Scenic Highway 30-A has many boutique shops and galleries. The villages of Rosemary Beach, Seaside, Watercolor, and Grayton Beach can provide hours of fascinating exploration and discovery.
In addition, the area offers several major shopping destinations, each worth an expedition.
Destin Commons
Destin Commons, 40 minutes’ drive west of Abaco Rose, continues to generate excitement as Northwest Florida's only open-air lifestyle center offering shopping, dining and entertainment. The architecturally unique center has garnered a regional reputation for its well-known retail tenants and on-going community events.
Silver Sands Outlet
The nation's largest designer outlet center is located in Sandestin, about 35 minutes’ drive west of Abaco Rose.
The Village of Baytowne Wharf
The Village of Baytowne Wharf, a picturesque pedestrian village overlooking the Choctawatchee Bay, offers those with a passion for browsing and buying everything from resort apparel to cooking lessons to tea etiquette. These shops and boutiques give shoppers a unique, interactive retail experience in a delightful setting with cobblestone walkways and grassy green areas for listening to the often present live music. About 35 minutes’ drive west of Abaco Rose.
Pier Park
Pier Park
is a 900,000-square-foot, open-air Lifestyle Center just 10 minutes’ drive east from Abaco Rose, on Highway 98. Its collection of enchanting restaurants and eateries, coffee bars, chic retail shops, and The Grand Theatre, a 16-screen state-of-the-art movie complex is growing, with new stores opening weekly. Pier Park will include Target, Panera Bread, Longhorn Steak House, The Grand Theatre, Ann Taylor Loft, Chico’s, Jos. A. Bank, The Walking Company, Sun Sights by Solstice, Lane Bryant, New York and Company, Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, Lids and Journeys, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Old Navy, Ron Jon Surf Shop, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Back Porch Seafood House, Ulta Cosmetics, Starbucks – and more!
Locator Map for Seaside shops and restaurants
Rosemary Beach Shopping
Solace Day Spa is located on the northeast corner of Barrett Square in
downtown Rosemary Beach, and features an Aveda hair salon for
hair and makeup services. Massage, skin care, body treatments, and
nail services are offered in a peaceful “Bali” inspired tropical setting.
Body treatments are rendered in private treatment rooms. Separate
ladies’ and men’s changing rooms feature custom lockers and fivespray
showers, and robes and slippers are provided to clients upon
arrival. 850.231.6801
From antiques and interior design shops to beach concessions and
souvenirs, Rosemary Beach’s downtown shops offer a wide variety
of shopping opportunites. They include:
The Rosemary Beach Trading Company (logo-wear and gift
shop)
Bamboo Beach (beach supplies and sundries)
Bamboo Bicycle Company (bicycle rentals)
Bamboo Surf (surfboards, skim boards, beach gear)
Shabby Slips Slipcovers and Antiques
GiGi’s Clothing & Toys
Dunes (island-themed apparel)
The Gourd Garden Courtyard Shop
Tracery (antiques and fine furniture)
Pish Posh Patchoulis (skin, body and hair products)
Willow (contemporary designer clothing for women)
Tropez (men and women’s clothing)
Moonpize (ladies shoes, handbags and accessories)
Beach Buzz (fun and trendy fashions)
Shopping on 30-A: Coastal Living Magazine article
This article by Lacey N. Howard gives a taste of the variety and diversity of shops along the 19 mile stretch of Scenic Highway 30-A.
Shopping 30-A
A myriad of shops, galleries, and eateries stretch along a two-lane Florida highway just yards from the sparkling Gulf of Mexico.
Sunglasses. Car keys. Cash. I check off a short list of must-haves for a day of shopping along Northwest Florida's Highway 30-A. The sun warms the Emerald Coast early this time of year, and it's heating up as I depart from my cottage at Seaside. Along the 19-mile road, a beachfront detour from U.S. 98, towns flow into one another with little more than small signs announcing the change in mailing address. . . . more
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