Pensacola
Pensacola Attractions
National Aviation Museum
 Come
to the naval aviation museum and experience all the 3,000 artifacts that
encompass it and experience flight first hand and what it entails to send a ship
into orbit or into the sky and how complicated it really is. You will be simply
amazed and at awe by what it all takes and how challenging it really is.
Pensacola Naval Air Station
 Home
base for the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, is just
one of the many innovations at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Here they
display breath taking acrobatic stunts in some of the fastest planes on earth.
Fort Barrancas
U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Barrancas, under the command of John H. Winder.
On January 8th, Florida state troops under Colonel William Henry Chase demanded
that the federal troops surrender the fort. As Winder was not present , Lieutenant was in charge. LT Slemmer knew
that Fort Pickins was easier to defend, so he spiked
the guns at Barrancas and loaded ammunition and supplies on a flatboat. He moved his company across the bay to
Fort Pickens, and held that fort for the Union throughout the Civil War.
Historic Pensacola
Village
 Historic
village consists of twenty properties belonging to the Pensacola National
Register Historic District, including several museums and other great
adventures. The Pensacola Village gives you a taste of what life was like before
modernization and industrialism. You can enjoy laid back country life and
ways that seem so foreign today.
Gulf Islands National Seashore
This 150-mile stretch of seashore, which runs from Cat Island in Mississippi to
Santa Rosa Island in Florida, offers majestic blue water and many beautiful
beaches along the way.
150 miles is what encompasses the whole Gulf Islands National Seashore. It
is home to thousands of species many of which are native to Florida and inhabit
the coast but aren't found any where else in the world.
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Famous for its 52 miles of white sand shoreline and the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Pensacola also ranks as
America's first place of settlement, leaving it shining with historic uniqueness. Pensacola
anchors the western end of Florida’s Panhandle and boasts culture, outdoor
adventure, fine museums and attractions. The 160-foot Pensacola Lighthouse,
built in 1859, still in use and offering tours, is the nation’s fourth tallest
brick lighthouse. The T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum, in an elaborate
Renaissance Revival structure first built as Pensacola’s City Hall, is filled
with artwork, artifacts, antique photographs and a hands-on children’s Discovery
Gallery. Among Pensacola’s more whimsical sites is the kitschy neon billfish
sign pointing to Pensacola Beach. Commissioned in the 1950s by the Santa Rosa
Island Authority, it started life downtown, and in 1960 was relocated near the
Bob Sikes Bridge in Gulf Breeze, shining so bright at night, it is sometimes
mistaken for a space ship.
Rental Cars
While in Pensacola travel from your place
of residency to the attraction that you are trying to reach by renting a
Pensacola Rental Car. The choice to rent ahead of time is one of
the best decisions you can make as a tourist or a person that is
traveling to a new place of interest. This cuts down incredibly on
expenses and time for travel. This makes your stay that much
better and much more efficient. So know before you go and get a
guaranteed rental car for Pensacola.
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