Add breathtaking scenery, relatively untouched Atlantic-facing beaches, spectacular sunsets and an enviable restaurant scene and you have Amelia Island, a 13- mile long, two-mile wide Florida treasure.

Amusingly, when I visited in December for the annual Dickens festival, some residents jokingly suggested I shouldn’t write about the destination because they didn’t want their peaceful life interrupted.

But, joking apart, Amelia Island is unsurprisingly becoming increasingly popular.

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