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Pensacola Lighthouse & Museum - The Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum offers climbing tours of the landmark 1859 lighthouse. The Lighthouse, situated on Pensacola Bay across from the Naval Aviation Museum, offers indoor and outdoor history exhibits, gift shop, Light of the Moon Tours, Ghost Hunts, weddings and special events. You can also watch the Blue Angels practice from atop the lighthouse! Hours: Sunday 12:30pm-5:30pm, Monday - Saturday 10:30-5:30pm. Admission for the Lighthouse and Museum $5 for adults, $3 for children 7-11. For more info call 850- 637-4050.

Palafox Historic District - Palafox Street is the main stem of historic downtown Pensacola and the center of the Palafox Historic District. The commercial and government hub of Old Pensacola is now an active cultural and retail district. Note the opulent Spanish Renaissance-style Saenger Theater, Pensacola's 1925 movie palace, which now hosts performances by the local symphony and opera, and the Bear Block, a former wholesale grocery with wrought-iron balconies that are a legacy from Pensacola's Creole past. On Palafox between Government and Zaragoza streets is a statue of Andrew Jackson that commemorates the formal transfer of Florida from Spain to the United States in 1821.

North Hill Preservation District - Pensacola's affluent families, many made rich in the turn-of-the-20th-century timber boom, built their homes in this area where British and Spanish fortresses once stood. Residents still occasionally unearth cannonballs in their gardens. North Hill occupies 50 blocks, with more than 500 homes in Queen Anne, neoclassical, Tudor revival, and Mediterranean styles. Take a drive through this community, but remember these are private residences. Places of general interest include the 1902 Spanish mission-style Christ Episcopal Church; Lee Square, where a 50-foot obelisk stands as a tribute to the Confederacy; and Fort George, an undeveloped parcel at the site of the largest of three forts built by the British in 1778.

Seville Square Historic District - Established in 1559, this area is the site of Pensacola's first permanent Spanish colonial settlement, which beat St. Augustine's by six years. Its center is Seville Square, a live-oak-shaded park bounded by Alcaniz, Adams, Zaragoza, and Government streets. Many of the buildings have been converted into restaurants, commercial offices, and shops that overlook Pensacola Bay and U.S. 98, which you'll use to access the Gulf Coast and beaches. Within the Seville Square Historic District is the Historic Pensacola Village, a complex of several museums and historic homes whose indoor and outdoor exhibits trace the area's history back 450 years. The Museum of Industry (200 E. Zaragoza St.), in a late-19th-century warehouse, is home to permanent exhibits dedicated to the lumber, maritime, and shipping industries - once mainstays of Pensacola's economy. A reproduction of a 19th-century streetscape is displayed in the Museum of Commerce (201 E. Zaragoza St.). Also in the village are the Julee Cottage (210 E. Zaragoza St.), the 'first home owned by a free woman of color,' 1871 Dorr House (311 S. Adams St.), Lavalle House (205 E. Church St.), and Quina House (204 S. Alcaniz St.).

Pensacola, Florida - Located on Florida’s Panhandle, close to the Alabama border, Pensacola draws visitors looking for the ideal seaside vacation to play or relax on the sugar-white sand beaches next to the soothing Gulf of Mexico surf. Visitors enjoy fun in the sun and all its inherent activities, from wind-surfing to fishing, to exploring a plethora of historic sites and taking in the show-stopping Navy Blue Angels precision flying team.

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