Your day-by-day plan
- 1
The Big Guns
Morning:Silver Sands Premium Outlets, around 110 designer and name-brand stores. Hit it at opening before the crowds and the heat.
Shopping:Twin Cities Donut Shop
Afternoon:A lunch break, then Destin Commons: 80-plus stores and restaurants, open-air, with the Bass Pro Shops aquarium as your companion's consolation prize.
Family fun:Funland Arcade
Evening:Drop bags, then dinner at El Paso Tacos & Tequila right there at the Commons.
Insider Tip:Sign up for the outlet's VIP coupon program online before you go. Free extra percentages on day one.
- 2
Local & One-of-a-Kind
Morning:HarborWalk Village shops, then Banana Bart's on Harbor Blvd, the bright-yellow local institution stocking genuinely un-touristy tropical finds for nearly four decades.
Breakfast & coffee:Smallcakes of Destin
Afternoon:Grand Boulevard at Sandestin: Anthropologie, Williams Sonoma, Orvis, and a walkable town-center feel.
Shopping:Coffee Shoppe
Evening:Dinner at The Wine Bar - Watercolor, one street over from the last credit-card swipe.
Dinner:The Back Porch
Insider Tip:Saturday? Grand Boulevard hosts the farmers market, where local honey and hot sauce make better souvenirs than another T-shirt.
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The 30A Boutique Run
Morning:Drive east: Seaside's shops, The Hidden Lantern Bookstore (the coast's beloved indie bookstore), and the open-air beach-market stalls.
Shopping:The Coffee Shop
Afternoon:Boutique-hop Rosemary Beach and the Grayton galleries (The Zoo Gallery has been the funky local art anchor for decades), then a late beach hour so the trip technically included one.
Culture:Indian Temple Mound Museum
Evening:Final dinner at Bud & Alley's, then inventory the haul.
Dinner:The Boathouse Landing
Insider Tip:30A boutiques carry what the outlets never will. Buy the local artist's piece now; there is no second chance online.
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