The Historic St. Andrews Walking Tour covers ½ mile of living history — from Native American settlement to a 19th-century schooner with a story that's still being written. Ten stops. One hour. Free and always open.
St. Andrews has been pulling people to its waterfront for a long time — Native Americans, Spanish settlers, fishermen, soldiers, and now you. This tour walks you through why every era of inhabitants was drawn here, and what they left behind.
The tour is audio-guided through the free Otocast app. Download it before you leave the boat, hit play at the first stop, and let the neighborhood tell its own story.
Best of all, the tour starts right here in St. Andrews — steps from your slip at the marina. No car, no shuttle, no logistics. Just lace up and go.
A National Historic Landmark schooner built in 1877 — one of the oldest surviving
wooden sailing vessels in the United States. Hurricane Michael capsized her in her
slip at St. Andrews Marina in 2018, but her story isn't over. Reconstruction began
in 2022 and she's being rebuilt plank by plank at St. Andrews School, with the goal
of sailing again in late 2027. You can go see her in person.
Follow the rebuild at governorstone.org →
A St. Andrews landmark that's become as much a part of the neighborhood as the waterfront itself. The kind of thing you walk past and then never forget.
Your home base is also a stop on the tour. The marina where the Governor Stone once sailed from — and where she was capsized in 2018 — has its own chapter in the neighborhood's story that the audio tour walks you through.
The tour traces St. Andrews from its Native American roots through Spanish settlement, the fishing industry, and into the living neighborhood it is today. Ten stops across half a mile of it.
The Otocast app provides narration at each of the 10 stops — no map-squinting required. Download it before you leave the boat and it works offline.
Stop for coffee. Duck into a shop. Double back to look at something twice. The tour is self-guided and the neighborhood rewards people who slow down.
Free guided tours depart twice a week from the Panama City Publishing Company Museum on Beck Avenue — the same museum that's a short walk from the marina. Show up, no registration needed.
Otocast is the free audio tour app that powers the St. Andrews tour. Download it while you're still on the boat and connected to the marina WiFi — it works offline once the tour is loaded, so you won't be burning data mid-walk.
Open the St. Andrews tour directly in the app, or find it by searching "St. Andrews Panama City" once you've installed it.
10 stops · ½ mile · ~1 hour
Audio narration at every stop
Free · Works offline
Half a mile of history opens up into a whole neighborhood worth exploring. Eat, shop, and catch live music when the tour is done.