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Surrounded by the natural beauty of Floridas
Upper Gulf Coast region, Holley King Lake Resort is the perfect
vacation spot for those enjoying the outdoors.
If frolicking on white-sand beaches is on your agenda, youll
want to travel Highway 331 south toward the Gulf of Mexico. Stop
along the way at the Eden State Gardens and Mansion in Point Washington.
Here you can leisurely stroll beneath the Spanish moss-draped oaks
and enjoy the array of magnolias, camellias and azaleas growing
on the grounds of the restored 1898 Greek Revival mansion.
After crossing St. Andrew Bay, follow Highway 98 east to the Panama
City/Panama City Beach area, situated on the Emerald Coast. Here,
along the clear blue-green Gulf waters, youll find what is
said to be the most beautiful stretch of powdery white-sand beach
in the nation. Ideal for shelling, sun bathing and water sports,
the beaches and their piers are also a good place for fishing. Offshore, numerous artificial
reefs and sunken shipwrecks are interesting places for scuba diving.
For a change of pace, travel back inland to visit the Miracle Strip
Amusement Park, adjacent Shipwreck Island, The Museum of Man in
the Sea, and the Ocean Opry Show in Panama City Beach. Travel west
along the coast on scenic Highway 98 to Fort Walton Beach, where
the spectacular beaches with their white-sand dunes have been attracting
travelers since various Native American tribes visited in 500 BC.
Stop at the Indian Temple Mound Museum National Historic Landmark
to see exhibits about the first inhabitants and the 10,000-year
history of Native Americans before the Pilgrims landed.
Before you return to the resort, cross the bay into Pensacola, oldest
city in the Florida Panhandle and birthplace of naval aviation.
Displays at the National Museum of Naval Aviation feature aircraft
from the early biplane era up to the Skylab Command Module. History
buffs will want to visit Historic Pensacola Village and the Seville
Historic, Palafox Historic and North Hill Preservation districts,
as well as the Civil War Soldiers Museum.
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