Stopped by to get some local area & not only did they have some bright brochures they reccomended a…read morecouple of.places we'd might like to visit. Very helpful!

Stopped in during a trip because I didn't know where to mail some cards (Christmas!). The lady…read morebehind the desk told me where the post was (2 miles opposite way I was traveling) and offered to take the cards with her when she stopped by later that day to mail other items. What a great visitors welcome! The facility was beautiful and full of information. No doubt helpful for anyone.

Great little beach section we found, had a nice time and time beach weather…read more I do always think about alligator, however this spot was clean and safe.

We hiked this from the main parking lot at the preserve to pine beach and it was just a little over…read more4 miles total. The beach was pretty and we found some large shells. We also ran up on a baby cotton mouth on the trail, so keep your eyes open! I think there is public parking available on mobile st so you wouldn't have to hike the full way to get to the beach. I didn't know this until afterwards.

This is a cool enough place and despite being a regular visitor to Pensacola for probably close to…read moretwenty years, this was my first time coming to.the visitor center. The gentleman working here was friendly and outgoing and the place just had an upbeat, bright vibe going on for it. If you are in Pensacola, come check this place out.

This is a cool little Visitor's Center! Outside, there are two maps of interest, one is for…read moreEscambia County and the other for Downtown Pensacola. As you enter, there are four Blue Angels Jets in formation suspended from the ceiling. As with most Visitor Information Centers, there are restrooms, brochures, and places to sit and relax. It is right on the Pensacola Bay. This is a good place to stop in before heading across the Pensacola Bay Bridge to Gulf Breeze or Pensacola Beach and beyond. There is a sidewalk along the water's edge. It was closed in Aug. of 2022 due to damage from Hurricane Sally. I would definitely recommend coming in and picking up some brochures!

Bathrooms are very clean and the staff were welcoming and helpful. It was a nice place to stop and…read morestretch my legs on the long drive back to Orlando. I love that they have station to charge electronic devices ex and tons of pamphlets on things to do and see in FL! They also give you free Orange juice which is a nice touch for any visitors to the state.

I been coming here since I was a kid. This Florida welcome…read moreCenter has been here since 1949. Before my mom died her favorite story to tell was a story about me, at this Florida welcome center, when I was just 4 years old. One day we were traveling from my grandparents house in Louisiana (her parents home) back to our home, here in Pensacola. We lived here in Pirate'cola when I was a baby, my father was in the service here. Anyway, as the story goes, we were driving back from grandmas house about 2 and a half hours drive. Everyone wanted to stop for orange juice & I had to pee. I was 4 so orange juice was very important & I was very excited to get my orange juice. Anyway, back in those days I was a little majorette in Kindergarten. I was a very good baton twirler, had a snazzy little blue sequined one piece body suit & white cowboy boots that I wore on the field at the football game. Anyway, I was the smallest majorette with my tiny baton & tiny tiny little white cowboy boots. I was so adorable! I wore them to my grandmothers to show her how cute I was, obviously, and was still wearing my cute little white boots on the way home. So I waited & waited so excited to get my orange juice but it was taking longer than I expected to pull into the Florida Welcome Center. We pull in & I jumped out of the car, running to the bathroom to pee so I could go get my Orange Juice! But i didn't make it up the hill & peed in my little white boots. When my mom got up the hill to the entrance, I was barefoot sitting on the grass. She asked me where are your little white boots & I pointed at the trash can. lol After I peed in my little white boots, I obviously did not need them anymore. duh. Anyway, I did get my orange juice & a new pair of little white boots the next week as I was taught to never litter. Till this very day, every time I come into Pensacola & see that big Florida Welcome sign, I always remember how much I love Florida, my memories of my mother, her exquisitely untarnished love for me & the smell of fresh new white cowboy boots. Highest Recommendations.

My family and I stopped by here while traveling. It's a cool place to stop. They have lots of stuff…read moreto buy inside the store and their bathrooms are clean. I didn't really notice that they had a restaurant until we were leaving. It's a derailed train diner. For a travel center it's a cool place to stop and get gas and browse around.

This is located just a few miles west of the Florida/Alabama border on Interstate 10 and has always…read morebeen a great place to stop for food, snacks, gas and clean restrooms. The Derailed Diner inside the travel center is a sit-down restaurant with a train decor that includes a crossing sound that plays at regular intervals in the parking lot. There's also a fried chicken takeout place inside. On my most recent stop I was excited to find that they have added a spin rack of paperback books. I'm always looking for something new to read on road trips and these racks are getting harder to find. I bought the science fiction novels Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison and Solar Express by L. E. Modesitt Jr. along with some Stuckey's treats.

Alabama knows how to Celebrate Christmas! This rest stop…read morehas tons of Christmas Trees up all year round in their lobby Celebrating the Magic of Christmas, as Christmas is the most magical here! At Home Sweet Home Alabama! One of the best places to visit during Christmas is in nearby Mobile County, Alabama, where they hosts "Magic Christmas in Lights" each year. Located on the grounds of "Bellingrath Gardens" it's one of the best Christmas light displays in the U.S. There is tons of info located in the lobby about all things Alabama. It's a great stop with a beautiful lobby with multiple Christmas trees for all your insta selfies & viewing pleasure. A beautiful large "park like" setting outside, with super clean restrooms inside. Highly Recommend.

