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Colonial cottages to elegant such as a shrunken head from d Apalachicola
Classical-Revival homes. pre-Columbian times and old * 2,300. @ Tallahassee. n 122
Pensacola was wiped out by a Coca-Cola bottles. Commerce St, (850) 653-9419.
hurricane two years after it was Farther north, the North Hill ∑ apalachicolabay.org
established, but it was soon Preservation District has 19th-
rebuilt, and over the next 300 and 20th-century houses, built A riverside customs station
years the city was occupied by on the sites of British and established in 1823, Apalachicola’s
the Spanish, French, English, Spanish forts. Even today, first 100 years were its finest.
and the Americans. The 1800s cannonballs are found in local It flourished first with the
were a period of prosperity gardens. A very striking home is cotton trade, and later with
ushered in by the timber boom, the McCreary House on North the lumber boom. Today, pines
and much of today’s downtown Baylen Street. A Queen Anne and hardwoods still stand in
dates from this time. home built in 1900, it has a the Apalachicola National
Pensacola’s oldest quarter, the gabled roof and tower. Lying Forest. The area offers hiking
Historic Pensacola Village, has between the two districts, trails, canoeing opportunities,
a number of museums and Palafox Street is the city’s and campsites. Oystering in
houses, built by wealthy commercial hub. the Apalachicola River began in
pioneers and traders. There are the 1920s. Oyster boats still pull
daily tours from Tivoli House E TT Wentworth, Jr., Florida up at the dockside, and Water
on Zaragoza Street. Forming a State Museum Street has many places where
backdrop to the Museum 330 S Jefferson St. Tel (850) 595-5985 fresh oysters are available.
of Commerce is a cleverly Open Tue–Sat. Closed public hols. & A walking map of the
constructed Victorian street- 7 ∑ historicpensacola.org old town, available at the
scape, complete with a printer’s Chamber of Commerce,
workshop, a saddlery, and an takes in buildings from the
old-time music store. Florida’s cotton era, such as the 1838
earliest church, the Old Christ Greek Revival Raney House.
Church (1832), stands in the The John Gorrie State Museum
leafy Seville Square shaded by houses a model of Gorrie’s
oaks and magnolia trees. patent ice-making machine.
The TT Wentworth, Jr., Designed to cool yellow fever
Florida State Museum, set in a patients, the doctor’s 1851
Spanish Renaissance Revival invention was the vanguard
building, has an eclectic Guides in 19th-century costume in the of modern refrigeration and
collection that includes oddities Historic Pensacola Village air conditioning.

5 Fort Walton Beach
is a relaxed resort, ideal for
family holidays. It is also
one of the best beaches
for water sports.

Valparaiso
9 Panama City Beach is a
buzzing place, lined with condos
and amusement parks; it’s the
Fort Walton Choctawhatchee Bay
Beach Panhandle’s biggest resort. Water
sports facilities are excellent here.
7 Santa Rosa Beach, a
relatively undeveloped beach, Seaside
is backed by dunes and
marshlands teeming with
birds and other wildlife.
Panama
6 Destin attracts City
bathers, water sports 8 Grayton has boardwalks across 0 St. Andrews State Park
fans, and deep-sea the dunes, which lead to one of has a superb beach that,
fishing enthusiasts to the finest beaches in the country. unlike Panama City
its splendid beach.
Beach, is well protected
against developers.

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