Don't miss a trip to the hands-on National Naval Aviation Museum, showing 4,000+ artifacts and 150 restored aircraft representing our Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aviation. Create thrilling moments of your own inside the 360-degree full motion Flight Simulator and IMAX Theatre. Pensacola is also home to the famous Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron.

Pensacola offers visitors a fascinating contrast: balmy sugar sand beaches, bold military strength, breezy Southern-style hospitality…all blended into one pleasing mix. Spend some time here to discover a city that’s surprisingly cultured and diverse, with far more indoor and outdoor pleasures than you can possibly fit into one trip. Pensacola International Airport claims the lowest Gulf Coast airfares.

Pensacola's downtown offers charming, waterfront shopping at locally-owned shops and galleries. Wander through stores stocked with quality imported textiles, eclectic home furnishings, artesian creations, trendy clothing and hand-made jewelry. Indulge your sweet tooth with tasty Southern pecans and sweets at J.W. Renfroe Pecan Company. All the name brands you know and love are at Cordova Mall. Or multi-task: play beachside, then browse shopping delights on the Portofino Boardwalk.

Southern flavors and soulful music are always on the menu at the Five Sisters Blues Café, where southern cuisine gets kicked up a notch with Creole and Caribbean flavors, as well as live blues music. Pensacola’s original 1927 Old Firehouse now houses the very popular McGuire’s Irish Pub: a turn-of-the-century New York themed restaurant. Open since 1977, it’s most famous for its steaks and was actually named Steak House of the Year by the National Beef Council in 1998.