Nothing more beats the beauty that the Gulf Coast of Alabama has to offer. You will surely be allured to the splendid white sand beaches of Orange Beach and Gulf Shores and that you might come to realize how you almost want to find yourself staying forever in this place.

A lot of things await you at the Gulf Coast of Alabama. You will truly love to get a glimpse of the 2006 Alabama Tourism’s Director Award winner, the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, wherein more than 300 animals are housed on this 16-acre zoo. This is a home for bears, tigers, lions and many other species of animals. Sight-seeing is truly fun and wonderful at the elevated viewing decks.

Mobile, Alabama is another precious city of the Gulf Coast of Alabama. Not everyone is aware that it is in Mobile and not in New Orleans that the very first American Mardi Gras was ever held. For over three centuries ago, the French armies brought the Mardi Gras tradition to America that is why those in Mobile are seriously taking this event. Of course, Mobile also homes the many popular museums like the Richard DAR House and the Oakleigh’s Historic Museum. A remarkable example of Italianate style, the DAR House is an 1860 antebellum townhouse found at 256 N. Joachim Street in Mobile. Its walled in garden, marbled mantles floating above the grand fireplaces and the cantilevered staircase are truly awesome and breathtaking! Actually, the Oakleigh’s Historic House Museum is a compilation of three different homes. One is the Oakleigh, a gorgeous Greek revival home that has been recognized as the official antebellum museum of Mobile.

Another is the Cox-Deasy located in the complex, is a Creole cottage believed to have been put up around 1850’s. Lastly is the Mardi Gras Cottage which is complete with furnishings collection of the 19th- and early 20th century. Don’t miss to go and see the 1908 built Battle House Hotel which has been reopened after its closure for about 25 years. You will truly admire the artfully and skilfully done hotel.

Do you simply love beaches with all its beautiful sunsets, bright sparkling waters and salt grain-like sands? All these are available at Orange Beach and Gulf Shores. If you just get enough of these beaches and wanted to stroll at some stores, try at Foley’s. An amazing 20-70% off on retail prices on over 100 outlet shops awaits you at the Tanger Outlet Stores found on the South McKenzie Street. You can surely have simple mementos of the place in your way back home.

Abound with many places to explore, beaches to swim, museums to visit and even outlet stores to shop, you can really say that spending a vacation at the Gulf Coast of Alabama is but just worth it. It is fun, exciting, educational and wonderful indeed!