Pensacola Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States
About Pensacola
Pensacola has the nickname"The City of Five Flags". Only the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce actuallyusesthat name, but it's a convenient short-handed way of describing the city's history. Over the past 450 years, Pensacola has been owned by five nations: Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Confederate States. It was also inhabited by various Native American tribes, but sloganeers never seem to include them. When thePanzacola Indiansarrived in Pensacola thousands of years ago, they found old growth pine forests, thicketed with massive pine trees so large, it would take two or three men to wrap around the trunk. These trees provided so much shade that there was almost no undergrowth on the forest floor, and traveling through the woods was easy. Since there isn't
Top Attractions in Pensacola
Explore the best things to see and do in Pensacola:
- ★12th Avenue Tunnel
- ★17th Avenue Graffiti Bridge
- ★Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel
- ★Big Lagoon State Park
- ★Birdwatchers
- ★Dive Pros
- ★Fiesta of Five Flags
- ★Fort Barrancas
Where to Eat in Pensacola
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Bagelheads
- 🍴Blue Dot Barbecue
- 🍴Chet's Seafood
- 🍴Dairy Queen
- 🍴Dharma Blue
- 🍴Dog House Deli
Where to Stay in Pensacola
- 🏨At Home Inn & Suites
- 🏨Comfort Inn
- 🏨Courtyard Pensacola Downtown
- 🏨Days Inn
- 🏨Extended Stay America
- 🏨Hampton Inn and Suites Pensacola-University
Pensacola Travel Guide Sections
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