Are you tired of the crowds and high rise developments along the beach? Do you long for a quiet stretch of white sand where you can relax in solitude? Then, travel to The Forgotten Coast of Florida for the beach vacation of your dreams.

The Forgotten Coast is the area in the crook of the Florida panhandle (also know as the Big Bend) that spans the pristine coastline from St Marks Lighthouse on the east to Mexico Beach on the west. Along the way are Port St Joe, Cape San Blas, Apalachicola, Carrabelle, Eastpoint, St George Island, Lanark Village and other obscure small towns and barrier islands.

This region is famous (but not too famous!) for its fresh seafood. The Annual Florida Seafood Festival is held in Apalachicola at the beginning of each November. Other yearly feasts include the Apalachicola Downtown Oyster Roast, the Oyster Spat Festival on St George Island, a Low Country Shrimp Boil near Simmons Bayou, the Stone Crab Festival in St Marks and the Mighty Mullet Maritime Festival in Panacea. In addition, nearly every local festival offers plenty of fresh seafood options to attendees.

These downhome celebrations are absolutely the best way to enjoy the local harvest from the sea. Along with regional favorites, you’ll get to try recipes rarely found in restaurants and talk to the people who catch and prepare fish and shellfish as part of their daily routine.

Flounder, grouper, mackerel and snapper and many other delicious species are abundant in the brackish estuaries, the protected waters of Apalachicola Bay and the expansive Gulf of Mexico. Booking a day on a local charter fishing boat makes it easy to catch your own “mess of fish” for dinner.

So, if just plain relaxing and dining on prime seafood top your list of things to do on a Florida beach vacation, take off your shoes, put on your bib and go directly to the Forgotten Coast.

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