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Gulf Coast beaches, naval aviation history, historic forts and lively streets on Florida’s western edge.
Stroll Palafox Street, laid out in 1812, past 19th-century buildings, boutiques and restaurants on the Pensacola waterfront.
A federally protected chain of barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico, running from Pensacola into Mississippi, with dunes and sea oats.
Open since 1962, it displays more than 150 aircraft, plus spacecraft and countless aerospace artifacts and exhibits.
A life-sized museum of more than 25 restored buildings and several museums across 8.5 acres, dating back to colonial times.
Pensacola’s entertainment complex since 1967, with a club, dance hall and bar that grew from Rosie O’Grady’s beer-and-peanuts saloon.
A 705-acre park between Big Lagoon and Pensacola Bay, with trails, boating, stargazing, geocaching, picnic areas and birdwatching.
White sand stretches for miles beside clear blue water, with a pier in view, along federally protected shoreline.
Built in 1844 to protect the naval base, this brick fort still has camouflaged artillery bunkers, cannon placements and hidden passageways.
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