Destin, Emerald Coast, Okaloosa Newsroom

BEACH NUPTIALS TO FAIRYTALE CEREMONIES
EMERALD COAST WEDDINGS

DESTIN • FORT WALTON BEACH • OKALOOSA ISLAND, Fla. – The laid-back beach towns of Destin • Fort Walton Beach • Okaloosa Island present unpretentious, uncomplicated and breathtakingly beautiful backdrops for romantic seaside nuptials. With 24 miles of pristine white sands and brilliant emerald green waters, the Emerald Coast displays scenes cast from fairytale storybooks – sprawling, snowy white shores and postcard perfect sunrises and sunsets over the Gulf.

With an average of 297 sunny days throughout the year, this warm-hearted area of Florida’s upper Gulf Coast caresses the bride and groom with a refreshing breeze of Southern pleasantries. From nature-kissed parks and powder-white shores to open-air patios and grand-scaled ballrooms, the Emerald Coast offers everything needed to orchestrate a wedding of a lifetime.

Undoubtedly, the most picturesque backdrop on the Northern Gulf coast is the combination of sun-bleached, shocking white sands with the sparkling emerald-jeweled waters. Brides and grooms alike choose the Emerald Coast beaches for their sweeping, virgin purity – 60 percent of which will forever be preserved.

Providing priceless venues, the natural settings of Henderson Beach State Park, Beasley Park, Wayside County Park, James Lee Park, Fort Walton Beach Landing and Santa Rosa Boulevard are filled with perfectly placed pavilions, gazebos and wooden dune walkovers leading to the Gulf of Mexico.

Barefoot nuptials aboard the hundreds of charter boats available offer backdrop performances by slow-lapping waves and sea-friendly birds, while postcard perfect sunrises and sunsets over the Gulf create stunning backgrounds for wedding portraits and memories.

Starry-eyed lovers looking for simplicity relish the sumptuous seaside cafes of The Crab Trap, The Back Porch, Angler’s and The Lucky Snapper, four of the more than 400 plus eateries throughout the southern sea towns. With views of the Gulf, Destin Harbor and East Pass, couples wed and enjoy an open-air reception with southern seafood favorites such as Oysters Rockefeller, crab cakes and scallops galore.

Traditional upscale weddings are abundant on the Emerald Coast and include everything from elegantly decorated reception rooms and ballrooms at the Emerald Coast Convention Center to lagoon pool affairs at the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort, which plays host to black-tie events with happily ever-after endings to storybook romances.

After saying their vows, newlyweds are beckoned by Destin • Fort Walton Beach • Okaloosa Island to honeymoon at the “Best Beach Town in the South” – as voted by readers of Southern Living magazine for 14 consecutive years. Surprisingly, there are more than 14,000 Gulf-edged rooms available. The popular hotels, spacious condominiums, a bed and breakfast, beach cottages and bungalows showcase evening views of sea oats dancing in the gulf winds underneath a starry sky.

Although the preferred activity is relaxing, this laidback slice of Florida’s upper Gulf Coast is ideal for sun-bronzing on the snowy white shores, tubing down meandering, moss-draped rivers, sailing along the emerald-flecked surf, fishing for the elusive “big blue” from the nation's largest for hire charter boat fleet or golfing on more than 1,080 holes of famously designed golf courses. If slow pace and relaxation rank on the list of “post-wedding” priorities, lovebirds delight in seaside escapades and sunny solitude.

For ease of attendance, wedding parties and guests arrive at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport, offering continuous service by five major airlines. Ground travel is easy along primary feeders: Highway 98, Highways 331 and 85, and Interstate 10.

Additional visitor information about these and other locations is available by calling the Emerald Coast Convention & Visitor Bureau, Inc. at (800) 322-3319 or (850) 651-7131 or by visiting www.emeraldcoastfl.com.

Year 2012
For More Media Information
Michelle Kelly / Anna Whiddon

The Zimmerman Agency
(850) 668-2222
media@destin-fwb.com



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Year 2012 For More Media Information Michelle Kelly / Anna Whiddon The Zimmerman Agency (850) 668-2222 media@destin-fwb.com