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A Valentine's Special at the WaterColor Inn

Once derided as the Redneck Riviera, the hundred-mile stretch of the Florida Panhandle from Pensacola to Panama City is becoming better known as the Emerald Coast. Beyond the inevitable sprawl lie pristine beaches and driftwood-hued hotels, none finer than the WaterColor Inn & Resort. The celebrated resort, in Santa Rosa Beach, is offering a "Four Diamond Valentine" package that may be just the tonic for couples in need of some warm sun.

The offer, valid February 10-18, includes accommodations in a Gulf-view room; a three-course dinner for two at the resort's flagship restaurant, Fish Out of Water; two 50-minute Swedish massages; and Champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries delivered to your room. Prices start at $390 per night based on a two-night minimum stay.

The charms of Emerald Coast -- named for its greenish waters, produced by sunlight hitting a bed of white quartz sand beneath the clear blue sea -- are no longer a well-kept secret. Condé Nast Traveler readers named the WaterColor Inn one of the 50 best mainland resorts in the United States. Bon Appetit called it one of the country's top ten "culinary country inns."

Tags: Emerald Coast, Florida, Santa Rosa Beach, WaterColor Inn

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