Mobile

Mobile Alabama is a lively and lovely city on the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile has been a major seaport and shipbuilding center for centuries. They’ve been celebrating Mardi Gras in Mobile for 60+ years longer than New Orleans, so they know how to have a good time here. The seafood is fresh, the fish are jumping, and the water’s fine in Mobile Bay.
There’s a lot to see and do by boat in Mobile Alabama. Boat tours of the river delta give visitors a chance to see lovely birds and fearsome ‘gators. The Southern Belle gives a leisurely tour of the Fowler River, courtesy of Alabama Cruises, and a tour on the Delta QueeN steam-powered paddleboat is a ride on a national historic landmark. Delta Outdoor Guides & Airboat Tours help visitors explore Mobile Bay, the Tensaw River and the surrounding swamps.
For chartered fishing, dolphin spotting tours and sunset cruises, you could do much worse than Capt. Mike Thierry’s Deep Sea Fishing. For a look at some living U.S. maritime history go and tour the USS Alabama, moored near Fort Conde. This WW II battleship survived 9 pitched sea battles with nary a scratch.
Mobile has some nice parks in its vicinity. The Meaher State Park is a wetlands preserve with a boardwalk from which to observe local wildlife. Chickasabogue Park is an 1,100-acre multi-use outdoor recreation facility that has trails for hiking and biking, RV and tent campsites and fishing, swimming and canoeing opportunities in the Chickasaw River.
Mobile Alabama is the Azalea Capital of the World, and in a place where they take their flowers seriously the Bellingrath Gardens & Home should come as no surprise; but it does. A riot of color blazes across the 65 acres of flowers here, which don’t confine themselves to the gorgeous gardens, but find purchase all over these lovely grounds.