Bella Beach Properties, LLC

☀ We've got ~sunshine~ on our mind! How about you?

Maybe it's because Sweet Mama’s is the only home in Lost Dunes that offers picturesque views of Little Lagoon.

This 4-BR, 4-BA coastal cottage is available Monday, September 2 - Friday, September 13. Come down and get some vitamin D! 😎

👋🏼 Make the most of your Labor Day… at the beach!

Romar Village 322 is open all week, starting Sunday, September 1st.

Whether you’re looking to unwind on the sand or explore the Orange Beach area, this is the perfect place for a getaway because it’s steps from the gulf.

Romar Village is near EVERYTHING - grocery stores, restaurants, shopping, go-carts and mini-golf. The family will have a BLAST!!💥

Book now to secure your spot for Labor Day! 🇺🇸

Go online to www.BellaBeachProperties.com to reserve this condo before someone else does.

Keep calm and play pickleball!

Orange Beach Plans 14 New Outdoor Pickleball Courts Orange Beach, Ala. – (OBA) – Orange Beach is looking to join South Baldwin cities Gulf Shores and Foley by adding outdoor pickleball courts to take advantage of what has been called the fastest-growing sport in the country. “If everything goes well, we’re going to put them over just north of...

Looking for a place to stay at the beach this Labor Day weekend? We know just the spot!⁣
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• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟏 is open 8/30-9/12⁣
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𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝟹-𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴, 𝟹-𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮!⁣
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• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝟑𝟎𝟒 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝟖/𝟐𝟕-𝟗/𝟏𝟐 ⁣
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𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝟹-𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝟹-𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴. ⁣
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• 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐞 𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟒 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝟖/𝟐𝟕-𝟗/𝟏𝟐⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝟹-𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝟹-𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘗𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘏𝘖𝘜𝘚𝘌 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝟼 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴. ⁣
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Don’t wait a minute longer or someone may snag your spot! Come spend the holiday weekend down at the beach. ⁣
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Call to reserve your stay 👉🏼 (251) 981-2431⁣
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Or visit www.BellaBeachProperties.com to learn more about these condos!

There is still time to sign-up to volunteer at the 51st Annual National Shrimp Festival taking place in Gulf Shores, October 10-13.

Volunteer Join the longstanding Coastal Alabama tradition and volunteer for the Annual National Shrimp Festival.

We can never get enough or share our beach home, Lil Tip Sea, enough!

Wonderful news!! The pier is back. Come on Monday.

Here's the Gulf State Park Pier update you've all been waiting for - and the excitement is high here at the park. Visitors can return to Gulf State Park-Alabama Pier on Monday, August 19! We can't wait to see you then!

The Pier will reopen to sightseers and anglers on Monday, Aug. 19, at 7 a.m., as the renovation work that began in November 2023 has been completed. The Pier will not be open prior to 7 a.m. - so be ready to join us then!

A formal ribbon-cutting and community celebration is being planned for a later date, so stay tuned to this page and Alabama State Parks for more information!

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO - Pier Access Fees:

Parking: $10, all day

Sightseeing (All Day)
Adult – $2
Veteran – Free
Children under 12 years – Free
Gulf State Park Campground/Lodge Guests – Free

Fishing (All Day)
Adult – $9
Veteran – $6
Campground/Lodge Guest – $6
Children under 12 years – Free

Weekly Fishing Permit – $41.00
Monthly Fishing Permit – $81.00
Six Month Fishing Permit – $161.00
Annual Fishing Permit – $321.00

Please note that the pier’s elevated observation deck will remain closed until a new elevator is installed to make it accessible for all guests. Also, anglers must possess a valid fishing license.

📸: Billy Pope, Outdoor Alabama

🏖️ Friday Favorite: Picture your family here at Phoenix II 2101 next week! Book this beautiful beachside condo for a sun-soaked escape—memories await!

🇺🇸 What are your Labor Day weekend plans?

Invite your family and friends down for a beach get together!

