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This rustic cedar-shingle cottage conceals six rooms, including the quirky Bird Room,
with a handmade willow-frame queen-size bed and willow reading chair. In addition to
breakfast (fully cooked on weekends, self-serve weekdays), it does afternoon tea on the
shady porch.
One Ocean
HOTEL
( 904-249-7402;
www.oneoceanresort.com
;
1 Ocean Blvd, Atlantic Beach; r from $180; )
This stylish resort hotel has been favored by A-list celebs for its low-key oceanfront loc-
ale. The grand lobby is modern and elegant: white marble, rippling iridescent walls and
suited staff. Rooms follow suit with clean, contemporary lines and touches of silver, pew-
ter and sea green - most have views. Complete your indulgence with a treatment in the day
spa, followed by dinner at the Beaches' most elegant, oceanfront, fine-dining establish-
ment, Azurea.
Lodge at Ponte Vedra
RESORT
(
904-285-1111;
www.pontevedra.com
;
100 Ponte Vedra Blvd, Ponte Vedra Beach; r from $279;
)
Well-heeled families love this opulent Mediterranean-style resort - a historic landmark -
where kids play by the pool while the grown-ups enjoy a much-needed beachfront mas-
sage. Rooms and suites are plush and airy, with tasteful sage-and-sand decor and super-
luxe granite-and-marble bathrooms.
Eating & Drinking
Colonel Mustard's Phatburger
BURGERS
( 904-247-5747;
www.jaxbestburgers.com
;
1722 3rd St N, Jacksonville Beach; burgers from $6;
8am-10pm)
Even the kids get involved at this no-frills, friendly, family-owned-and-operated burger
joint a few blocks back from the beach. It's cheap and cheery and guaranteed to please, al-
though vegetarians will be disappointed. Breakfasts are as good as the burgers and the
well-done fries and hash browns will sate even the most hard-ass
connaisseur du frites
.
