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Pensacola, Ft. Walton Beach, Pensacola Beach, Destin

Pensacola has become a premier vacation destination for millions in the United States. For the most part, Memorial Day through Labor Day are considered to be the most popular season for beach-goers, but locals will tell you that spring and fall are fabulous as well! 40 miles of Gulf waters & sugar-white beaches. Area population more than 300,000 Central time zone. 343 days of sunshine. Average temperature: 75 degrees.

PENSACOLA OPERA

    Pensacola Opera's reputation is based on high quality productions that feature some of America's finest singing actors, and the performances are said by many to be as excellent as those seen in New York and other large cities.
PENSACOLA LITTLE THEATRE
    Pensacola Little Theatre has long been the area’s leader in quality community theater. Volunteers from all walks of life have banded together across generations to bring Pensacola the very best PLT has to offer.
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS MUSEUM
    Founded by a local physician, the museum is a premiere Civil War educational and historical site with accurate representations of the Civil War soldiers life during our nation's most violent period. The excellent quality and quantity of the Museum's diverse collection is depicted by authentic artifacts, uniforms, equipment, weapons, art, hand-crafted figurines, and life-sized camp scenes, including a Confederate Medical Field Hospital with an amputation in progress, as well as hundreds of personal items used by the common soldier during the war. View the web site for complete details, hours etc.
NATIONAL MUSEUM of NAVAL AVIATION
    Pensacola Naval Air Station - One of the largest air-and-space museums in the nation, features an awe-inspiring collection of more than 100 Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft. Some of this facility's highlights are on loan from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Open 9- 5.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE
    The largest base in the world. It is also home to the biggest environmental test chamber, which produces extremely hot temperatures and extremely frigid temperatures. The U.S. Air Force Armament Museum is the only American museum dedicated to Air Force weaponry with interesting displays. The spy plane "Blackbird" SR-71 is also on display.
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
    Bayfront Parkway near 9th Avenue - The Veterans Memorial Park includes The Wall South, the nation's first full-name replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. FREE
BIG LAGOON STATE RECREATION AREA
    Sandy beaches and salt marshes that are important habitat for birds and animals. An observation tower gives viewers a bird's-eye view of great blue herons, cardinals and brown thrashers alike. Year-round camping is available, along with swimming, fishing, boating and nature study. Series of pops summer concerts scheduled.
GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE
    Gulf Islands National Seashore is rich in natural and cultural resources. There are sparkling blue waters, magnificent snowy-white beaches, and fertile coastal marshes. In the national seashore there are 19th century forts, shaded picnic areas, winding nature trails, and comfortable campgrounds. Diverse and abounding with wildlife, the park is not a single block of land -- it is a mosaic. It includes 11 separate units stretching eastward 150 miles from West Ship Island, Mississippi, to the eastern tip of Santa Rosa Island, Florida.
The GULF BREEZE ZOO
    The ZOO is home to more than 700 animals, including rare lowland gorillas, white Bengal tigers and Ellie the elephant. Known as the world's friendliest zoo, it allows visitors to feed giraffes, ride a train through 30 acres of free-roaming animals, and enjoy a lush botanical garden.
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY of NORTHWEST FLORIDA
    Takes in injured or orphaned wildlife from Panama City to Lillian, Ala., bald eagles, golden eagles, hawks, fox, goats, sheep, otters, beavers, turtles, doves, geese and ducks are among the animals you can see. The sanctuary is free and open to the public from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday. The sanctuary gives tours by appointment for people of 10 or more.
ADVENTURES UNLIMITED
    Canoeing, tubing and camping fun on four wilderness streams. Two hours or three days...canoe, tube, kayak, paddleboat or raft...camp... in tents or cabins...alone or with family and friends. Established in 1976.
HISTORIC PENSACOLA VILLAGE
    Experience industry and commerce, black history and a variety of hands-on exhibits aimed at young and old in a unique museum complex featuring 10 attractions within walking distance of each other. Located in the heart of one of the oldest historic districts in the Southeast.
"T" STREET
    Visit this antique district in Pensacola for a day of browsing through shops with collectibles and antique treasures galore.
PENSACOLA BAY FISHING BRIDGE
    1.5 miles of bridge for fishing. 25 400-watt lights for night fishing. Park your car, truck, or camper, near your fishing spot on the bridge Restrooms on-site.
"NATHANIEL BOWDITCH"
    Enjoy relaxed three-hour cruises under sail aboard the 54' traditionally rigged steel schooner "Nathaniel Bowditch" exploring the realm of dolphins and wild sea creatures. The sailing schooner "Nathaniel Bowditch" also offers swimming and shell gathering sailing cruises along the gulf beaches or in the bay.
THE MOORS GOLF
    This 6,900-yard golf course was designed by John B. Lafoy and made to replicate the famous courses found in Scotland. The Moors provides both the high handicapper and seasoned professional an ideal setting to improve that swing .Host to the 1995 Nike Tour Classic and home of the 1997 Emerald Coast Classic, a Senior PGA Tour event.
OLDE SARGE'S OUTDOOR SOUTH
    Organized canoe and kayak trips long the Perdido estuary and Tarkiln Bayou near the Alabama state line. A five-hour trip with all equipment provided.
INDIAN TEMPLE MOUND AND MUSEUM
    It is the largest and most impressive collection of early culture in the United States. The museum houses interpretive exhibits depicting 10,000 years of four prehistoric Native American tribes' occupation. Over 6,000 artifacts of stone, bone, clay and shell are here, as well as the largest collection of Fort Walton Period ceramics in the Southeastern United States. Exhibits also include artifacts from European Explorers, local pirates, Civil War soldiers and early settlers; the largest Indian mound discovered along saltwater (1400 A.D.) stands guard beside the museum.
GULFARIUM
    America's second oldest marine park (1955), it hosts Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, California sea lions, Peruvian penguins, Ridley turtles and more in 14 fascinating Gulf-edged exhibits. Dolphin stars Princess and Delilah delight with feats from comedic soccer games to 18-foot (540cm) leaps.
THE FOCUS CENTER
    A child's fantasy museum of science, it stimulates the imagination with interactional fun and great kids' stuff like a reflecting Castle of Mirrors, "adult-sized" bubble makers, a literally hair-raising Vandergraph generator, an electrifying Illuma Storm and more.
FLORIDA CAVERNS - MARIANNA
    Dripping with stalagmites and stalactites, Florida's only limestone caverns wind through underground depths for fascinating public tours.
EDEN STATE GARDENS - POINT WASHINGTON
    An 1895 Greek revival estate, surrounded by a Southern spread of immense moss-draped oaks and resplendent gardens of camellias and azaleas, overlooks the picturesque Choctawhatchee Bay with the charming character of days gone by.

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