This is the Alabama Welcome Center along I-10 West. This welcome center is also called the Baldwin…read moreCounty Welcome Center. It is located just after entering the state from Florida. They are at mile marker 65.8, so in essence, we know that I-10 through Alabama is roughly 66 miles long. My visit here was on August 25, 2022. The weather on this day wasn't so good. It would be nothing but rain all day long. Making this stop at the welcome center was totally needed to get out of the car for a bit, as well as getting off the rainy roads. It was coming down pretty heavy at times. It was great to get inside, use the restroom, and just check things out on the inside of the building. Due to the rain, I didn't do anything outside there on that visit. Even though it was raining, they do have plenty of open outdoor space here. Although the visitor center is open from 8 am to 5 pm, restrooms and such are open 24 hours daily. The Alabama Welcome Centers have all been very welcoming. The inside of the building was really nice. Let's start with the restrooms. The restrooms were in great shape. They were well stocked and clean. The rest of the welcome center was nice too. Each area of inside was broken down into different parts of the state. They were broken up into the Highlands, Plantation, Wiregrass, and Gulf Coast regions. It was very well organized. When traveling along I-10 West, you will go through the Wiregrass and then the Gulf Coast sections of the state. Overall, this was a very nice welcome center, which is something I have always experienced for the ones in Alabama. Even in bad weather, it is still worth making the stop to come inside. You can get maps, construction info for the state, and more. The staff there were great as well. If your travels take you into Alabama along I-10 West, you should definitely make that stop here.

The ladies that work in this visitors center are so sweet and their information was not only useful…read morebut, informative. You can pick up all of your normal pamphlets here for tourist attractions, they will give you dinner recommendations, real estate magazines, etc. If you came here without doing much research or just want to know the best restaurants in town this is the place for you. They recommended the trolley tour around town which picks up right outside and we decided to hop on; definitely a must do for a background on the cities history. We event received some restaurant coupons for free items and discount dining! I appreciate a visitors center where you can tell they are proud to share their city with you!

Got good information on what to see from the Mobile Visitor's Center at Fort Condé. But once at…read morethe sights found Mobile a bit parochial. There is an assumption that a visitor understands details of the various sights. Examples included 1) Magnolia Cemetery with its various unique burial places. We were lucky to find some of them without written directions. 2) The Mobile Carnival Museum's front door has a chain link fence across it because its entrance is on a one-way street that leads away from the museum (to reach it you have to drive around the block to find it). And, 3) the Museum of Mobile, on it literature says, open until 5 pm yet when you get there they open only to 4:30 on Mardi Gras Parade days. In this video you can see we were able to nuance those nuisances. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgA-u4Ai3ng Visitor's Center also recommended ride the Moda! a free bus that loops through downtown Mobile. You will find the windows on the cites free Moda! circulator bus to be a disappointment. It is a mini bus where all expenses were saved on glass. There were windows on both sides of the bus but the windows, especially the front were small. Thr front windows seemed designed for the just the driver to see out. Very disappointed. I wonder if the city bureaucrat who ordered those busses ever rode in one? Will admit I missed and avoided downtown Mobile after just one bus trip.

We visited the NAS Pensacola just a few weeks ago, and we truly enjoyed our visit to this northern…read moreFlorida military base. Obviously, visitors generally must have a valid military identification card to get on the Naval base. Since we are a retired military family, we visit the NAS Pensacola base in Pensacola, Florida two-three times a year. All of the facilities are highly maintained and the base is always very clean. Alot open space to exercise, enjoy the outdoor activities and beaches are private, military only. If your staying on base, it's a great value, clean and you have access to all this privacy. I absolutely love this area, and will continue to support all the services, by spending my money on base! See my review of the Navy Lodge for more detailed review. @glampedlife

one of the best museum in the United States. In the Pensacola area this is really a must see. I…read morehad been to Pensacola many times before, but just never made time to see it. The aircraft and variety is amazing. The Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds were performing this weekend. Be patient lots of people and long lines. Good times were had.

The Beach moms are the best! Jamie was awesome! They helped us with groceries before our arrival,…read moregetting beach service booked, a photo shoot on the beach and a couple of local restaurant recommendations/reservations. Let's be honest in today's world everyone is so busy, taking time to learn about a new place before vacation can be daunting so why not trust a local. Jamie got our groceries that we wanted and delivered (and put away) to our Condo so we could hit the beach when we got there. Her restaurant recommendations were spot on and very good (shout out Jesse's on the bay and Big Fish) and the recommended photographer was great and the results were awesome. ( Shout out Lori at StoporIllShoot photography) 10/10 would recommend this service when coming to Gulf Shores!

I booked beach Mom's for Thanksgiving 2024. They use Wateroak costal catering. I was disappointed…read morein the food advertised and the food we got. The turkey was supposed to be bone off with dark meat, I got a turkey breast. The green beans were canned and the Conecuh was a few pieces of sausage. The dressing was so bad we tossed it and used stove top. I paid 125.00 for delivery fee and then was charge a 20% tip that is in the small print on the web site. Then Wateroak charged me twice on my credit card. After getting that cleared up I requested they wave the tip due to the quality of the food and what was advertised. No response. I would not recommend them. AT 100.00 a person for 6 people we should have gone to a restaurant.