Bella Beach Properties can find you a place with access to a grill, pool and many other fantastic amenities. 🍔

All you’ll need to bring is music and meals! Come have a good time. 🎶

The Original Romar House Bed & Breakfast Inn celebrates 100th anniversary with Aug. 15 community open house

The historic Original Romar House Bed & Breakfast Inn, the first house built in Orange Beach and Alabama’s first seaside B & B, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a community open house on Aug. 15 from 9 a.m. ‘til 5 p.m., and a private reception to follow on Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Mobile businessmen Spurgeon Roche and Carl Martin built the house in 1924 and used a combination of the first letters of their last names for its name.
Orange Beach’s official historian, Margaret Childress-Long, wrote the copy for a two sided marker in front of the property that was commissioned in 2017 by the City of Orange Beach to honor the home (and as a prelude to Alabama’s Bicentennial celebration two years later).
“The 1924 Spurgeon Roche House has survived many storms. It was originally built on pilings, a second story was added later, and it has been strengthened through many renovations over the years,’’ Childress-Long wrote.
“Jerry Gilbreath purchased the house around 1980, and in 1991, he turned it into the Original Romar House Bed & Breakfast Inn. It is still operating as Alabama’s first Gulfside B&B.
“The original Carl Martin house stood until 1979 when Hurricane Frederic destroyed it,’’ Childress-Long added. “Mack Shelby was the caretaker of the Romar homestead, which was adjacent to Gulf State Park. Lake Shelby is named for the Shelby family.
“Romar Beach began as a large homestead property with three miles of beachfront spanning from Gulf State Park to Hwy. 161 in Orange Beach. The original property now covers 480 feet. It was a true homestead and the owners were required to till the soil. Of all attempts over the years, only the oleander trees survived.
“Their two houses, built around 1924, were the first houses built on the beach. It was difficult to access their property, so the two men built their own road south from Canal Road straight to the beach,’’ Childress-Long wrote.
“This included a wooden bridge built over the freshwater lakes. For stability, the roadway was corduroyed with logs and lumber across the swamp and sandy land. That road is now Powerline Rd.”
Gilbreath decided to turn the house into a bed-and-breakfast after staying in a similarly grand old house in Key West and falling in love with the idea.
An Ole Miss grad and retired lawyer, Gilbreath took a job as the prosecutor in his hometown of Laurel soon after leaving Oxford with his law degree. He earned a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives by the time he was 24 and held that seat from 1975-83.
He eventually ventured into real estate and developed the Purple Parrot Island Resort on Perdido Key, a resort he modeled after a similar development, the Purple Parrot Bistro, he developed in Belize in the 1980’s.
An entrepreneur from an early age, Gilbreath was a classmate and friend of Archie Manning at Ole Miss and cashed in on Manning’s popularity while still a student there.
He paid $92 to make 1,000 red buttons with “Archie” in big blue block letters. He bought a $5 ad in The Daily Mississippian and put them for sale at $1 each in four Oxford drug stores and Neilson’s department store. For each button sold, the stores would get 25 cents while Gilbreath netted 75 cents.
“They sold all 1,000 in one day,” Gilbreath said. “Everybody on campus wanted an Archie button. I realized I was on to something.”
He later cashed in with “Archie’s Army,” “Go To Hell LSU” and “Kiss Me I’m a Rebel” buttons.
“I’ve had a lot of roles – attorney, businessman, politician – but entrepreneur is the one I liked best of all,” he said.
He still travels between homes in Perdido Key, New Orleans and Laurel, but none of those habitats touch him like the Original Romar House.
“This is the last old house on the beach that has not been bulldozed down for a condo. It’s become part of me – like my baby. It’s the only seaside bed and breakfast in Alabama. There is nothing like it between New Orleans and Panama City,’’ Gilbreath said.
The entire pool and four feet of the first floor were filled with sand after Pleasure Island and Perdido Key took a direct hit from Hurricane Ivan in September of 2004, but the Romar House structure remained intact.
“Remember, this place was built in 1924. So, it’s seen its share of storms,’’ Gilbreath said when his B&B re-opened in 2008, almost four years after taking that punch in the chops from Ivan. “That just goes to show you how strong the pilings they built in 1924 were.’’
Many antiques and heirlooms were lost, and it took almost all of his cash reserves to get his B&B back open at a time when the price for beachfront land was doubling yearly. But Gilbreath held on, saying he had grown too fond of the house to let it go. Unlike the developers who swooned over him, Gilbreath valued the home’s history more than the value of the land the house occupied.
The Inn has modern amenities such as a pool, a hot tub and a lighted boardwalk to the beach. But it is its many antiques, the original hardwood floors and the stained glass windows that give the place its romantic appeal.
The front doors are from Australia and there is Chicago brick throughout. All the doors on the rooms are re-purposed from homes in New Orleans and are at least 100 years old.
The dining room breakfast table is at the same location it was back in 1924. In fact, when Gilbreath bought the home from Lucille and Judge Joe Hocklander of Mobile, they insisted he keep the old wood kitchen table in the same location. According to the story Gilbreath was told, the table was built by an Italian carpenter in one night with help from the owner. “In the morning, there were three empty wine bottles sitting on this beautiful table and two sleeping men next to it,’’ Gilbreath said.
Gilbreath happened upon the stained glass front door window when he saw it on a 1800’s era house that was being demolished in New Orleans. Each stained glass window tells a unique story. The brass fixtures and most of the furniture was carefully chosen from the period of when the house was built.
“I have a lot of stuff I’ve collected over the years here,’’ he said. “This is my house. It’s not just an investment.’’
With that, Gilbreath and Innkeeper Lilia Bard, is inviting the community to stop by and visit on Aug. 15th.

