So be ready for family fun, doubloons, Mardi Gras beads and a taste of Mardi Gras in the South.
Plan your stay today. The parade stays on Gulf Blvd around the mile marker near the Navarre Beach Causeway. Enjoy the convenience of participating without the difficulty of finding parking by staying at any of our Gulf front condos (Pearl or Regency).
Mardi Gras Fun Facts:
Mardi Gras was celebrated in Europe through the Middle Ages, and this Carnival time in February meant fun and merriment proceeding the time of Lent, repentance and fasting. Mardi Gras was brought to America by French explorers who came to the Gulf Coast.
As much French influence remained in the New Orleans and Louisiana region, having once been French controlled before President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase, the tradition and festival of Mardi Gras continued on. Although there have been times in our history when the frivolity was postponed - such as Word War I, the Great Depression and World War II, Mardi Gras still persists.
Since then, the celebration has spread throughout the Gulf Coast regions and incorporates the colors of Gold, Purple and Green, the annual parades with moonpies and mardi gras beads, and the phrase "Let the Good Times Roll!"
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