Best Western on The Beach is located directly in the heart of Gulf Shores, which is between Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida. Gulf Shores is linked to every major city in the country via the interstate. Some of the most popular area attractions include: Cotton Creek Golf Course , USS Alabama, Bellingrath Gardens, Gulf Coast Zoo, Riviera Factory Stores, and the Naval Avation Museum.

Bellingrath Gardens and Home has an abundance array of colors, fragrances and scenic views await you at Bellingrath Gardens and Home!  Throughout the year, this 65 acre Garden Estate is in full bloom with camellias in the winter, azaleas in the spring, roses in the summer, chrysanthemums in autumn and Magic Christmas in Lights during the holiday season. 

The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo - Featured on the Animal Planet as the The Little Zoo That Could. The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo - opened in June 1989 as Zooland Animal Park. The zoo was founded as a private enterprise by Joey Ward of Gulf Shores. In 1991, the Ward family created the Zoo Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation, and donated the 17 acres of prime real estate that makes up the zoo today. Three years later, the Ward family and the Erie Meyer Foundation graciously donated an additional 13 acres, which are still undeveloped.

The Cotton Creek Golf Course has18 holes of Arnold Palmer designed golf. With rolling fairways and large greens, Cotton Creek is very playable from the forward tees and a true championship test from the back tees. Host to the 1992 State Amateur Championship, rated in the top ten in the state, Cotton Creek is definitely one of the jewels on the Gulf Coast. This course measures 6,581 yards from the men’s tees with a Slope rating of 130. Soft spikes only facility.

The USS Alabama, Courage comes alive at Battleship Memorial Park, one of America's finest military parks. Here, along the shores of Mobile Bay, you'll experience heroism spanning more than seven decades from World War II to Desert Storm.

The National Musem of Naval Aviation - There are so many things to do inside the museum, including IMAX movies, motion-based simulator rides, lunch in the Cubi Bar Café, guided tours of the museum and flight line. You can spend an entire day here and not see it all! The museum is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closing only on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Admission to the museum is free.