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Dauphin Island is beautiful and quieter than most Gulf shore areas in Alabama. Getting around is easy. Restaurants are limited so being able to bring what you like is smart if you have a kitchen area where you stay.

Dauphin Island is the best kept travel secret. Food was fabulous! We ate twice at Pirates Bar and Grill. Islanders Bar and Grill also good. Next time want to have a Belgium Waffle and Smoothie at Foxy's and home cooking from Dinners Ready. We loved the Tike Time Tour on Don and Lori''s party boat. Having a safe, spacious, and clean condo at the Surf Club with easy access to pool and beach was the right combination. I return to the island several times during the year since it is close to my residence on the MS Gulf Coast!

I really liked this place. If you want to relax and take it easy I would definitely recommend coming here. There are only a hand full of restaurants on the island and even fewer stores so not a huge amount of things to do. That's the appeal to this place though your kind of forced to just enjoy your time by the beach.

The island is very good for various physical activities both in sea and on the land. I personally admired jogging through the island’s streets covered with pine trees. Biking is also very nice. Walking to the west end of the island is interesting. If night is clear of clouds the stellar sky is gorgeous covered with thousands of stars and the Milky Way strip seen clearly across the entire sky. You cannot see anything similar even in a small American city because of too much light pollution.

I was born and raised basically on the island . Unlike Gulf shores or orange beach Alabama , dauphin island is a rather peaceful getaway from reality . Less populated than other major beach vacation spots .

There are multiple beaches to choose from, and some are more secluded than others. The island itself is much less crowded than other beaches along the Alabama/Florida panhandle, so it is more relaxed environment. I really enjoyed Fort Gaines and the aquarium!