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Gulf Shores & Orange Beach, Alabama

November 20, 2010 by Dave18 Comments

With only a limited amount of gulf coastline in the entire state, this part of Alabama really delivers in regards to long white sand beaches, bright blue sunshine and clean air, world class southern cuisine, but most of all, the genuine Southern hospitality. The area certainly becomes crowded in the summer. This is a true family destination with a wide range of visitors coming from the Midwest and the East Coast. Visitors come year after year; this is the kind of place where family traditions and long lasting memories are made.

If you talk to the locals you will soon discover the media affected their tourism far greater than the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill of April 2010 ever did. There was one day on the coast where smells were noticed from the results of the oil spill and the beaches at no time were ever “covered” in oil or even closed. Rather, random locations saw tar balls come ashore.

BP has invested significant amounts of money in this cleanup and people have literally been working around the clock to detect any oil that penetrated into the shoreline (below the surface). Visually the beaches look cleaner than they ever have. Fine grained white sand stretches for miles (32 miles to be exact) along Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.

Highlights of the trip so far have definitely been the cuisine, the legendary Southern Hospitality and the accommodations at Turquoise Place in Gulf Shores.

Here is the article with the trip summary.

Magnolia Springs B&B
Delectable desserts, Jesse’s Restaurant
Alabama Armadillo
Thai style raw oysters at The Hangout Restaurant

Gulf Shores Beach
Outside dining at The Hangout Restaurant
A sign of the legendary Southern Hospitality
Suite, Turquoise Place

Bandaid Tins, Decoration at The Hangout Restaurant
Covered dining at The Hangout Restaurant
Street, Magnolia Springs
Beach in Gulf Shores

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Filed Under: North America · Tagged: Alabama, Beach, Culinary travel, England, Gulf Shores, Sand

Comments

  1. Quay Po Cooks says

    November 20, 2010 at 4:55 am

    Wonderful pictures and look forward to read more of your trip.

  2. Lyza says

    November 21, 2010 at 3:50 am

    Hi Dave! I like the bandaid tins, they’re so cute!

    Thanks for following 🙂

  3. Lieza Requieron says

    November 22, 2010 at 7:26 am

    Hello… You’ve really enjoyed your trip to Alabama..:-) Thanks for sharing those pictures.. Hope you can visit Philippines…I envy those Desserts,…Yum…

  4. berry says

    November 22, 2010 at 1:13 am

    hi dave 🙂 u have a great travel blog here. keep it up!

  5. Kristin says

    November 26, 2010 at 7:01 am

    Looks like a wonderful visit! I can’t tell you how long I looked for an armadillo when I passed through the area…never saw one 🙁 Thanks for the inspiration!

  6. thisisme says

    November 30, 2010 at 9:41 am

    Fantastic photoes, and I was so pleased to hear about the clean beaches. As you say, I think the media have a lot to answer for.

  7. Priscilla Marfori says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    Beautiful pictures, like the blog! Kisses.

  8. lila Braga says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    fabulous post!!!

  9. Priscilla Marfori says

    December 3, 2010 at 3:01 pm

    Cold Play is one of the best bands of recent times. I have on my blog a very good version of their music! Kisses.

    =)

  10. Carrie C. says

    December 4, 2010 at 6:09 pm

    Lovely pictures! Thanks for highlighting a place that I would certainly have otherwise overlooked.

  11. Rita says

    December 17, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    Good morning! Grazie per essere passato! Belle immagini! Saluti da Mantova Bozzolo Italy! Kisses!

  12. JOPZ BASE1 says

    December 17, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    NICE SHOTS, thanks for the visit on the blog BASE1 BRASIL and for becomming a follower.If you wish to know more about any post just tell and I send you the translations.

    thanks,

    JOPZ

  13. David says

    December 18, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    Hi Jopz – you also have a nice site, I’ve been using Google Translate for any non English sites. Thanks very much for the post linking back to my site 🙂

    Check out Jopz’s post here:

    http://b1brasil.blogspot.com/2010/12/novo-seguidor-dave-32.html

  14. aikatherine says

    December 21, 2010 at 11:53 am

    Feliz Natal e um Feliz Ano Novo. Tenho netos agora, e assamos presentinhos de Natal.

  15. Ivonne says

    December 21, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    BP has invested significant amounts of money ?

  16. Martina - FUCK THE FAME says

    December 26, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    THX FOR FOLLOW ME DAVE!
    CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR TRIPS AND PHOTOS.
    I LOVE TRAVEL A LOT..

    KISSES!

  17. Liza Carvalho says

    December 29, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    Lindo seu blog, fotos fantasticas!!! Adorei!!!
    FELIZ ANO NOVO!!!

  18. maric says

    March 13, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    Muy bonitas fotos y lugares. Un blog fantástico.
    Un saludo de lo + cordial.

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