We had the absolute BEST time in Rosemary Beach, Florida and already can’t wait to go back. I had never been to that area of the world before and truly loved it so much.
I know it was only our first time going.. but we have had a lot of questions about what we did, where we ate, any suggestions, etc. so I thought this would be the easiest place to compile them all right here.
Once again, I know I am not an expert so please comment below if there’s anything I missed!
What I Wore:
Food suggestions:
(I underlined the restaurants that we actually went to!)
Panama City
- Cava – it is truly one of my favorite place ever! Worth the drive. I just love it so much and wish it was in Utah! If you’re coming in from the airport around Panama, maybe stop there on your way into Rosemary, Alys, etc.
- Thomas Donuts + Snack Shop
- Pier Park + Yard Milkshake Bar
30A
- Donut Hole – we loved going to eat donuts at the beach and watching the sunset!
- Amici 30A Italian Kitchen/Mexican Cantina – a great place to watch any sports events if you’re there during any fun games. I also LOVED the chips and guac here! Still craving them…
Rosemary Beach
- The Sugar Shak – candy, ice cream, etc. My kids were obsessed!
- Cowgirl Kitchen
- La Crema (desserts and tapas) – this is the one place I really wish we would’ve tried and didn’t!
- Farmers Market on Sundays
- Summer Kitchen Cafe
- The Pearl Hotel ($$$)
Aly’s Beach:
- Raw & Juicy – great, healthy breakfast option with a huge park for the kids to run around and play
- Charlie’s Delights
- The Citizen
Seaside
- Black Bear Bread Co – a delicious place for breakfast!
- Great Southern Cafe – a great place to try shrimp & grits! I loved my meal here
- Bud & Alleys – I loved the kale salad and pizza I got from here!
- It’s Heavenly Ice Cream
- The Big Chill (food court style/family friendly)
- The Perfect Pig
- Bruno’s Takeout (pizza for the beach?)
- Scratch
- Old Florida Fish House (brunch only on Sunday)
- Fish Out of Water
What I Wore:
Things To Do:
- See the Truman Show House in Seaside
- Cutest Post Office (ever?) in Seaside
- Deer Lake State Beach is so beautiful!
- Bike around Western Lake (up by Watercolor)
- Seaside Beach (open 5-8pm or with chair reservation)
- Go relax at the beach/pool a lot obviously!
- More ideas of what to do in Rosemary Beach
- Events in Rosemary Beach
- Events in Alys Beach
- Events in Seaside
Suggestions:
- Check to see if your hotel/rental property has bikes and/or beach chairs you can use. If not, we rented a couple of additional bikes that had Burleys + beach chairs and umbrellas from Vacayzen.
- At Rosemary Beach, you need a key to enter most entry points to the beach and your hotel/rental property should offer that.
- You can rent the chairs they have there each day (it was about $88/per day for 2 chairs + umbrellas) so we found it was much cheaper to just rent our own from Vacayzen
- A lot of people asked where we flew into.. we flew into Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport but you could also fly into Panama or plenty of other airports I am sure
- We found our rental on VRBO but each cities website also lists out rental properties that you could look into too!
That should be it! Feel free to comment if I missed anything!
-Liv
