Guest User
November 3, 2021
My room at the Holiday Inn was excellent and the bathroom sparkled. The lobby is bright and spacious with helpful, friendly Shanese at the front desk. Every possible service is available in the immediate vicinity. Holiday Inn Panama City is a bargain during Covid. Peppers Mexican restaurant, next door, is a lively scene with a Vegetarian section in the menu and well-managed food and service. I ate there twice. The home-made guacamole was excellent with the warm small tortilla side, and I preferred the roasted vegetable burrito to the spinach and mushroom enchilada, both served with rice and beans. Enterprise rent-a-car on 23rd Street & Frankford Ave offers after-hours return which is convenient and rare. The "stores" close at noon on Saturday. New Urbanism and walkable cities. Entering Rosemary Beach from the East on Hwy 30A is impressive with trees completely canopying the road and a green park square on the right. Seaside offers park & ride but not until 4:30 PM on a Saturday unfortunately, and there was no information posted at the lot. I asked someone. Otherwise, parking is very inconvenient in Seaside. Seaside is impressive because it is compact and Walkable, once you find a parking spot. Residential lots are small and setbacks are minimal. The back lanes are narrow for pedestrians only, which is a great feature. The "city" is not Big. Lots of pedestrians, cyclists and pets because of a Halloween competition for pets and the Saturday morning farmers market. Panama City is Not walkable, even in the old town south of 15th street. Residential rebuilding after devastating Hurricane Michael in 2018 is still going on. Otherwise there is not much to recommend.