🌴 It’s time to take a vacation to The Palms!

The Palms is a premiere gulf front complex featuring a beach-front pool, outdoor grilling area, workout room, sauna, lighted tennis courts and a nice heated indoor pool.

We have multiple condos for you to choose from- both are corner units with plenty of space and a fabulous view! 🌊

Reservations come with not one, but TWO parking passes for the complex.

Call us today to schedule your beach trip ASAP.

📲 (251) 981-2431

It’s a great time to visit Orange Beach, Alabama!

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Cheeseburger 🍔 in Paradise?

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Well August, you got here way too fast!

Who's down for a dip!? 💦

🌴 Spanish Key 504 is complete with everything that you will need to have a fantastic beach vacation. Ready to make new memories? Reserve this beautiful condo at BellaBeachProperies.com 💙

We have a place for you to stay at Spanish Key 504 in Perdido Beach, FL. 🏝️

Spanish Key is a luxurious, gulf front, condominium located just 100’ from the World-Famous and it sleeps 9 guests!

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Now this is what Sundays should look like.☀️

We've noticed a few new faces around here and just wanted to say WELCOME! 💙

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You will never run out of things to do at Grand Pointe! The Pass, pools & hot tubs... come stay this summer and experience it all. 😍

It is located just east of Perdido Beach Resort and is within walking distance of The Gulf restaurant and San Roc Cay marina which offers shopping, dining, entertainment, and fishing charters.

Call us today (251) 981-2431 to book your stay. We have open nights in August! ☀

⭐ We have 4 nights available at Windward Pointe 1104 next week!

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Looking for a good beach view? Windward Pointe 1104 is on the 11th floor and has a private balcony overlooking the beach and is in an A+ location! 👍

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🐠 Island Wind West 177 still has a few open nights in July!

Call us this afternoon to book your stay at this PRIME location directly on the beach in the heart of Gulf Shores. 🌾

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We can help you find a quiet spot to cast your line. 🎣

What sounds the best to you? 🧐

🐚 Looking for a last minute beach getaway? We have room for you at The Enclave. This beautifully decorated unit 401 an accommodate up to 12 guests. Let us know if you want to snag this two-night stay! 🌾

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Dolphin Harbor 1B has the best of both worlds…Beach and Bay! When you book this ground level condo with stunning views of Ole River, you are almost guaranteed a dolphin sighting. 🐬

Reach out to reserve your stay!

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