Smugglers Cove
Luxury Rooms in Amelia Island
Newly renovated bath now with French doors to add privacy, new paint and bedding-the rooms feels so much bigger. We love it!!! New pictures arriving soon.
Steal away to this cozy room on the second floor, our tribute to the pirates and smugglers of Amelia. Sleep the night away in the canopied wrought iron queen size bed. Read your favorite novel or watch a movie from the unusual cantilevered window seat. Enjoy your own private veranda with wicker sitting area or “heat up” in the large hot tub with that someone special. Private bath with shower.
Tariff: $230 weekday $ 265 Fri. and Sat.
Weekday rates valid Sunday thru Thursday
Smuggling, privateering and the slave trade attracted pirates to Amelia Island’s harbor which was the back door to the US since the Embargo Act of 1807 had closed off trade with Europe. With the secret blessing of the US, the Patriots overthrew the Spanish and hoisted their own flag in March of 1812.
Spain demanded return of the island and built Fort San Carlos to help protect their territory. Pirates’ treasure and Spanish galleons are reported to be buried in Old Town beneath an oak pierced by a hanging chain. However, the tree only appears to those lacking a shovel.
