1. SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
America’s
Southeast
Time to plan your stateside vacation in America’s easily accessible
Southeast. Remember all those destinations you’ve intended to visit from the Atlantic coast
to the Gulf of Mexico—with the best beaches in the world, centuries-old history, charm,
and grace, and each with its own distinctive regional cuisine? Well, the time is right to
discover them as they entice with special seasonal offerings and unbridled hospitality.
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Find Your Perfect Beach in South Walton
wenty-six miles of soft, sugar-white Intrepid fun-lovers can partake
sand. Clear turquoise water. Gentle in the first-ever “Treasures of
South Walton breezes. Located in Northwest Florida South Walton Adventure Run”
Top: South Walton naturally sets the scene along the sparkling Gulf of Mexico, this October. Participants in this
for a host of outdoor activities. South Walton is close—no passport 5k obstacle course will encoun-
Below: Savor memorable cuisine created required—yet far from ordinary. ter pirates, scallywags, and all
with locally sourced ingredients.
With luxury accommodations, types of picaroons as they tra-
award-winning restaurants, spas, shopping, cham- verse the beachfront sands of
pionship golf, and an array of year-round events, Topsail Hill Preserve State Park.
it offers the opportunity to paddle a serene dune
South Walton’s natural splendor
Located in Northwest lake in the morning, shop at the nation’s largest
is also the perfect setting for
designer outlet center in the afternoon, then dance
Florida along festivals. Come this fall visit an
the night away to live music at a local hot spot.
oenophile’s paradise at the “Seeing
the sparkling Gulf of
Red” wine festival in Seaside. Or
Mexico, South Walton Fifteen beach neighborhoods—from funky Grayton
experience “Rosemary Beach
Beach and active Miramar Beach to sophisticated
is close—no passport Rosemary Beach—are divinely distinctive. Miles
Uncorked” along picturesque
cobblestone streets, the enor-
required—yet far of hiking and biking trails through acres of state
mously popular three-day food
parks, forests, and along coast-hugging paths
from ordinary. fest “Taste of the Beach,” and the
allow nature lovers glimpses of rare birds and
“Baytowne Beer Festival” in the
mammals. Enjoy a round of golf on a certified
renowned Sandestin Beach.
Audubon course or a game of tennis on a
championship court. Go to VisitSouthWalton.com