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The 27th Annual Pensacola Crawfish Festivals
Head on over to Pensacola’s historic Bartram Park from April 29-May 1 for one of Florida’s largest crawfish boils-The 27th Annual Pensacola Crawfish Festival! Enjoy a day on Pensacola’s beautiful waterfront and experience a little Louisiana during your Florida vacation.
In addition to 15,000 pounds of boiled crawfish, you will also find crawfish poboys and pies, along with hamburgers and hotdogs. Kids under 12 are free each day and will have a blast! There will be tons of games, crafts and even the NASCRAW races featuring, you guessed it, racing crawfish. For the brave, there is also the Cat Country Crawfish Eating Contest with divisions for kids, adults and CrawDADDIES.
Come eat, play and experience a little of Pensacola’s heritage at this year’s crawfish festival. Daily admission to the festival is $5 for adults or a weekend pass may be purchased for $10 and is good all three days. Head to the festival grounds before 3PM on Friday and enjoy free admission for the whole family!
Working Together on the Forgotten Coast
With the economic climate as it is today, more and more businesses find themselves partnering up to help each other and their region as a whole. This video is an example of a group of local companies teaming together on a cooperative effort in advertising. With WMBB TV as the catalyst, would-be competitors pull funds to send a unified message about the Forgotten Coast, including Port St. Joe, WindMark Beach and Cape San Blas beach communities.
Southern Resorts Vacation Rentals is excited to work with others in promoting one of the most beautiful places to vacation at the Beach. “Old Florida” at its finest with a modern twist, the Forgotten Coast has so much to offer…kayaking, scalloping, fishing, shopping, dining and the list continues. Reconnect with family and friends. Tour our natural areas, play at the beach or just relax, away from busy schedules. For all the reasons you visit and activities you choose to do, Southern Resorts has the vacation accommodations for you.
For more to do along the Forgotten Coast, visit Southern Resorts’ Gulf Coast Guide.
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Billy Bowlegs in Fort Walton Beach
Last night with the Parade, the 54th Annual Billy Bowlegs Festival came to an end. The streets were lined with people vying for beads and candy tossed from creative floats carrying a colorful crowd of pirates and others having a good time. Throughout the course of the events lasting five days, thousands of locals and visitors joined in the fun. Thursday night downtown Ft Walton came alive and the fun just kept building. What a beautiful weekend for the festivities! The sky was blue and water perfect for the boats gathering to watch the invasion, or landing. You can watch it here. Billy and his krewe took the city once again.
It is a unique time on our coast. Visitors from all over come for this weekend and actually make a week of it. We love to have them. All of Fort Walton Beach and Okaloosa Island get in the pirate spirit. Here, our favorite pirate, Erin, welcomed Southern Resorts’ guests to our Okaloosa Island location.
If you get a chance to visit the Panhandle of Florida for the Bowlegs festival, it is worth the trip. For options on vacation rentals along the coast, visit our search page here. For other local events, visit our event calendar.
Share a Little Sunshine Part II – Romance
I decided to share the sunshine and these videos in three parts as Visit Florida has done. The theme of this one is romance. What more romantic place is there than watching the sunset over the beautiful Gulf waters while your feet play in the warm sand?
Florida and especially the Northwest Gulf Coast have wonderful places to stay, relax, shop and eat that bring couples here every season. Dine overlooking the Destin Harbor or white sandy beach from any of our unique beach communities. Since our little 150 mile stretch of THE Beach is an easy drive-to destination, we are the perfect solution for a close by getaway that feels a world away from busy schedules and worries.
Bring your family, friends and loved ones.
Florida invites you and Southern Resorts Vacation Rentals welcomes you!
Share a Little Sunshine Part I – Families
Visit Florida, our state tourism entity, has created some warm heart felt videos to invite visitors to our beautiful state of Florida. Attracting families, couples and friends for as long as the sun has shone, Florida is the perfect getaway this last part of Spring and certainly Summer. The entire state has so much to offer travelers. Our little 150 mile stretch of THE Beach is an easy drive-to destination from many Southern states and their cities. Plan a vacation to Florida’s Panhandle to enjoy some of the most stunning white sand beaches in the world.
With several unique beach communities woven along the coast, it is easy to find your place in the sun. Take a trip to Pensacola Beach and take advantage of being surrounded by the rich history of Pensacola. A little further east is Fort Walton Beach, a popular, smaller Island of fun. Destin has just about everything from water parks to fabulous shopping. The Beaches of South Walton is rich with culture and eco-tourism. Our Panama City Beach has developed in a family fun destination with new resorts. And, finally the Forgotten Coast offers the most laid back of vacations. The common thread among this destinations is the beach with blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico and of course, Southern Resorts Vacation Rentals whose properties span the entire way.
Bring your family, friends and loved ones.
Florida invites you and Southern Resorts Vacation Rentals welcomes you!