Stay with us to be in the middle of the fun!

Mobile is the real home of Mardi Gras in North America and has festivities that last a month leading up to Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, the biggest day for parades and activities.

But Mobile isn't the only place where you can find a family-friendly party in these parts. There are parades to be found throughout the Mobile Bay and Eastern Shore areas, as well as in other communities throughout Mobile and Baldwin counties, and even in Pensacola, Florida, and coastal Mississippi.

Stay at Montrose Hideaway Bed-and-Breakfast Retreat and have easy access to the activities of your choice. (See links provided below for more event and availability details as they develop.) You might be able to attend a parade in Daphne, with the parade route only a mile down the street, or in Fairhope, with the parade route only four miles away. There are also parades on various dates throughout Baldwin County in Spanish Fort, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Foley.

Click here and here to learn about the history of Mardi Gras in Mobile. And while in town, make plans to visit the Mobile Carnival Museum to see Mardi Gras festival costumes and items up close (click here for a coupon for $1 off admission).

Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is Feb. 16, 2010

Needing help deciding when to come?

Check out the links below for event schedules, then check room availability and make your reservation. And, remember, the sooner you make your reservation, the sooner you lock in room rates that might otherwise be going up later.

2009 PARADE SCHEDULES

• Eastern Shore (our back yard) and rest of Baldwin County:

Friday, Feb. 5

1 p.m.: Children's Mardi Gras Parade (K-1 Center), Downtown Fairhope

6:45 p.m.: Apollo’s Mystic Ladies, Olde Towne Daphne

Saturday, Feb. 6

3:30 p.m.: The Haven's Mystic Mutts of Revletry Mardi Gras Parade, Downtown Fairhope

4 p.m.: Crewe de Spaniards, Eastern Shore Center in Spanish Fort

6:45 p.m.: Krewe de Carnivale, Olde Towne Daphne

7 p.m.: Knights of Ecor Rouge Mardi Gras Parade, Downtown Fairhope

Friday, Feb. 12

6:30 p.m.: Maids of Jubilee Mardi Gras Parade, Dowtown Fairhope

6:45 p.m.: Mystic Order of Persephone Mardi Gras Parade, Olde Towne Daphne

Saturday, Feb. 13

2 p.m.: Krewe of Mullet Mates Mardi Gras Parade, Mullet Point on County Road 1, Pt. Clear

6:45 p.m.: The Shadow Barons Mardi Gras Parade, Olde Towne Daphne

Sunday, Feb. 14

2 p.m.: Loyal Order of the Fire Truck, Olde Towne Daphne

Monday, Feb. 15

7 p.m.: Order of Mystic Magnolias, Downtown Fairhope

 

• Mobile area (Just across Mobile Bay) Click here for details

• Pensacola

 Special-event rates will be in effect Feb. 5 through Mardi Gras.

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