Luxury Resorts in Pensacola, Florida

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Visitors to Pensacola, Florida, will find many opportunities to enjoy outdoor activities there. Big Lagoon State Park has hiking trails and camp sites. Swimming, canoeing, and kayaking can also be enjoyed there. Fort Pickens State Park has camp sites and bike trails. Escambia River Wildlife Management Area also allows canoeing and kayaking as well as primitive camping.

Pensacola Grand Hotel

The Pensacola Grand Hotel has 210 guest rooms, nine suites and one Presidential suite, all recently renovated. All accommodations include cable television, air conditioning, free high speed wireless Internet, refrigerator, hair dryer, iron and ironing board.

Hotel amenities include an on-site restaurant, heated swimming pool, fitness center, 7,584 square feet of meeting and banquet space and a full on-site business center. The Grand Hotel is less than 14.5 miles from Big Lagoon State Park, 17 miles from Fort Pickens State Park and 22.5 miles from the Escambia River Wildlife Management Area.

Pensacola Grand Hotel
200 East Gregory Street
Pensacola, FL 32502
(850) 433-3336
pensacolagrandhotel.com

Portofino Island Resort & Spa

All of the Portofino's accommodations are either two or three bedroom suites. Each suite has views of the Gulf of Mexico or Santa Rosa sound from their private balconies, a separate bathroom for each bedroom, fully equipped gourmet kitchens, washer and dryer, outdoor grill, HDTV with on-demand movies and high speed wireless Internet.

Hotel amenities include a bat side water park, tennis center, four Emerald Coast Golf Trail Courses, on-site spa and on-site fitness center. The hotel is 26 miles from Big Lagoon State Park, 14 miles from Fort Pickens State Park and 34 miles from the Escambia River Wildlife Management Area.

Portofino Island Resort & Spa
10 Portofino Drive
Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
877-484-3405
www.portofinoisland.com

Homewood Suites by Hilton -- Pensacola Airport

The Homewood Suites accommodations consist of studio suites, as well as one and two bedroom suites. Each studio has a fully equipped kitchen, two televisions with cable, two phones with voice-mail and free high speed wireless Internet. Hotel amenities include a business center, baggage storage facility, coin operated guest laundry, basketball court, fitness room and a pool. The Homewood is 18 miles from Big Lagoon State Park, 22 miles from Fort Pickens State Park and 18 miles from the Escambia River Wildlife Management Area.

Homewood Suites by Hilton -- Pensacola Airport
5049 Corporate Woods Drive
Pensacola, FL 32504
(850) 474-3777
homewoodsuites1.hilton.com

Article Written By Rui Rodrigues

Rui Rodrigues is a native of New Jersey and holds a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice and a Master of Arts in history, both from Rutgers University. He has worked in varied fields such as retail, real estate and day trading. He is a retired Newark Police Officer.

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