HONEYMOON KEYS FLORIDA
Honeymoon in florida?
What is the difference, experience and price wise, between Panama City and Key West?
*Is panama city beach the one with the beautiful uninhabited shell island??
I don’t know what that xD character is babbling about. Panama City has Shell Island, and I don’t know what canal he/she’s referring to. Please don’t take my answer as an endorsement of PC over Key West. I’m just more familiar with PC, and I’ve never been to either place on a honeymoon.
With price, both for hotels and food/drinks, you’re definitely going to score bigger with PC, and the beaches will be better by leaps and bounds. Honestly, I have never found a beach in Key West except for icky man-made beaches attached to hotels. The beaches in PC are the best in the country (unless you want to go a little bit down the panhandle to Destin/Ft. Walton or Pensacola). The sand is snow white, so it never gets hot, and as fine as sugar. It even makes a squeek as you walk, like corduroy pants. (An interesting factoid, the sand along the FL panhandle and slightly west into Alabama is made of pure quartz washed down from the Appalachians.) That area is known as the Emerald Coast because the water is a stunning blue-green. It gets deep very gradually, is crystal clear, has very small waves, and is perfect for playing in the water.
If you want a romantic and secluded beach honeymoon (such as Shell Island, but without the ferry ride), I’m going to go out on a limb and recommend that you also look into areas between Fort Walton and Pensacola. One thing to keep in mind is that, from west of PC to eastern Alabama, it’s the same beautiful beach. The cities are more crowded, but the beach is uninterrupted for more than 100 miles. See this website: http://www.nps.gov/GUIS/index.htm
Key West has its own special culture, and is the better of the two in that regard. There’s a reason that you’ve heard of it, and it’s not just because it’s the southernmost point in the continental US. It’s a charming place and I like it a lot. The sunset at Malory Pier is an experience that you can treasure for the rest of your life. It’s also warmer in late Fall, Winter and early Spring.
Basing my recommendation on your fondness for the “beautiful uninhabited Shell Island,” I think you’d be happier in the panhandle. Key West is awesome, but it is crowded and developed. The exception is that the panhandle will be chilly from mid-November to mid-March. The water in the panhandle will be cold until May (although I think any water below 85 degrees is chilly; it barely drops below 70 even in the dead of Winter.)
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