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North West Florida: Romantic Pensacola - Okaloosa - Destin
Romantic Florida

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Florida's Romantic Southern Hospitality

Add in st joe A waterfront community poised on Florida’s panhandle, Pensacola is known for its sugar-white sand, Southern hospitality, and scenic vistas. Points of interest run the gamut from A (the vast National Museum of Naval Aviation) to the Zoo, a sanctuary for some 700 animals.

In and around Historic Pensacola Village, museums, antebellum homes, and the Colonial Archeological Trail provide evidence of the city’s 400-year multi-cultural past. Follow a day of activity with an evening’s entertainment. Pensacola’s restored downtown area supports a variety of restaurants, shops, and nightclubs. Sounds of everything from Dixieland to disco emanate from the Seville Quarter, the city’s answer to Bourbon Street. Rhetorical question: Does the sand along the 24-mile Emerald Coast appear whiter and brighter in contrast to the area’s brilliant green waters – or would it look that dazzling anywhere? Ponder this and other questions of the universe while savoring the simple pleasures in the Destin – Fort Walton Beach – Okaloosa Island vicinity.

Spirited seaside celebrations; splashing, canoeing, or tubing in the cool, clear Blackwater River; challenging golf links; the largest charter-boat fleet in the state; superlative underwater shelling; and undeniably fresh Gulf seafood may help you get to the bottom of this conundrum. When’s the best time to visit? Bargain-hunters will find the season’s lowest lodging rates October through February.

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