If you're not a B&B kind of person, then Casa Monica is the place to stay in St. Augustine; it will still give you a feeling for the city's history, but with a bit more anonymity than you get at a B&B. Set in a Moorish Revival hotel built in 1888, it has an art gallery in the lobby, and lots of artistic touches throughout like Moorish-style rouge carpet, elegantly appointed furnishings with gold accents, and sexy, plush red-velvet-tufted headboards in the guestrooms. All units have big bathrooms equipped with high-end toiletries and either a large walk-in shower or a tub/shower combination. The five suites in the building’s two tile-topped towers and fortresslike central turret are each uniquely decorated, and one is bi-level. A second-floor outdoor pool is nice, but better is the access to the Serenata Beach Club (serenataclub.com) less than 15 minutes away on South Ponte Vedra Beach. Do try to take advantage of that if you can. Service is tops.