New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
ON FLORIDA EAST COAST.
Famous Hotels Of This Delightful
Resort Region

The combined delights of the most enjoyable
winter resort life to be found at the series of
hotels on the Florida east coast, at st. Au-
gustine, .Ormond. Palm Beach and Miami, and at
Nassau N P, in the Bahamas, reached by the
steamer service connected with the Florida East
Coast Railway Company. The railroad extends
along the Atlantic shore of the peninsula to
Miami near its southern extremity, where
steamer connections are made for Nassau due
east and Key West and Havana to the south
west.
This Florida resort region provides every
means for recreation and enjoyment Besides
the ample facilities for sailing and fishing, row.
ing and bathing, there many golf courses
and tennis courts, while indoor amusements are
not neglected by those who prefer them to more
active forms of outdoor exercise.
The widely known Ponce De Leon. the famous
resort at st. Augustine, will be opened for the
season Wednesday, January a TO remain
open for three months. The .Alcazar, another of
the group of hotels fronting on the Alameda of
ST Augustine, has been open since Thanksgiv-
ing and will not be closed until early in May It
is needless to say anything Of the attractive
ness of St. Augustine place TO visit at this
season. The reminders of the past are closely
intermngled with the stately specimens of the
architecture of the present, while the hotels are
famous for their beauty of design, elegance of
decoration and furnishing and completeness OF
comfort.
At Orrnond-on- the Halifax the stately Or
mond will be opened to- morrow to remain ready
for the reception of guests until Easter Mon
day. The bride paths and drives at Ormond
are numerous and delightful. Their attractive
ness is enhanced by the tropical verdure. Steam
launches run from Ormond up the picturesque
Tomoka River TO the head of navigation. the
round trip occupying half a day. The twenty
mile stretch OF hard beach is the grandest speed
way in the world for automobiles. Ormond
oranges and Ormond preserves and guava jelly
have a national reputation.
At Palm Beach, well toward the southern end
of Florida, the Royal Poinciana and the
Breakers. The latter has been open since Christ
mas and will not be closed until April =. The
Royal Poinciana opens Wednesday of this
week, to close on Saturday. April IL. Palm
Beach is regarded as the queen OF all the east
coast resorts. The grounds and gardens of the
Royal Poinciana. with rich tropical growth and
sweet scented flowers, are a constant delight to
the eyes and senses. Life Palm Beach is not
confined to the hotels by any means. Along the
lake and ocean fronts many handsome villas
yachts launches and wheel chairs, but leave
their horses and carriages at home, as they are
not needed at Palm Beach.
The gardens surrounding the Royal Poinciana
are falrylike when seen at night lighted up by
myriads of vari-colored incandescent bulbs
The Royal Palm Hotel, at Miami will open its
doors tomorrow, TO close them on April 4.
Miami is the southern terminus of the East
sub-tropical region to be enioyed with excel
lent fishing and bathing.
At Nassau the spacious Colonial and the at
tractive Royal Victoria provide facilities for the
charming surroundings. and the most delightful
climatic conditions.