Best of the Beach

Coffee is a must, whether it’s Monday morning at the office or you’re on vacation at Navarre Beach. You already have a go-to coffee shop in your hometown that might even have your order memorized, but Navarre Beach is new territory. Here’s a list of some great places close to the beach where you can […]

Kids or no kids, beach toys are a great way to spice up any beach day. Sure, sitting with your toes in the white sand watching the foamy waves crash against the shore is as relaxing as relaxing gets. But if beach days make up a majority of your vacation, you’ll want to change it

If you’re on vacation on Navarre Beach, you have probably come to play in the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. Bottlenose dolphins, frequently seen swimming just offshore, feel the same way about the clear blue waters. Wade Jeffrey, an oceanographer who works at the University of West Florida, describes dolphins as playful and “very social if

So you’ve booked your vacation with Navarre Properties, your bags are packed and puzzled together like a game of Tetris in the trunk, and you are on your way to Navarre Beach. You start to think about food and filling your fridge with affordable meals for the next week, so you Google search “Grocery stores

Here’s hoping you make it through your vacation without any medical emergencies. But from sunburn to sore throats and, yes, the occasional sprained wrist from skimboarding, it’s nice to know Navarre has you covered. In the last year, three new urgent care emergency medical facilities have opened within a mile or two of Navarre Beach.

Folks visit Navarre Beach for the crystalline blue waters, white sand, and diverse marine life. It’s a place to swim, fish, and relax. But some people come to the beach on a mission – to find seashells and sand dollars, fragile treasures that rarely wash up on shore fully intact. Summer visitors may have to

Looking for a quiet spot for kids to play in the water? Consider going to a beach along the Santa Rosa Sound. Find the right spot and it will be shallow and free of waves and rip currents. It’s a different atmosphere than the main beach across the street. There are fewer people, fewer umbrellas,

Who doesn’t need an iced drink during a long day at the beach? No one that we can think of. SandBar, which is just east of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, now serves iced drinks both with and without alcohol.  The bar is true to its name and is surrounded by the snow-white sand of Navarre

If you want to feel like you own Navarre Beach, get up early in the morning to watch the sunrise. It’s a peaceful start to the day and you pretty much have the whole beach to yourself. Sunrise typically lasts about 5 or 6 minutes, but the colorful moments leading up to and following sunrise

Going to the beach is a blast but lugging all your stuff about 100 yards from your trunk to your sandy beachfront spot is not anyone’s idea of fun.Want to save yourself the hard work of struggling across the sand carrying everything? A new local business has opened on Navarre Beach called S cartgo Beach