Concours d'Elegance Amelia Island 2010

Concours d'Elegance is a vintage car show hosted on Amelia Island for 15 years.



On Friday, Fernandina Beach downtown is closed to traffic and a few of the vintage beauties drive through town to great cheers!






This year Richard Petty and Don Garlits opened the show hosted at the Ritz Carlton.



This show combines beauty and brawn, featuring vintgage road cars in pristine condition and fast race cars.




Many are available for purchase at Saturday's car auction.



A great event and a chance for picture taking, then stroll into town and enjoy a fine outdoor lunch!





Join us next year for the 2011 Concours d'Elegance! Amelia Island rentals are available at Unique Rentals, contact us now to reserve your lodging for next year.

Restaurant Week on Amelia Island

Restaurant Week is the premier dining event held annually on historic Amelia Island, Florida. Spend the week touring some of Amelia Island's finest restaurants and dining on a variety of both traditional and eclectic menu offerings.



Taking place January 24-31, 2010, Restaurant Week offers a great opportunity to try a selection of Amelia’s irresistible, award-winning dining options. Each restaurant will offer a prix-fixe menu, including three courses and a non-alcoholic beverage, for either $19 or $29.



We are proud to promote our local establishments with a unique opportunity to taste exactly what dining on Amelia Island offers. During Restaurant Week, diners will be able to enter a “Year of Dining,” with 12, $50 gift certificates to be used once a month for an entire year.



Entry forms will be available to fill out at participating restaurants, winner will be selected in a random drawing on February 2nd, 2010.

46th Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival

Welcome back to our blog, where we share stories about Amelia Island. This past weekend we marked the 46th Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival.



Fernandina Beach is the birthplace of the modern shrimping industry. The festival included a kick-off parade, pirates invaded downtown Fernandina on Friday evening and there was a fireworks display over the water.



Saturday morning on Centre Street began the fine arts and crafts show from national artists on display and for sale.





Antiques are located on the side roads. Regional and local music bands entertain day and night. Wonderful shrimp and seafood dishes abound with my personal favorite "shrimp pie". There are many family activities.

May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd were even bigger and better than ever with Fine Arts & Crafts, Antiques & Collectibles, Southwest Airlines Kids Korner and Live Entertainment from two stages!



The Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival includes dozens of food booths featuring scrumptious shrimp specialties.



Each year, the Festival is held the first weekend in May in the Historic downtown Centre Street business district in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida. This year, it all kicked off with the Pirate Parade Thursday, April 30th.

Come join us on Amelia Island next year for the 47th Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival! We can book a vacation rental for you and your family at one of our golf and tennis resorts. You will love it here and may want to stay forever, so we have several Amelia Island real estate properties for you to tour.


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Beached Whale on Amelia Island

Greetings from Amelia Island, Florida, this is Mariann Dahl from Unique Realty of Amelia. Thanks alot for stopping by the last couple of weeks to look at some of our beautiful Amelia Island real estate properties for sale.

I wanted to share this story with you. My husband and I came home the other day after playing tennis at Amelia Island Plantation and our neighbor excitedly explained there was a Humpback whale washed up on the beach. We were sad to hear the news but excited to be able to see such an incredible creature up close!



It was a juvenile weighing between 1-2 tons and over 25 feet long! No one knows what happened as yet, but Humpback whales reach their mature length of 53 feet or more around age 12. The whale will be analyzed for any abnormality and they will take tissue samples for further study back at the lab. We will let you know their findings as soon as we have any new information.



Read more about the beached whale on Amelia Island.

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Amelia Island is a Dog's World

Here on Amelia Island, it's a dog's world!

Unique Rentals caters to our canine buddies. We have many pet friendly accommodations on Amelia Island to suit all our puppies requirements. Our Amelia beach is a fun place to run and chase the birds or dolphins, and our many quiet walking trails are perfect for bird watching and exercise. Some lucky dogs get to ride with their owners in a golf cart, or pull them along on their bicycle!

You will make many friends at Amelia, while watching out for your loving master. The temperature is perfect for your fur coats generally, high 60's to low 70's in the daytime and low 40's to 50's in the evening.

We can even go to dinner with our owners most nights. There are quite a few restaurants on Amelia, who are pet friendly and love to see us: Pablo's Fine Mexican, Joe's 2nd Street Bistro, Arte Pizza, 29th South, Marche Burette, Gourmet Gourmet, Lu Lu's Bra & Grill and The Florida House to name a few! They even serve our favorite gourmet cookies at Redbones Dog Bakery and Boutique!

We have two animal hospitals on Amelia to take good care of us, and our own favorite pet sitters, so we don't miss out on any fun!

Don't worry Bailey, pet-friendly vacation rentals, at Unique Rentals of Amelia, Inc. will surely accommodate all of your master's needs as well.

Please have your owner contact Mariann at Unique Rentals to make arrangements.

800-940-3955

Sea Turtles Love Amelia Island, You Will Too!

Unique Realty of Amelia specializes in vacation rentals inside Amelia Island Plantation Resort. A four star resort that boasts such amenities such as: championship golf, tennis, fishing, luxurious spas, quiet beaches, horseback riding and all sorts of outdoor activities for all ages.

One of our favorite attractions is the Sea Turtle. Florida beaches bear the unique distinction of being home for 90% of all nesting sea turtles in the U.S. Each year, from May through October, loggerhead and green turtles emerge from the surf at night to lay their eggs on the shores of Amelia Island. Left undisturbed, the hatch lings incubate for 55 - 60 days before digging out and making their way back into the Atlantic.

There are three documented species of sea turtles on Amelia Island: loggerheads, green turtles and leatherbacks. In 1985, the Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch (AISTW) was formed to focus on the conservation of the destination's sea turtle populations. Today, residents and seasonal visitors can join in the AISTW's monitoring efforts.

Amelia Island Plantation is on Amelia Island in northeast Florida, just across the St. Marys River from Georgia and adjacent to the historic city of Fernandina.

We're just a short 45 minute drive from downtown Jacksonville, and 29 miles from Jacksonville International Airport. Private and corporate aircraft charters can also fly directly to Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport, four miles north of the Resort.

Please feel free to browse our wonderful selection of Amelia Island vacation rentals with many of our villas pleased to accept pets. Amelia Island is a very pet-friendly vacation destination!

Welcome to our blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

My name is Mariann Dahl from Unique Realty of Amelia. It's a pleasure to be sharing with you my passion for Amelia Island Florida.

We hope you enjoy reading our blog about Unique Amelia Island. We will be discussing everything there is to know about Amelia Island Florida because we love it here and think you will too.

And if you decide to visit, we would love to help you locate the best Amelia Island vacation rental for you and your family. Many of our rental units are pet-friendly, so you can bring your best friend too!

After vacationing here, you may love it so much you want to own a piece of Amelia Island. We always have several Amelia Island real estate properties for sale that are sure to excite you.

Please stop by again soon for more!