Known for its natural Appalachian quartz beaches and rolling sand dunes, Amelia Island was voted “Best Island in the U.S.” The internationally acclaimed Global Traveler magazine announced the ...

Amelia Island is about a six-hour drive from Atlanta (or a 30-minute drive from the Jacksonville airport), but once you’re there, it’s fun to explore the island on bicycles.

Amelia is the southern end of a chain of barrier islands that is mostly in Georgia, including Jekyll Island and St. Simons Island. It is tidal marshland similar to the terrain featured in Pat ...

Rob Hicks is sweating, his breath at a light pant, as he points out the Fairbanks House. The four-story, twenty-room residence, built in 1885 in Amelia Island’s Fernandina Beach ...

The Amelia Island Lighthouse is pictured in the background. [ Ameliaisland.com ] First came the Timucuans, who fished Amelia’s waters more than 1,000 years ago.

With a kiss of Southern charm in a graceful beach community, Amelia Island is a world away from glitzy South Florida. Luckily, it’s only a five-hour drive up the Sunshine State’s east coast ...

With a kiss of Southern charm in a graceful beach community, Amelia Island is a world away from glitzy South Florida. Luckily, it’s only a five-hour drive up the Sunshine State’s east coast ...

Amelia Island turned out to be the perfect overnight stop — or longer — for my road trips into the Carolinas, a bit of a detour but a charming alternative to the budget motels along Interstate 95.

With a kiss of Southern charm in a graceful beach community, Amelia Island is a world away from glitzy South Florida. Luckily, it¿s only a five-hour drive up the Sunshine State¿s east coast ...