Navarre beach

We stay in navarre every year when we go to the beach. We love it but there are only like 2 restaurants on the island itself. Everything else is across the bridge.

If you stay in condos I would suggest summerwind or others that are close to the pier as afternoon traffic further down can be brutal. Like 20 minutes to go 2 miles.

Usually at the busiest times you have about 2 rows of chair setups. We mostly go right after memorial day most years. But I'll actually be there Sunday with our son and a friend since the wife and I are going to Mexico this summer.

We hated Navarre because of the afternoon traffic.....we always like to go to dinner at night and it was a beat down getting across that bridge every day.

Haven't been to Perdido Key in a few years but it fits the bill. Look up Ocean Breeze East which had empty lots to the west of it so not crowded at all. Actually Ocean Breeze West was similar, with empty lots to the east of it. Not sure if they are nice enough for you. East was starting to need some remodeling last time we were there. Still close enough to Orange Beach that the dining choices were endless.

Thanks for all feedback. Is the traffic a problem during spring and fall also or is that just a summer issue?

We go to Navarre every year. Love it. We have a huge section of the beach to ourselves. We combine a couple of house next to each other and have about 30 family members. True that if you like to eat out, you’d be disappointed. We bring our boil setup and fry setup and cook every night. Perfect for us.

Used to love the Holidome wasn’t it one where you could swim from inside to outside? Great arcade. It’s only been about 40 years. Didn’t one of the Hurricanes do it in?

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Are there enough restaurants?

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I personally feel the entire gulf coast is overpriced and only some more than others more Navarre is priced pretty adequately I think. With kids 5 and 3 how often do you plan to go out to eat?

It has less options as far as entertainment, dining, etc but thats why you pay less. It's designed more for people to enjoy the beach, their condo pool, eat more in their condo and not put up with the crowds and traffic that come with "water parks", laser tag, indoor dark light mini golf, outlet malls, one crappy seafood restaurant after another and too many t-shirt shops.

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personally feel the entire gulf coast is overpriced and only some more than others more Navarre is priced pretty adequately I think. With kids 5 and 3 how often do you plan to go out to eat?

It has less options as far as entertainment, dining, etc but thats why you pay less. It's designed more for people to enjoy the beach, their condo pool, eat more in their condo and not put up with the crowds and traffic that come with "water parks", laser tag, indoor dark light mini golf, outlet malls, one crappy seafood restaurant after another and too many t-shirt shops.

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True. We seldom go out to eat. Personally I got tired of eating the same frozen seafood I can get up here in Miz at 10x the price. It boggles my mind how I can be sitting at a table looking at the dang Gulf and be eating something that didn't come from it.

Seems like just a summer issue. I’ve left every night around 5 and while there is traffic it’s not backed up all the way down gulf Blvd. They installed a new light at the corner by the Tom Thumb so maybe that’s helped.