Do It All in Mobile Bay - Two Nights & Three Days
Enjoy a comprehensive tour of the many diverse attractions, museums and historic sites in the Mobile Bay area. Highlights include visits to Bellingrath Gardens and Home, USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, Oakleigh Historic Complex, and a sunset cruise on Mobile Bay aboard the Joshua, a 3-masted schooner, the pride of Mobile.
Day 1 - MORNING
Fort Condé Museum and Welcome Center
Begin your tour by visiting Fort Condé, a replica of the original site built by the French in 1711. Costumed soldiers will lead you through the complex and recount the 300 year history under the French, British, Spanish and American flags. Guests can also browse through the Visitor Center which includes a gift shop and video of Mobile.
Condé-Charlotte House
This house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and depicts the periods of Mobile's history under five flags - French, British, Spanish, Confederacy and American. Each room in the house is furnished to reflect one of these periods or nationality. A walled Spanish garden of late 18th century design complements the house as well as a kitchen filled with late 19th and 20th century equipment and equally interesting bedrooms upstairs. The variety and authenticity of the furnishings make this house a fascinating museum.
Museum of Mobile
Step across the street from Fort Condé and visit the Museum of Mobile, located in the Southern Market/Old City Hall, a National Historic Landmark, built in 1857. View the rich history of Native American, Colonial, African-American and Antebellum influences that come alive in the museum's 21st century exhibits and Discovery Room, a hands-on gallery for children and adults.
Day 1 - AFTERNOON
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
Two exhibit galleries, Hands on Hall and Minds on Hall, offer loads of interactive fun for adventurers of all ages. Tour the new My Body Works Exhibition that is packed with leading-edge displays detailing the inner workings of the human body. Experience seat gripping thrills in the intimate Virtual Journeys Digital Theater and breathtaking sights in the Gulf Coast's only IMAX(r) Dome Theater.
USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park
See courage up close as you explore 175 acres of history and seven decades of heroism, from WWII to Iraqi Freedom, at one of America's finest military parks. At Battleship Memorial Park you will walk the decks of a mighty Battleship. Go below in a WWII submarine. View cockpits of over 24 vintage aircraft. You will also see tanks, a Vietnam River Patrol Boat and much more. It's all here. All waiting to be discovered by you.
Day 2 - MORNING
Bellingrath Gardens and Home
"The Charm Spot of the Deep South." Enjoy 65 acres of year-round floral pageantry in a Southern estate garden. Visit the Delchamps Gallery of Boehm Porcelain, the largest public collection of Boehm porcelain in the United States. Tour the Bellingrath Museum Home, featured on A&E's America's Castles series, and filled with priceless antiques and furnishings. Relax on a scenic cruise of Fowl River aboard the Southern Belle River Cruiser.
Dauphin Island
Only a short drive away, Dauphin Island is just off the Alabama coast, making it the southernmost point in the State. A barrier island, it has protected the coast from many storms and hurricanes...and Union soldiers. Fort Gaines, established in 1821, played a major role in the Battle of Mobile Bay, the largest naval battle of the Civil War. In addition to the Fort, there are Indian shell mounds, rich in legend, and the Dauphin Island Estuarium where you can see live marine life in their natural habitat.
Day 2 - AFTERNOON
Historic Driving Tour
Drive through history as your coach takes you through several of Mobile's eight historic districts. Absorb the beauty of the architecture and the heritage that surrounds you when passing through the Church Street East and the DeTonti Historic Districts. Relive another era when entering the Oakleigh Garden District as you view large porches, Southern architecture and Spanish moss hanging from live oak trees.
Oakleigh Historic Complex
Visit the Historic Oakleigh complex, where period costumed docents guide visitors through two museums on one site. The Oakleigh Mansion (c. 1833), and the CoxDeasy Cottage (c. 1850), feature 19th and 20th century furnishings. Explore the two very different antebellum houses to learn more about life in Mobile during the 19th century.
Richard's DAR House
This handsome historic home, a town house of the Italianate style, tells in superb architectural detail of fashionable life during Mobile's affluent antebellum days. The House is famous for its iron lace that lavishly decorates the front façade.
Day 3 - MORNING
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion
The Bragg Mitchell Mansion is completely restored to replicate the antebellum era, with fine antiques, oriental rugs and exquisite draperies. The massive double parlors, tearoom, verandah, lavish dining room, crystal chandeliers and candelabras reflect an ongoing commitment to the hospitality and sumptuous entertaining of a bygone era.
Mobile Medical Museum
The Mobile Medical Museum contains the largest collection of medical artifacts in the Southeast. Over two hundred years of medical history are reflected in this assortment of instruments, equipment, documents and photographs. Visitors will be intrigued by this display of the obsolete and the proven, the primitive and the innovative, the bizarre and the commonplace-all of which contributed to today's practice of medicine.
Geri Moulton Children's Park
Located in a wooded setting along the entrance drive to USA Children's & Women's Hospital. The park provides a tranquil place filled with more then 50 life-size bronze sculptures depicting children and families, providing a wonderful place of enjoyment and contemplation. The park has been featured in Southern Living magazine, and received the Tree Preservation Award from the Mobile Tree Commission.
Mobile Museum of Art
This Museum is the largest art museum along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Tampa. It hosts special exhibitions from world-famous museums and collectors throughout the year. In addition, the museums permanent collection includes American, European, Asian and African art spanning over 2,000 years of cultural history. Enjoy traditional as well as contemporary paintings, sculpture and fine crafts, including an exquisite collection of glass art.
Day 3 - AFTERNOON
American Sport Art Museum
This free museum is a division of the United States Sports Academy and is dedicated to the preservation of sports history, art and literature. The ASAMA collection contains over 1,000 art pieces in all mediums: paintings, sculptures, prints, posters, photographs and assemblages. It is believed to be the largest collection of sport art in North America and perhaps the world.
Fairhope Shopping
Just across Mobile Bay, is a quaint little town with captivating old southern charm and picturesque landscaping. The downtown area is warm and inviting where you can shop and dine with the diverse and unique collection of merchants' offerings. Visitors will find everything from antiques and local art to candy and fudge. Fairhope stores are known for their artsy flair with merchandise that is truly unique and in some cases one of a kind from local artists.
Sail on Mobile Bay
Help the crew raise the sails, take a turn at the wheel or relax and enjoy the sea breeze while you take a scenic cruise on historic Mobile Bay. A charter aboard the spacious and stable Joshua is said to be the highlight of many groups. The professional crew will make your group feel more like a personal guest than a customer. Coast Guard licensed for 49 passengers, the Joshua is the pride of Mobile Bay.
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