Top Things to do in Alabama
Top Hotels in Alabama
- 1. Best Western Premier The Tides
- 2. The Lodge at Gulf State Park, a Hilton Hotel
- 3. Perdido Beach Resort
- 4. Drury Inn & Suites Huntsville at the Space & Rocket Center
- 5. Best Western On The Beach
- 6. Drury Inn & Suites Birmingham Grandview
- 7. Hotel Capstone
- 8. Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel
- 9. Hampton Inn & Suites Birmingham-Downtown-Tutwiler
- 10. Drury Inn Mobile
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6 Scenic Walking Areas in Alabama That You Shouldn't Miss
If you head for the hills in the state you’ll end up in the northern sector where the inspiring mountains and attractions like the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, the Blue & Gray Museum in Decatur and the Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman represent the diversity of experiences available in the area. In the middle of the state you’ll find Birmingham, an urban center with great attractions and museums, and Tuscaloosa, the quintessential college town and home to the University of Alabama. For beach lovers, sandy destinations like Dauphin Island near Mobile, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach offer beautiful beaches, superb golf, fantastic seafood restaurants and heaping helpings of Southern hospitality.
For those who love to chase the white dimpled ball, Alabama offers one of the best golf values anywhere. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, a collection of 468 holes at 11 different sites across the state, features top-notch, championship style courses at affordable rates.
Restaurants in Alabama
1. Weathington Park
2. Alabama Wildlife Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Alabama Wildlife Center is Alabama’s oldest and largest wildlife rehabilitation facility, caring annually for almost 2,000 wild bird patients from more than 100 species. AWC is a nonprofit organization with a dual mission: (1) to provide medical and rehabilitative care for Alabama’s injured and orphaned native birds in order to permit their return to the wild, and (2) to educate people in order to heighten awareness and appreciation of Alabama’s native wildlife. Founded in 1977 as a small, home-based, all-volunteer organization, the Alabama Wildlife Center has grown to be Alabama’s largest wildlife rehabilitation center and a leader in the rehabilitation of wild birds. Some of the methods developed here are now used in rehab facilities all over the world. Since AWC's inception, well over 50,000 native Alabama wild animals have been helped because of the center's efforts. The organization has been in continuous service 365 days a year for over 30 years. Free with paid admission to OMSP
Reviewed By hopalongrving - Mississippi, United States
Located in Alabama’s largest State Park, the Alabama Wildlife center is a must see stop while in the Birmingham area. Admission to the center is included in your park entrance fee though they would happily take any donations to help support their gargantuan effort of saving native bird species and educating the public. The Center it’s self has a large parking lot and some of the current patients to the clinic on display. This is the largest and oldest wildlife rehabilitation facility in Alabama but it is not a zoo, they prioritize the health and hopeful future release of the birds over guest viewing. Meaning some of the birds will be hard to see through windows/mesh/netting but please remember that’s what’s best for the bird in the long run. Some of the birds are part of their education program, such as Shelby the bald eagle. This means she is getting more use to human interactions daily and will as such be much more visible to guests. They sell shirts, magnets and coffee mugs to raise funds as well. In addition to the Center there is the Treetop Nature Trail where you can view the birds who will live at the center permanently due to being unreleasable. The trail is a boardwalk style platform with aviaries alongside and is wheelchair accessible. There is handicap parking available up the gravel path past the trail head. If you wanted to you can park at either end of the trail head and walk to the center/boardwalk area. It’s steep but beautiful.
3. Alabama Eastern Shore Trail
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By jeichorn - Germantown, United States
We rented bikes in Fairhope and made the scenic and easy ride to The Grand Hotel in Point Clear (about 3.5 miles). Beautiful homes along the way and sidewalks available for most of the way. Trail is mostly flat, although riding back into Fairhope is a decent amount of uphill (or at least it felt that way after our cocktails at The Grand Hotel).
4. Wade Ward Nature Park
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By B6014XRdebbied
This is a neat little pocket park with some wooden walkways around the marshy areas. We did see an aligators the last time we were there in March. A block from the public beach in Gulf Shores.
5. River Walk, And Amphitheatre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
6. Beeswax Creek Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
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