I never realized how awesome my home state was in a travel sense until I left and traveled back. That’s when I began to stay at some of Alabama’s amazing hotels and resorts, places where you can find platinum records hanging on the wall of your room recorded by world-famous acts just down the road, or ultra-eco-conscious properties right on the beach.
Being a born and raised Alabamian who has lived outside the state for most of my adult life, I’m constantly amazed at what I discover when heading back home. Scratch that Southern travel itch at one of these seven hotels and resorts spread throughout Alabama, from the beaches on the Gulf of Mexico to “The Shoals” centered around Florence in the northwest part of the state along the Tennessee River.