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Mobile's Beautiful Spring Tour

See the spectacular azaleas in full-bloom at Bellingrath Gardens, stroll through the Festival of Flowers or attend a seminar hosted by Southern Living magazine. Mobile Bay is ablaze in natural beauty in the spring!

Day 1 - MORNING

Festival of Flowers (March)
Acknowledged as the premier flower and garden event of the greater Gulf Coast, the Festival springs forth each March, when trees are leafing out all over and bloomers display their splendor. It is arrayed under tent and sky against a backdrop of one of the city's most alluring natural settings-the magnificent canopy of the avenue of the Oaks on the historic campus of Spring Hill College. More than 100,000 square feet of exhibits enchant, entertain and educate visitor at this feast for all the senses. Since 1994-Mobile's most "scentsational" experience!!

Day 1 - AFTERNOON

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. Enjoy the Art of Christmas Exhibition, featuring several artist-decorated Christmas trees, as well as two and three dimensional works by local artists and craftsmen.

Mobile Botanical Gardens
Just across the street from the Art Museum, the Mobile Botanical Gardens offers 100 acres of cultivated areas including native azaleas, an herb garden, a camellia grove, fern glade, and a wheel-chair accessible Founders Garden featuring fragrance and texture plants.

Day 2 - MORNING

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 three museums on one site. The Oakleigh Mansion (c. 1833), the CoxDeasy Cottage (c. 1850), and the Mardi Gras Cottage, feature 19th and 20th century furnishings. Explore the two very different antebellum houses, and visit the Mardi Gras Museum to learn more about the world renowned festival that was founded in Mobile.

Day 2 - AFTERNOON

Bellingrath Gardens and Home and Cruise
"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.