Five Things to Love about Pensacola, FL - What? Only five? I'll have to make them REALLY Good!
1. The Beach - Where else can you find miles and miles of accessible Gulf front bordered by white sand beaches?
Of the 1,474 acres of Santa Rosa Island controlled by Escambia County, about 77 acres are approved for hotel development - a little more than 5 % of the total acreage. By contrast, more than 600 acres are reserved for preservation, conservation, recreation and beaches. That's in addition to the 1,742 acres of Gulf Islands National Seashoreland preserved to the west of Pensacola Beach toward Fort Pickens and the 1,598 acres of National Seashore that will remain undeveloped to the east. Hotels are built along a central stretch a little more than a mile long.
2. The Blue Angels - Pensacola is home to the Navy's Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels. The Blues call Sherman Field at Naval Air Station Pensacola home, so Pensacola residents are lucky enough to have two official Blue Angels Show, the July show on Pensacola Beach (usually the second week in July) and the Homecoming Show in November when the show season ends. But the best part is all the "unofficial shows" as the Blue Angels practice on Tuesday and Thursday mornings when they are between shows and in off season.
3. Historic Downtown Pensacola - How many U.S. towns can say their downtown dates back to 1559? Only one! Spanish Explorer Don Tristen DeLuna arrived in Pensacola with several ships and over 1500 colonists only to be met a few days after making landfall with a horrendous storm. Had it not been for the storm Pensacola would carry the title of oldest continuous settlement in the Untied States (an honor that now belongs to St. Augustine. However, Pensacola's historic downtown still maintains the Spanish influence. A day touring sites like Plaza Ferdinand, Seville Square and Christ Church make Pensacola a SUPER vacation spot.
4. Festivals - I think Pensacola must hold some kind of record for festivals. You can't find a weekend in the Summer (and many in the Spring and Fall) without a festival on tap. From the Fiesta of Five Flags, to Mardi Gras and the Greater Gulf Coast Arts and Crafts Festival . . . and all manner of festivals in between, this is the place for entertainment. And . . . every Tuesday through the summer there is a free concert on Pensacola Beach as well as a free concert at Seville Square. HOOOO . . . I'm getting tired just thinking about all of them.
5. Fabulous Housing . . . and friendly people to make your day! When it comes to housing inventory, we have an incredible variety. Do you want to sip your ice tea (sweet, of course) on the front porch of a 100 year old Victorian cottage or is a state-of-the-art beach condo more your style? We've got them both and MORE. With over 6,000 homes currently on the market in the Greater Pensacola Bay area . . . we've got the perfect home for you!
Five things to Love about Pensacola - shoot . . . heck, I've just gotten started . . .
I sell the Greater Pensacola Bay Area and Gulf Coast - all without using scripts, playing games or relying on gimmicks . . . I believe that's why over 85% of my business is repeat and referral.
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Robin,
That first photo got me! We desert rats sure miss the water.
Mike in Tucson
I love the Blue Angels and had an opportunity to fly in their Air Show here in Memphis back in the 1980's. Pensacola is beautiful.
Mike - Paradise is just a short plane ride away!
David - That must have been a thrill. My husband was also able to fly in an airshow with the Blues. My son was about seven at the time and I remember how excited he was when the announcers called his daddy's name as the plane rolled out onto the tarmac. Pretty heady stuff!
Great pictures looks like a really nice place to live.
All the best!
Kevin - Thanks for your comment. The difficulty is, trying to choose a photo - there are just too many gorgeous scenes to choose from. My list of Things to Love about Pensacola could number in the hundereds . . . but then it would be a 20 page post!
I encourage everyone if they can at one time in their life to visit Gulf Islands National Seashores. What an incredibly beautiful place.
Robin, thank you for the wonderful photos. I'm going to show my hubby who is a native of Pensacola.
Kris - Thanks for the great endorsement! You HAVE to visit to understand the beauty of the place. Like your husband, I, too, am a native Pensacolian. I spent my first 18 years thinking about "getting outta Dodge" and the next 25 years trying to figure out how to get back! It' truly magical.