Featured Vacation Destination: Fort Walton Beach

Fort Walton Beach, Florida, located right in the heart of Florida’s stunning Emerald Coast, is an ideal vacation rental site because of its gorgeous scenery, family-friendly activities, and year-round temperate climate. And the miles and miles of crystal white sands and warm emerald ocean waters certainly don’t hurt!

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If you’re heading to Fort Walton in the popular summer season, hitting the beach is a must! Head on over to the neighboring Okaloosa Island and walk the island’s oceanfront Boardwalk for some food, tanning, and prime people-watching. Whether you enjoy going kiteboarding, parasailing, sea kayaking, or just kicking back and relaxing on the soft sands, there are so many things to do in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Or, if you like your beach a little less crowded, head a few feet down the road to John Beasley Park for a more secluded Emerald Coast experience.

Once you’ve felt the sand between your toes, check out some of Fort Walton Beach’s more unique activities. Rent a pontoon boat, gather up your friends and family, and head on out to Crab Island. This spot is a favorite of locals where you can spend the day throwing the Frisbee and making new friends in waist-deep warm, ocean waters.

Or, if you time your Fort Walton Beach vacation rental right, you can experience the beach town’s Billy Bowleg’s Festival. This community event, held the first full weekend in June, has the town taken over by pirates and is a weekend-long event complete with a parade, music and arts festival at the town landing, and the country’s biggest boat party. Parents be aware – although the parade and the festival are family-friendly, the boat party is NOT for the faint of heart!

Even if you visit during “Snowbird Season” in the winter, Fort Walton Beach creates a one-of-a-kind outdoor ice skating rink at the Fort Walton Landing. And the Indian Temple Mound Museum and the Air Force Armament Museum are both open year-round.

So take a Fort Walton Beach vacation rental and be sure to say hello to the jumping dolphins and performing sea lions at Okaloosa Island’s Gulfarium. Enjoy some live music at the nearby Mullet Festival in October. Or grab a cup of hot cocoa and watch the twinkling lights of the Christmas boat parade. Any time of you year that you take a Fort Walton Beach vacation rental is pretty must the BEST time of year!