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Lightner MuseumvsThe Ximenez-Fatio House
The Lightner Museum and The Ximenez-Fatio House are both endorsed by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, The Lightner Museum is the choice of most writers compared to The Ximenez-Fatio House. The Lightner Museum comes in at #2 in Saint Augustine with positive reviews from 5 reviews like Michelin Guide, Frommer's and Fodor's.
Lightner Museum
Fodor's
Michelin Guide
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Frommer's
75 King Street, P.O. Box 334, Saint Augustine, FL 32085
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Fodor's "A museum with... not-to-be-missed ornate antique music boxes, and even an early 20th-century-era shrunken head from the Jivaro Indians of Ecuador." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The Lightner Museum occupies a striking building that was formerly Henry Flagler's Hotel Alcazar." Full review
Where "The former Alcazar Hotel constructed in the late 1880s is part of railroad baron Henry Flagler's legacy of grand Florida resorts." Full review
Frommer's "The collection is spread out over three floors, featuring an impressive array of relics of America's storied Gilded Age, from costumes and furnishings to mechanical musical instruments" Full review
The Ximenez-Fatio House Fodor's Michelin Guide Where
20 Aviles Street, Saint Augustine, FL 32084
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Fodor's "Built as a merchant's house and store in 1798, the place became a boardinghouse in the 1800s and has been restored to look like it did during its inn days." Full review
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Docents lead you around the property; be sure to look at the fascinating St. Augustine street scenes, painted in 1854 by an itinerant artist.
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Today the house is restored to reflect the period between 1830 and 1850; individual rooms are furnished as if to accommodate 19C boarders." Full review
Where "Built as a merchant's home in 1798 and later a fashionable boarding house, the Ximenez-Fatio house is a museum today." Full review
