The Perdido House is located right on the water with a
fantastic view of the Intracoastal Waterway and surrounding
white sand. It is, however, not located on the beach
itself. The fabulous Johnson Beach, part of Gulf Island
National Seashore, is only 1.5 miles away, about 5 minutes
by car. The National Seashore is 5 or 6 miles of
undeveloped, white sand beach surrounded on one side by the
Gulf of Mexico and on the other side by Big Lagoon. To the
right of Johnson Beach, there are many high rise, luxury
hotels with access to the beach and plenty of people if
bikini watching is what you are interested in. Another mile
or so to the east is Perdido Key State Park which has board
walks leading to another mile or so of totally undeveloped
beach located on the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The
famous or infamous Florabama Lounge is just down the road.
About 2 miles and 5 minutes by car to the East of Perdido
House is Big Lagoon State
Park, which
consists of several hundred acres of boat
ramps, beaches
on Big Lagoon,
picnic
pavilions,
and hiking trails. About 3 blocks to the West of Perdido
House, further down Interarity Point, is the
Galvez
Landing, a
public recreation area, where you can launch
boats into
Perdido Bay. Perdido Bay is a wide expanse of water
surrounded by white sand beaches and sprinkled with
small sand islands. Just in case you are thirsty or
hungry, Hub
Stacey's restaurant is located next to Galvez
Landing. You can see their menu here.
A few more blocks down the road is the original Point
Restaurant with great seafood and usually has live
bluegrass music on Friday and Saturday nights.
Going West from Galvez Landing by boat will take you to
various restaurants with docking facilities such as the
famous LuLu's Restaurant owned by Jimmy Buffet's sister and
the Alabama Pass. Across from Galvez Landing is
Holiday Harbor Marina
and Restaurant. Check out
the local specialty (fried mullet). About 400 yards by
boat you will be back to Perdido House with its dock.
Another 1/8th of a mile east will take you under the
Perdido Bridge into Big Lagoon. On the right you can
dock at the Oyster Bar and sample their fabulous stuffed
grouper. Further to the East is Big Lagoon Park with its
amenities. Another 3 or 4 miles down Big Lagoon will
take you to the Pensacola Pass and out into the Gulf or
over to the famous Fort Pickens Civil War State Park.