and the building's wartime years as a military hospital feed further ghost stories. The hotel's former official storyteller told these tales at weekly sessions.

Good to know Parking: on-site paid · Elevator · Pets welcome

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The Don CeSarElisa.rolle / CC BY-SA 4.0

Built 1928 · Mediterranean Revival with Moorish elements · St. Pete Beach · Resort

The Don CeSar

Why stay The 1928 'Pink Palace' on St. Pete Beach, where F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lou Gehrig stayed. It is on Historic Hotels of America's most-haunted list.

The ghost story Guests and staff tell of the builder, Thomas Rowe, who died in 1940, still walking the hotel; HHA has named the Don CeSar to its Top 25 Most Haunted Hotels lists (2019, 2021).

Good to know Breakfast: available · Parking: on-site paid · Pets welcome

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Clewiston InnEbyabe / CC BY-SA 3.0

Built 1938 · Neo-Classical Revival · Clewiston · Inn

Clewiston Inn

Why stay A 1938 Neo-Classical Revival inn built by U.S. Sugar on the south shore of Lake Okeechobee.

The ghost story Staff and owners have reported spirits; a 2009 WFLX report quoted the general manager on 'four different spirits' found by paranormal investigators, plus stories of a woman seen in a Room 118 window and a spirit in Room 255.

Good to know Breakfast: included · Pets welcome

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Ways in

Themes in Florida

The railroad barons’ hotels

Florida’s resort trade was built by two railroad men. Henry Flagler bought St. Augustine’s Casa Monica in 1888, founded The Breakers in Palm Beach and planned the Casa Marina for passengers of his Overseas Railway to Key West. On the Gulf coast, Henry Plant built the Hotel Belleview in 1897 to fill his trains; its core survives as the Belleview Inn.

Grand hotels of the 1920s boom

The land boom of the mid-1920s left a run of Mediterranean Revival landmarks: The Biltmore in Coral Gables, The Breakers, The Brazilian Court and The Vineta in Palm Beach, The Vinoy in St. Petersburg, the Don CeSar on St. Pete Beach, the Floridan in Tampa (now Hotel Flor), La Concha in Key West and The Colony in Delray Beach.

Key West and Amelia Island

Two island towns have enough historic inns for a trip of their own. Key West’s Old Town has eight we list, from La Concha and the Casa Marina to guest houses like the Marquesa and Marrero’s. Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island has six, including The Fairbanks House, the Williams House and the Florida House Inn.

Old Florida small towns

Away from the coasts’ big hotels: the Island Hotel in Cedar Key, a store from about 1861 that survived the Civil War; the Herlong Mansion in Micanopy; The Gibson Inn in Apalachicola; the Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora; and the 1937 lodge at Wakulla Springs.

Haunted stays

Historic Hotels of America has named both St. Augustine’s Casa Monica and the Don CeSar to its most-haunted lists. The Biltmore has its 1929 gangster story, and Key West’s La Concha, Marrero’s and The Artist House tell ghost stories of their own. We report these as stories guests and staff tell, not fact.

Road trip

Down the east coast, inn to inn

Fernandina Beach

Start on Amelia Island in a Victorian B&B in the historic district, such as The Fairbanks House or the Williams House.

St. Augustine

Give St. Augustine two nights. Pick an inn from our St. Augustine guide.

Palm Beach and Coral Gables

Head south to the 1920s grand hotels: The Breakers or The Brazilian Court in Palm Beach, then The Biltmore in Coral Gables.

Key West

Finish at the end of the Overseas Highway in an Old Town guest house or at Flagler’s Casa Marina.

Beyond the inns

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Context

History and architecture

Florida’s historic lodging follows its booms. St. Augustine kept houses from the Spanish colonial and territorial years that became inns much later. The railroads of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant brought the first resort hotels in the 1880s and 1890s. The land boom of the 1920s produced the Mediterranean Revival grand hotels, and Miami Beach’s hotels of the 1930s, such as the Savoy Plaza (1935) and The National (1939), came just before World War II.

Questions travelers ask

What is the oldest hotel in Florida?

Of the inns we list, the oldest building is the St. Francis Inn in St. Augustine, a house the National Register dates to 1791 to 1795 that has taken in lodgers since 1845. Fernandina Beach’s Florida House Inn dates itself to the late 1850s, though its National Register nomination puts construction after 1869.

What is the most haunted hotel in Florida?

There is no official ranking. Historic Hotels of America has named St. Augustine’s Casa Monica and the Don CeSar on St. Pete Beach to its lists of most haunted hotels, and The Biltmore in Coral Gables has a ghost story tied to a 1929 gangster shooting. These are reported stories, not documented fact.

What are the historic hotels in Key West?

We list eight in Old Town: La Concha (1926), Casa Marina Key West (1920), The Marquesa Hotel (1884), Island City House Hotel (1880), Marrero’s Guest Mansion (1890), The Artist House, Curry Mansion Inn and The Southernmost House. All are inside the Key West Historic District.

Where are the best historic bed and breakfasts in Florida?

St. Augustine has the most, in restored houses from the 1790s to 1918. Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island has several in its historic district, Key West has historic guest houses in Old Town, and there are single B&Bs worth the drive in Micanopy (Herlong Mansion) and Pensacola (Celestine B&B).

How we chose these inns

Every place on this page is at least 50 years old, holds a credential we can check (National Register listing, a listed historic district, landmark status, or Historic Hotels of America membership), and takes bookings today. We verify each one against primary sources before it goes on the list, and last checked this list in October 2026. Read our criteria.

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