Old Town Trolley's Famous Nights of Lights Tour

Old Town Trolley's Famous Nights of Lights Tour has become one of the most popular ways to see St. Augustine's Nights of Lights. It operates nightly from Sunday, November 16, 2025, through Sunday, January 11, 2026.

This holiday spectacle of white lights (more than three million of them) has its roots, like everything in St. Augustine, in history. Legend states that during the nearly 250 years St. Augustine served as the capital of Spanish Florida, residents would place a lighted candle in their windows to mark the holiday season. Now, the lights are electric, but they are still white, and they are dazzling to see as they decorate the old buildings, historic homes, and bayfront vistas in the nation's oldest city. 

Old Town Trolley's Famous Nights of Lights Tour sells tickets by the row only. One to four guests may use the row. While tickets may be purchased each night (if available), we suggest you purchase tickets online to reserve your preferred date and time.

The trolley tours depart every night from Sunday, November 16, 2025, through Sunday, January 11, 2026. Tours depart from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. from the Visitor Information Center at 10 West Castillo Drive. It is 30 to 45 minutes long and makes no stops along the way.

A Holiday Tradition

For many residents and visitors, Old Town Trolley's open-air Famous Nights of Lights Tour has become a part of their family holiday tradition during the annual Nights of Lights festival, offering a convenient and fun way to see the best of the lights and join with their tour guide and fellow passengers in impromptu caroling all along the way. It's fun to view the lights through the complimentary magical viewing glasses (which turn the lights into glittering holiday shapes). After the trip, Old Town Trolley elves offer free sugar cookies and apple cider. 

For wheelchair and scooter reservations, a minimum of 24 hours notice is recommended. Assistance animals, such as registered seeing-eye dogs, are the only animals allowed onboard.

For more information, call (904) 829-3800 or visit here to learn more and make online reservations.

Admission: Tickets start at $72.99 for an entire row (up to four people). Tickets are $92.99 per row on peak days in December. Children three years and younger may be held on a lap. Toddler carriers and children four and older are required to have their own seats. Tickets are being sold only by the row, no individual tickets or pairs. Except for those children held in laps, there is a maximum of four people in a row. 

When: Nightly from Sunday, November 16, 2025, through Saturday, January 11, 2026. Tours depart from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. 

Where: Tours leave from the Visitor Information Center located at 10 West Castillo Drive in St. Augustine, just across from the Downtown Parking Facility.